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The 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 Houston sociologists 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. Data on ways in which historic,
geographic, economic and religious factors influence transnational
religious ties makes necessary reading for students of immigration,
religion and anyone interested in the increasingly global aspects
of American religion.
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