Churches and Charity in the Immigrant City
Paperback
Release Date:15 Apr 2009
ISBN:9780813544601
Churches and Charity in the Immigrant City
Religion, Immigration, and Civic Engagement in Miami
Rutgers University Press
In addition to being a religious country--over ninety percent of Americans believe in God--the United States is also home to more immigrants than ever before. Churches and Charity in the Immigrant City focuses on the intersection of religion and civic engagement among Miami's 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. Essays, for example, consider the role of leadership in the promotion and creation of "civic social capital" in a Haitian Catholic church, transnational ties between Cuban Catholics in Miami and Havana, and several African American congregations that serve as key comparisons of civic engagement among minorities. This book is important not only for its theoretical contributions to the sociology of religion, but also because it gives us a unique glimpse into immigrants' civic and religious lives in urban America.
Any future research on immigrant religion will be guided by the insights in this important book.
A stunning achievement! The volume offers rich detail and illuminating theory. One of the best books ever written on religion, immigration, and civic life.
A valuable addition to the burgeoning literature on immigrants' religion and their civic engagement. Highly recommended.
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.
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.
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
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
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