Religion and Ethnicity Among New Immigrants: The Impact of Majority/Minority Status in Home and Host Countries.

Research shows that religion continues to be an important identity marker for new immigrants in the United States. However, immigrant groups differ in the ways they integrate religious and ethnic identities and the emphasis they place on each. In this paper, we argue that majority or minority status...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Publicado en:Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (Wiley-Blackwell) Vol. 40; no. 3; pp. 367 - 379
Autores principales: Fenggang Yang, Ebaugh, Helen Rose
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell Sep2001
Materias:
Acceso en línea:Ver este registro en EBSCOhost
fields @attributes:
  recordID: 1
pdfLink:
plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=5052952&site=ehost-live
header:
  @attributes:
    shortDbName: hlh
    uiTerm: 5052952
    longDbName: Humanities International Complete
    uiTag: AN
  controlInfo:
    bkinfo:
    jinfo:
      jid:
        00218294
        SSN
      jtl: Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (Wiley-Blackwell)
      issn: 00218294
      maglogo: Y
    pubinfo:
      dt: Sep2001
      vid: 40
      iid: 3
      pid: 480
      pub: Wiley-Blackwell
    artinfo:
      ui:
        5052952
        10.1111/0021-8294.00063
      ppf: 367
      ppct: 12
      formats:
        fmt:
          – @attributes:
              type: T
          – @attributes:
              type: P
              size: 89KB
      tig:
        atl: Religion and Ethnicity Among New Immigrants: The Impact of Majority/Minority Status in Home and Host Countries.
      aug:
        au:
          Fenggang Yang
          Ebaugh, Helen Rose
        affil:
          Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Southern Maine, P.O. Box 9300, Portland, Maine 04104-9300
          Professor of Sociology, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204-3474
      su:
        Immigrants
        Religion & social status
        Religious groups
        Ethnicity
        United States
        Houston (Tex.)
        Texas
      sug:
        subj:
          United States
          Houston (Tex.)
          Texas
          Immigrants
          Religion & social status
          Religious groups
          Ethnicity
      ab: Research shows that religion continues to be an important identity marker for new immigrants in the United States. However, immigrant groups differ in the ways they integrate religious and ethnic identities and the emphasis they place on each. In this paper, we argue that majority or minority status of their religious affiliation in the home and host countries is an important, but overlooked, factor in understanding strategies concerning religious and ethnic identities. By comparing two Chinese congregations, a Chinese Buddhist temple and a Chinese Christian church in Houston, Texas, we analyze what happens when an immigrant group moves from majority status in the home country to minority status in the United States (Chinese Buddhists) and when a minority group (Chinese Christians in China) become part of the Christian majority in the United States. We conclude by arguing the importance of going beyond U.S. borders and taking into account factors in their home countries in attempts to understand patterns of adaptation of the new immigrants.
      pubtype: Academic Journal
      doctype: Article
      src: R
    language: English
    refInfo:
    copyright:
      @attributes:
        flag: Y
      custom: Copyright of Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (Wiley-Blackwell) is the property of Wiley-Blackwell and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use.
      item: Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (Wiley-Blackwell)
      holder: Wiley-Blackwell
      dt:
        @attributes:
          year: 2001
    holdings:
      @attributes:
        islocal: N