This concise book provides readers with a comprehensive overview
and critical assessment of the key issues and varied strands of
research relating to immigration and religion that have been
produced during the past two decades.
Religion, once a neglected topic in migration studies, is today
seen as a crucially important aspect of the immigrant experience.
For some – particularly those focusing on religion in North America
– religion has been portrayed as a vital resource for many
immigrants engaged in the essential identity work required in
adjusting to the receiving society. For others – particularly those
who have focused on Muslim immigrants in Western Europe – religion
tends to be depicted as a source of conflict rather than one of
comfort and consolation.
In a judicious, engaging, and highly readable account, this book
sorts through these contrasting viewpoints, pointing to an approach
that will assist upper-level students and scholars alike in putting
these competing analyses into perspective.
Table of Content
Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction: Religion on the Move
Chapter 2: Immigrant Identity Work and Religion
Chapter 3: Reframing Religious Organizations and Practices
Chapter 4: Immigrants and Transnational Religious Networks
Chapter 5: Church-State Relations and the Public Sphere
Chapter 6: Epilogue
References
About the author
Peter Kivisto is Richard Swanson Professor of Social Thought and Chair of the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Welfare at Augustana College. He is also editor of The Sociological Quarterly.
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