New Faiths, Old Fears : : Muslims and Other Asian Immigrants in American Religious Life / / Bruce Lawrence.
As a result of immigration from Asia in the wake of the passage of the 1965 Hart-Celler Immigration Act, the fastest-growing religions in America-faster than all Christian groups combined-are Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Sikhism. In this remarkable book, a leading scholar of religion asks how thes...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package |
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2004] ©2004 |
| Year of Publication: | 2004 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | American Lectures on the History of Religions
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (192 p.) :; 4 photos |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. American Religion as Commodity Culture
- Chapter 2. Civil Society and Immigrants
- Chapter 3. New Immigrants as Pariahs
- Chapter 4. Religious Options for Urban Immigrants
- Chapter 5. Reimagining Religious Pluralism
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- Index