New faiths, old fears :: Muslims and other Asian immigrants in American religious life /

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 o...

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1. Verfasser: Lawrence, Bruce B.
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2002.
Schriftenreihe:American lectures on the history of religions (American Academy of Religion) ; new ser., no. 17.
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Zusammenfassung: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.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xvi, 197 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-186) and index.
ISBN:0231505477
9780231505475
0231115202
9780231115209
0231115210
9780231115216

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