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

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

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Availability:In StockContributor:Bruce LawrenceSeries:American Lectures on the History of ReligionsTheme:Ethnic Orientation/Asian, Religious Orientation/IslamicPublish date:11/21/2002Pages:216

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 all Christian groups combined -- are Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Sikhism. Now a leading scholar asks how these new faiths have changed or have been changed by the pluralist face of American civil society and by the deep-rooted American ambivalence toward foreign traditions.