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Book SynopsisExamines personal and organizational networks that exist between members in US immigrant religious communities and individuals and religious institutions left behind. This title examines how religious remittances flow between home and host communities, how they affect religious practices in both settings, and how influences change over time.
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
