Religion and Immigration Christian, Jewish, and Muslim Experiences in the United States

by Haddad, Yvonne Yazbeck; Smith, Jane I.; Esposito, John L.; O'Brien, David; Gillis, Chester; Balmer, Randall; Díaz-Stevens, Ana María; Pinn, Anthony J.; Neusner, Jacob; Sarna, Johnathan D.; Kraut, Alan M.; McCloud, Aminah; Muqtedar Khan, M .A.; Mattson, In

• ISBN13: 9780759103511
• ISBN10: 0759103518
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-03-04
• Publisher: AltaMira Press

Summary

Since its inception, the United States has defined itself as a nation of immigrants and a land of religious freedom. But following September 11, 2001 American openness to immigrants and openness to other beliefs have come into question. In a timely manner

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
Introduction: Becoming American-Religion, Identity,
and Institution Building in the American Mosaic	1
1 The Changing Contours of American Religion	19	(14)
DAVID J. O'BRIEN
2 American Catholics: Neither out Far nor in Deep	33	(20)
CHESTER GILLIS	53	(1)
3 Crossing the Borders: Evangelicalism and Migration	53	(8)
RANDALL BALMER
4 Colonization versus Immigration in the Integration and
Identification of Hispanics in the United States	61	(24)
ANA MARIA DIAZ-STEVENS
5 Some Praise Jesus, and Some Don't: Thoughts on the
Complex Nature of African American Religious Identity and
Those Who Interpret It	85	(44)
ANTHONY B. PINN
6 Immigration and Religion in America: The Experience of Judaism	105	(12)
JACOB NEUSNER
7 American Jews in the New Millennium	117	(12)
JONATHAN D. SARNA
8 "No Matter How Poor and Small the Building":
Health Care Institutions and the Jewish Immigrant Community	129	(88)
ALAN M. KRAUT
9 Islam in America: The Mosaic	159	(16)
AMINAH BEVERLY MCCLOUD
10 Constructing the American Muslim Community	175	(24)
M. A. MUQTEDAR KHAN
11 How Muslims Use Islamic Paradigms to Define America	199	(18)
INGRID MATTSON
12 Exploring the Religious Preferences of Recent Immigrants to the
United States: Evidence from the New Immigrant Survey Pilot	217	(38)
GUILLERMINA JASSO, DOUGLAS S. MASSEY, MARK R. ROSENZWEIG,	255	(1)
AND JAMES P SMITH
Bibliography	255	(22)
Index	277	(14)
About the Contributors	291