New York Glory : : Religions in the City / / ed. by Anna Karpathakis, Tony Carnes.

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• MitwirkendeR: Brown, Mary Elizabeth,; Carle, Robert,; Carnes, Tony,; Cimino, Richard P.,; Curry, Mary Cuthrell,; Davidson, Leah,; DeCaro, Louis A.,; Erickson, Victoria Lee,; Farrell, Susan A.,; Harris, Helaine,; Hepner, Randal L.,; Karpathakis, Anna,; Klaff, Vivian Z.,; Kliger, Samuel,; Lawson, Ronald,; Lucas, James W.,; McRae, Mary B.,; Neuhaus, Richard John,; Nimbark, Ashakant,; Pantoja, Segundo S.,; Pérez y González, María E.,; Redeker Hepner, Tricia,; Schneider, Mareleyn,; Silver, Hannibal,; Taylor, Clarence,; Trulear, H. Dean,; de Vries, Paul,
• HerausgeberIn: Carnes, Tony,; Karpathakis, Anna,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2001]; ©2001
• Year of Publication: 2001
• Language: English
• Series: Religion, Race, and Ethnicity ; 4
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

Is New York a post-secular city? Massive immigration and cultural changes have created an increasingly complex social landscape in which religious life plays a dynamic role. Yet the magnitude of religion's impact on New York's social life has gone unacknowledged. New York Glory gathers together for the first time the best research on religion in contemporary New York City. It includes contributors from every major research project on religion in New York to provide a comprehensive look at the current state of religion in the city. Moving beyond broad surveys into specific case studies of communities and institutions, it provides a window onto the diversity of religious life in New York. From Italian Catholics, Mormons, Muslims, and Russian Jews to Zen Buddhists, Rastafarians, and Pentecostal Latinas, New York Glory both captures the richness of religious life in New York City and provides an important foundation for our understanding of the current and future shape of religion in America.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Part I. Overview -- Chapter 1. Religions in the City -- Chapter 2. The Religious Demography of New York City -- Part II. Denominational Reorientations -- Chapter 3. Continuity and Change in Episcopal Congregations in New York City -- Chapter 4. A Profile of New York City’s African American Church Leaders -- Chapter 5. The Yoruba Religion in New York -- Chapter 6. Hinduism in New York City -- Chapter 7. New York City The Bible Institute Capital of the World? -- Chapter 8. Assimilation in New York City’s Italian Parishes -- Part III. Conversions and Religious Switching -- Chapter 9. Orthodox Converts in New York City -- Chapter 10. The Religion of New York Jews from the Former Soviet Union -- Chapter 11. Religious Diversity and Ethnicity among Latinos -- Part IV. Ethnic Diversification -- Chapter 12. The Changing Face of Seventh-Day Adventism in Metropolitan New York -- Chapter 13 Mormons in New York City -- Chapter 14. Malcolm X and the Future of New York City Islam -- Part V. Religion as Therapeutic -- Chapter 15. Black Churches as a Therapeutic Institution -- Chapter 16. Cultural Crossroads in a Flushing Zen Monastery -- Chapter 17. New York Neo-Puritans Using Counseling to Overcome Stereotypes of Religion -- Chapter 18 Religion Class at Sing Sing Prison -- Part VI. The Religious Woman -- Chapter 19. Latinas in the Barrio -- Chapter 20. Orthodox Jewish Women Openly Studying the Torah -- Chapter 21. Congregation Beth Simchat Torah -- Chapter 22. Feminists, Religion, and Ethics in New York City -- Chapter 23. Gender, Community, and Change among the Rastafari of New York City -- Part VII. Politics in the Kingdom -- Chapter 24. Voices of the Black Religious Community of Brooklyn, New York -- Chapter 25. The Greek Orthodox Church and Identity Politics -- Conclusion: New York City’s Religions -- Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index