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Ethnic church meets megachurch : Indian American Christianity in motion / Prema A. Kurien.
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Kurien, Prema A., 1963-
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English
Published/Created
New York : New York University Press, [2017]
Description
xiv, 281 pages ; 24 cm
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BR563.E27 K87 2017
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East Indian Americans
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Religion
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Ethnicity
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Religious aspects
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Christianity
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Emigration and immigration
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Religious aspects
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Christianity
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Big churches
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United States
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Summary note
This book exposes the profound impact American evangelicalism is having on the religious lives of contemporary Christian immigrants, and the pressures immigrant churches face to incorporate evangelical worship styles, often at the expense of maintaining their ethnic character and support systems. Most interestingly, it shows that the integration patterns of post-1965 Christian immigrants and their descendants have essentially reversed earlier models. While immigrants from Europe and their children were expected to shed their ethnic identities to become Americans, in the sphere of religion, they could maintain their ethnic traditions within American denominations. This book shows that members of the contemporary second generation are incorporating into U.S. society by maintaining their ethnic identities in secular contexts but are adopting a de-ethnicized religious identity and practice. In particular, many are gravitating toward evangelical megachurches. Drawing on multi-site research in the U.S. and India, this book also provides a global perspective on religion, demonstrating the variety of ways in which transnational processes affect religious organizations and their members, and how forces of globalization, from the period of colonialism to contemporary out-migration, have brought tremendous changes among Christian communities in the Global South. Book jacket.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-265) and index.
Contents
Indian American Christianity in motion
Syrian Christian encounters with colonial missionaries and Indian nationalism
The role of the church in migration and settlement
Coupling versus decoupling religion and ethnicity in the first and second generations
Class, culture, and the performance of gendered Christianity
Religion, social incorporation, and civic engagement among generations
International migration and its impact on the Mar Thoma denomination
Transnational processes, immigrant incorporation, and religious change.
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ISBN
9781479804757 ((hardcover ; : alkaline paper))
1479804754 ((hardcover ; : alkaline paper))
9781479826377 ((paperback ; : alkaline paper))
1479826375 ((paperback ; : alkaline paper))
LCCN
2017003621
OCLC
961160675
Other standard number
40027308855
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