Kniss, Fred Lamar,  1956- <br/><br/>
Sacred assemblies and civic engagement  how religion matters for America's newest immigrants /  [electronic resource] : 
Fred Kniss, Paul D. Numrich. 
 - New Brunswick, N.J. :  Rutgers University Press,  c2007. 
 - xi, 271 p. :  ill., map ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-267) and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction -- Purity and protest : sectarianism and immigrant civic engagement -- Locating the moral authority of immigrant congregations -- The moral projects of immigrant congregations -- "Making it in America" : occupational and economic adaptation in immigrant congregations -- Religion, education, and civic tensions in immigrant congregations -- Marriage patterns in immigrant congregations : implications for social distance and group identity -- Language in immigrant congregations : religious and civic considerations -- Individual engagement : citizenship in immigrant religions -- Organizational engagement : the ecology of immigrant congregations -- When and how religion matters for immigrant civic engagement. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. <br/>Palo Alto, Calif. : <br/>ebrary, <br/>2008. <br/>Available via World Wide Web. <br/>Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Immigrants--Religious life--Illinois--Chicago Metropolitan Area.<br/>Religion and culture--Illinois--Chicago Metropolitan Area.<br/>Immigrants--Social conditions.--Illinois--Chicago Metropolitan Area<br/>Social participation--Illinois--Chicago Metropolitan Area.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Chicago Metropolitan Area (Ill.)--Religion.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BL2527.C482  / K55 2007eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>200.86/9120977311