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Book SynopsisThe new immigrants coming to the United States and establishing ethnic congregations do not abandon religious ties in their home countries. Rather, as they communicate with family and friends left behind in their homelands, they influence religious structures and practices there. Religion Across Borders examines both personal and organizational networks that exist between members in U.S. immigrant religious communities and individuals and religious institutions left behind. Building upon Religion and the New Immigrants (2000)their previous study of immigrant religious communities in Houstonsociologists Ebaugh and Chafetz ask how religious remittances flow between home and host communities, how these interchanges affect religious practices in both settings, and how influences change over time as new immigrants become settled. The study''s unique comparative perspective looks at differing faith groups (Catholic, Protestant, Buddhist) from Argentina, Mexico, Guatamala, Vietnam and China.
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Prologue: Lessons from American Immigrant Congregations Chapter 2 Introduction Chapter 3 A Mexican Evangelical Church: The Santa Cena of The Luz Del Mundo Church Chapter 4 An Argentinian Evangelical Church: Twilight of a Transnational Field? Chapter 5 Maya Evangelical Congregations: Religion and the Process of Migration 6 Mexican Catholic Congregational Network: Catholicism and Transnational Networks 7 Vietnamese Buddhists and Catholics: Evolution of Remittances from Family to Faith 8 A Chinese Christian Church: Diverse Transnational Networks of a Houston Church 9 New York Chinese Protestants: Transnational Religious Networks among Fuzhou Immigrants 10 The Variety of Transnational Religious Networks
