Muslims and other Asian immigrants in American religious lifeLawrence, Bruce B.creatortextbibliographyElectronic books.History.nyuNew YorkColumbia University Press©20022002monographiceng

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1 online resource (xvi, 197 pages) : illustrations.<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>""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""Bruce B. Lawrence.Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-186) and index.n-us---a------United StatesReligion1945-AsiansUnited StatesReligionImmigrantsReligious lifeUnited StatesHistory20th centuryRELIGIONReligious Intolerance, Persecution & ConflictRELIGIONIslamHistoryAsiansReligionImmigrantsReligious lifeReligionUnited StatesAsians -- United States -- ReligionImmigrants -- Religious life -- United States -- History -- 20th centuryUnited States -- Religion -- 1945- Since 1900 fast BL2525 .L39 2002eb200/.89/95073Lawrence, Bruce B.New York : Columbia University Press, ©2002(DLC) 2002073450(OCoLC)500227140231505477978023150547522573/ctt2717pg JSTORE048F744-2A5F-4AAD-9AA6-74EB09BDC0AA OverDrive, Inc.http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=74645http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=74645N$T03010720200709055104.0ocm51321015 eng