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Published: 1st January 2001Is New York a post-secular city? Massive immigration and cultural changes have created an increasingly complex social landscape in which religious life plays a dynamic role. Yet the magnitude of religion's impact on New York's social life has gone unacknowledged.
New York Glory gathers together for the first time the best research on religion in contemporary New York City. It includes contributors from every major research project on religion in New York to provide a comprehensive look at the current state of religion in the city. Moving beyond broad surveys into specific case studies of communities and institutions, it provides a window onto the diversity of religious life in New York.
From Italian Catholics, Mormons, Muslims, and Russian Jews to Zen Buddhists, Rastafarians, and Pentecostal Latinas, New York Glory both captures the richness of religious life in New York City and provides an important foundation for our understanding of the current and future shape of religion in America.
"These two edited volumes bring together a variety of authors to offer a rear combination: they focus on religion in urban America and on particular cities, namely New York City and Chicago...They are necessary reading for anyone who seeks to understand this area."--Sociology of Religion
| Acknowledgments | p. ix |
| Preface | p. xi |
| Overview | |
| Religions in the City: An Overview | p. 3 |
| The Religious Demography of New York City | p. 26 |
| Denominational Reorientations | |
| Continuity and Change in Episcopal Congregations in New York City | p. 41 |
| A Profile of New York City's African American Church Leaders | p. 55 |
| The Yoruba Religion in New York | p. 74 |
| Hinduism in New York City | p. 88 |
| New York City: The Bible Institute Capital of the World? | p. 101 |
| Assimilation in New York City's Italian Parishes | p. 112 |
| Conversions and Religious Switching | |
| Orthodox Converts in New York City | p. 131 |
| The Religion of New York Jews from the Former Soviet Union | p. 148 |
| Religious Diversity and Ethnicity among Latinos | p. 162 |
| Ethnic Diversification | |
| The Changing Face of Seventh-Day Adventism in Metropolitan New York | p. 177 |
| Mormons in New York City | p. 196 |
| Malcolm X and the Future of New York City Islam | p. 212 |
| Religion as Therapeutic | |
| Black Churches as a Therapeutic Institution | p. 233 |
| Cultural Crossroads in a Flushing Zen Monastery | p. 246 |
| New York Neo-Puritans: Using Counseling to Overcome Stereotypes of Religion | p. 260 |
| Religion Class at Sing Sing Prison | p. 269 |
| The Religious Woman | |
| Latinas in the Barrio | p. 287 |
| Orthodox Jewish Women Openly Studying the Torah | p. 297 |
| Congregation Beth Simchat Torah: New York's Gay and Lesbian Synagogue | p. 312 |
| Feminists, Religion, and Ethics in New York City: The Roman Catholic Example | p. 322 |
| Gender, Community, and Change among the Rastafari of New York City | p. 333 |
| Politics in the Kingdom | |
| Voices of the Black Religious Community of Brooklyn, New York | p. 357 |
| The Greek Orthodox Church and Identity Politics | p. 374 |
| Conclusion: New York City's Religions: Issues of Race, Class, Gender, and Immigration | p. 388 |
| Bibliography | p. 395 |
| Contributors | p. 431 |
| Index | p. 437 |
| Table of Contents provided by Syndetics. All Rights Reserved. |
ISBN: 9780814716014
ISBN-10: 0814716016
Series: Religion, Race, and Ethnicity
Audience:
General
Format:
Paperback
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 440
Published: 1st January 2001
Country of Publication: US
Dimensions (cm): 22.86 x 15.24
x 2.59
Weight (kg): 0.67
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