| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 197 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
American lecturers on the history of religion ; new ser., no. 17
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American lectures on the history of religions (American Academy of Religion) ; new ser., no. 17.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-186) and index. |
| Contents |
""Table of Contents ""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction ""; ""1. American Religion as Commodity Culture""; ""2. Civil Society and Immigrants""; ""3. New Immigrants as Pariahs""; ""4. Religious Options for Urban Immigrants""; ""5. Reimagining Religious Pluralism""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Selected Bibliography""; ""Index"" |
| Summary |
<Div> 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. Now a leading scholar asks how these new faiths have changed or have been changed by the pluralist face of American civil society and by the deep-rooted American ambivalence toward foreign traditions. </div> |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
United States -- Religion -- 1945-
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United States. |
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Religion. |
| Chronological Term |
1945- |
| Subject |
Asians -- United States -- Religion.
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Asians. |
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Immigrants -- Religious life -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Immigrants -- Religious life. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Immigrants. |
| Chronological Term |
Since 1900 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Lawrence, Bruce B. New faiths, old fears. New York : Columbia University Press, ©2002 0231115202 (DLC) 2002073450 (OCoLC)50022714 |
| ISBN |
0231505477 (electronic book) |
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9780231505475 (electronic book) |
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