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Informationen zum Autor ALEX STEPICK is a professor of anthropology and sociology at Florida International University. TERRY REY is an associate professor and chair of religion at Temple University. SARAH J. MAHLER is an associate professor of sociology and anthropology and the director of the Center for Transnational and Comparative Studies at Florida International University. Klappentext Churches and Charity in the Immigrant City focuses on the intersection of religion and civic engagement among Miamis immigrant and minority groups. The contributors examine the role of religious organizations in developing social relationships and how these relationships affect the broader civic world. Zusammenfassung Focuses on the intersection of religion and civic engagement among Miami's immigrant and minority groups. This work examines the role of religious organizations in developing social relationships and how these relationships affect the broader civic world. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments 1. Religion, Immigration, and Civic Engagement Part One. Charismatic Leaders and Linking Civic Social Capital 2. So Close and Yet So Far Away: Comparing Civic Social Capital in Two Cuban Congregations 3. Refugee Catholicism in Little Haiti: Miami's Notre Dame d'Haiti Catholic Church 4. Politics and Prayer in West Perrine: Civic Engagement in the Black Church Part Two: Service and Volunteerism and Bridging Civic Social Capital 5. Unidos en la Fe: Transnational Civic Social Engagement between Two Cuban Catholic Parishes 6. La Catedral del Exilio: A Nicaraguan Congregation in a Cuban Church 7. Black Churches and the Environment in Miami Part Three. Religious and Spiritual Activities and Bonding Social Capital 8. Youth and Charity in a Sweetwater Parish: Our Lady of Divine Providence Church 9. Faith in the Fields: Mexican Marianism in Miami-Dade County 10. The Struggle for Civic Social Capital in West Indian Churches 11. Religious Practice and Civic Social Capital among Miami Youth 12. Conclusions: Religious Leadership and Civic Social Capital Contributors Index...
