| Description |
492 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 465-476) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Preface. -- Pt. I. Overview ; Introduction ; Hispanic and Asian immigration waves in Houston / Nestor Rodriguez. -- Pt. II. Case Studies. Center for Vietnamese Buddhism: recreating home / Thuan Huynh ; The Hsi-Nan Chinese Buddhist Temple: seeking to Americanize / Fenggang Yang ; Chinese Gospel Church: the sinicization of Christianity / Fenggang Yang ; Houston Korean Ethnic Church: an ethnic enclave / Victoria Hyonchu Kwon ; St. Mary's Catholic Church: celebrating domestic religion / Kathleen Sullivan ; Iglesia de Dios: an extended family / Kathleen Sullivan ; St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church: maturing through the generations / Maria V. Gasi ; Iglesia Cristiana Evangelica: arriving in the pipeline / David Cook ; Al-Noor Mosque: strength through unity / Hoda Badr ; Jyothi Hindu Temple: one religion, many practices / Simon Jacob, Pallavi Thaku ; The Zoroastrian Center: an ancient faith in diaspora / Yezdi Rustomji ; Catherine's Catholic Church: one church, parallel congregations / Kathleen Sullivan ; Southwest Assembly of God: whomsoever will / Patricia Dorsey. -- Pt. III. Thematic Issues. Environmental impacts: opportunities and constraints ; Structural adaptations to the immigrant context ; Providing for the needy: social services and immigrant adaptation ; Reproducing ethnicity ; Language: cause for unity and conflict ; Passing it on: the second generation ; Is the Past Prologue to the Future? |
| Subject |
Immigrants -- Religious life -- United States.
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United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Religious aspects.
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| Added Author |
Ebaugh, Helen Rose Fuchs, 1942-
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Chafetz, Janet Saltzman.
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| ISBN |
0742503895 alkaline paper |
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0742503909 paperback alkaline paper |
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