New Faiths, Old Fears - Muslims and Other Asian Immigrants in American Religious Life

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Summary

As a result of immigration from Asia in the wake of the passage of the 1965 Hart-Celler Immigration Act, the fastest-growing religions in America - faster than Christian groups combined - are Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Sikhism. This book asks how these faiths have changed or have been changed by the pluralist face of American civil society.

Product details

• Authors: Bruce Lawrence, Bruce B. Lawrence, Lawrence Bruce B.
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.11.2002
• EAN: 9780231115209
• ISBN: 978-0-231-11520-9
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: American Lectures on the Histo; American Lectures on the History of Religions; American Lectures on the History of Religions
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > General, dictionaries; RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State, HISTORY / United States / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies, RELIGION / Islam / History, Religion & beliefs, History of Religion, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, Social groups: religious groups and communities