God Needs No Passport: Immigrants and the Changing American Religious Landscape

by Peggy Levitt

Book Overview

Not since the era of Ellis Island have so many immigrants arrived on America's shores. As in the past, native-born Americans continue to expect immigrants to assimilate; however, in an era of cheap international travel and the Internet, immigrants themselves are now able to keep one foot in their countries of origin, thereby confusing old assumptions about pluralism and American identity. And increasingly it is global religious institutions that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1595584560
• ISBN13: 9781595584564
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: New Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.9"