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: 9780759103528
• ISBN10: 0759103526
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-02-25
• 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	(18)
The Changing Contours of American Religion	19	(14)
David J. O'Brien
American Catholics: Neither out Far nor in Deep	33	(20)
Chester Gillis
Crossing the Borders: Evangelicalism and Migration	53	(8)
Randall Balmer
Colonization versus Immigration in the Integration and Identification of Hispanics in the United States	61	(24)
Ana Maria Diaz-Stevens
Some Praise Jesus, and Some Don't: Thoughts on the Complex Nature of African American Religious Identity and Those Who Interpret It	85	(20)
Anthony B. Pinn
Immigration and Religion in America: The Experience of Judaism	105	(12)
Jacob Neusner
American Jews in the New Millennium	117	(12)
Jonathan D. Sarna
``No Matter How Poor and Small the Building'': Health Care Institutions and the Jewish Immigrant Community	129	(30)
Alan M. Kraut
Islam in America: The Mosaic	159	(16)
Aminah Beverly McCloud
Constructing the American Muslim Community	175	(24)
M. A. Muqtedar Khan
How Muslims Use Islamic Paradigms to Define America	199	(18)
Ingrid Mattson
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
James P. Smith
Bibliography	255	(22)
Index	277	(14)
About the Contributors	291