Religion and immigration
Subtitle: migrant faiths in North America and Western Europe
By: Peter Kivisto
Series: Immigration & society series; Immigration & society
Publisher: Polity Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Cambridge; Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 211
ISBN-13: 9780745641690; 9780745641706
Subjects: Immigrants; Religious life
Other titles: Migrant faiths in North America and Western Europe
Description: This concise book provides readers with a comprehensive overview and critical assessment of the key issues and varied strands of research relating to immigration and religion that have been produced during the past two decades. Religion, once a neglected topic in migration studies, is today seen as a crucially important aspect of the immigrant experience. For some - particularly those focusing on religion in North America - religion has been portrayed as a vital resource for many immigrants engaged in the essential identity work required in adjusting to the receiving society. For others - particularly those who have focused on Muslim immigrants in Western Europe - religion tends to be depicted as a source of conflict rather than one of comfort and consolation. -- Publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-194) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1; title: Introduction : religion on the move -- -- 2; title: Immigrant identity work and religion -- -- 3; title: Reframing religious organizations and practices -- -- 4; title: Immigrants and transnational religious networks -- -- 5; title: Church-state relations and the public sphere -- -- 6; title: Epilogue.