From Africa to America : : Religion and Adaptation among Ghanaian Immigrants in New York / / Moses O. Biney.
Upon arrival in the United States, most African immigrants are immediately subsumed under the category “black.” In the eyes of most Americans-and more so to American legal and social systems-African immigrants are indistinguishable from all others, such as those from the Caribbean whose skin color t...
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Biney, Moses O., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut From Africa to America : Religion and Adaptation among Ghanaian Immigrants in New York / Moses O. Biney. New York, NY : New York University Press, [2011] ©2011 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Religion, Race, and Ethnicity ; 18 Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Coming to America -- 2. By the Hudson River -- 3. Remembering the Homeland: -- 4. How Shall We Sing the Lord’s Song? -- 5. The Compound House -- 6. Conflict and Cohesion -- 7. Ebenezer -- 8. Paddling on Both Sides -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Upon arrival in the United States, most African immigrants are immediately subsumed under the category “black.” In the eyes of most Americans-and more so to American legal and social systems-African immigrants are indistinguishable from all others, such as those from the Caribbean whose skin color they share. Despite their growing presence in many cities and their active involvement in sectors of American economic, social, and cultural life, we know little about them.In From Africa to America, Moses O. Biney offers a rare full-scale look at an African immigrant congregation, the Presbyterian Church of Ghana in New York (PCGNY). Through personal stories, notes from participant observation, and interviews, Biney explores the complexities of the social, economic, and cultural adaptation of this group, the difficult moral choices they have to make in order to survive, and the tensions that exist within their faith community. Most notably, through his compelling research Biney shows that such congregations are more than mere “ethnic enclaves,” or safe havens from American social and cultural values. Rather, they help maintain the essential balance between cultural acclimation and ethnic preservation needed for these new citizens to flourish. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jun 2022) Ghanaian Americans Religion New York (State) New York. Ghanaian Americans New York (State) New York Religion. RELIGION / Christianity / Presbyterian. bisacsh Africa. African. America. Biney. Church. From. Ghana. Moses. PCGNY. Presbyterian. York. congregation. full-scale. immigrant. look. offers. rare. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013 9783110706444 print 9780814786390 https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9780814786390.001.0001 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780814789810 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780814789810/original |
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