Lawrence, Bruce B. <br/><br/>
New faiths, old fears  Muslims and other Asian immigrants in American religious life /  [electronic resource] : 
Bruce B. Lawrence. 
 - New York :  Columbia University Press,  ©2002. 
 - 1 online resource (xvi, 197 pages) :  illustrations. 
 - American lecturers on the history of religion ;  new ser., no. 17 .
 - American lectures on the history of religions (American Academy of Religion) ;  new ser., no. 17. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-186) and index. 
<br/><br/>""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"" 
<br/><br/> <Div><P>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.</P></div> 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0231505477 9780231505475 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label>22573/ctt2717pg  JSTOR E048F744-2A5F-4AAD-9AA6-74EB09BDC0AA  OverDrive, Inc.  http://www.overdrive.com 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Chronological Terms: </label><br/>Since 1900 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Asians--Religion.--United States<br/>Immigrants--Religious life--History--United States--20th century.<br/>RELIGION--Religious Intolerance, Persecution & Conflict.<br/>RELIGION--Islam--History.<br/>Asians--Religion.<br/>Immigrants--Religious life.<br/>Religion.<br/>Asians -- United States -- Religion.<br/>Immigrants -- Religious life -- United States -- History -- 20th century.<br/>United States -- Religion -- 1945-.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Religion--1945-<br/>United States.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.<br/>History.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BL2525  / .L39 2002eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>200/.89/95073