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Journal Article
Transformations in New Immigrant Religions and Their Global Implications
Fenggang Yang and Helen Rose Ebaugh
American Sociological Review
Vol. 66, No. 2 (Apr., 2001), pp. 269-288
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by: American Sociological Association
DOI: 10.2307/2657418
https://www.jstor.org/stable/2657418
Page Count: 20
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Topics: Buddhism, Islam, Temples, Hindus, Zoroastrianism, Protestantism, Theology, Migrant communities, Mosques
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Abstract
Immigrant religious communities in the United States are undergoing profound transformations. Three processes of change occurring in new immigrant religions are described and analyzed: (1) adopting the congregational form in organizational structure and ritual, (2) returning to theological foundations, and (3) reaching beyond traditional ethnic and religious boundaries to include other peoples. These changes support the "new paradigm" in the sociology of religion that refutes secularization theories: Internal and external religious pluralism, instead of leading to the decline of religion, encourages institutional and theological transformations that energize and revitalize religions. Moreover, these changes are not merely attributable to Americanization. Rather, these changes have transnational implications for global religious systems-implications that are facilitated by the material and organizational resources that new U.S. immigrants possess.
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