Christian Pluralism United States: The Indian Immigrant Experience - Couverture souple

Williams, Raymond Brady

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0521088046 ISBN 13 : 9780521088046

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2008

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Recent immigrant Christians from India are changing the face of American Christianity. They are establishing churches with Orthodox, Protestant and Catholic rites. This book is a comprehensive study of these Christians, their churches and their adaptation. Professor Williams describes migration patterns since 1965, and how the role of Indian Christian nurses in creating immigration opportunities for their families affects gender relations, transition of generations, interpretations of migration, Indian Christian family values, and types of leadership. Contemporary mobility and rapid communication create new transnational religious groups, and Williams reveals some of the reverse effects on churches and institutions in India. He notes some successes and failures of mediating institutions in the United States in responding to new forms of Christianity brought by immigrants.

Revue de presse :

Review of the hardback: '... Professor Williams gives a fasinating and most learned account of a community, or rather several communities, in transition.' Asian Affairs

Review of the hardback: ' ... Christian Pluralism is an impressive and wide-ranging book written by an experienced and visionary elder-statesman deeply concerned not just about Indian Christians but about the role that Indian Christians can play in shaping the future of American Christianity ... the book should be required reading for all who seek to lead Indian churches into the future.' Souvenir for the Family Conference of the Mar Thoma Church

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0521088046
• ISBN 13: 9780521088046
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 316