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 tog...

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