Transformations in New Immigrant Religions and Their Global Implications

Religious Affiliation and Participation among Immigrants in a Secular Society: A Study of Immigrants in The Netherlands

“…The data of this study are unique in the sense that large-scale surveys on immigrants' religion are rare (Ebaugh and Chafetz 2000;Van Tubergen 2006;Warner and Wittner 1998;Yang and Ebaugh 2001). However, a drawback of the data is that they are cross-sectional in nature, and therefore cannot be conclusive about the causality of the effects.…”

“…Several authors have explained this by pointing out that the census of the United States does not contain questions on religion, and other national surveys do not contain enough immigrants to allow for any meaningful analysis (Ebaugh and Chafetz 2000;Van Tubergen 2006;Warner and Wittner 1998;Yang and Ebaugh 2001). This study uses large-scale surveys of four immigrant groups (Turks, Moroccans, Surinamese and Dutch Antilleans) in the Netherlands.…”

Predicting Reasons for Experiencing Depression in Pakistani and Palestinian Muslims: The Roles of Acculturation and Religiousness

“…As a cultural construct, acculturation influences religiousness, and religiousness may likewise influence acculturation by shaping cultural norms, values, behaviors, and attitudes (Yang & Ebaugh, 2001). This has important implications in terms of psychological treatment and intervention among Muslims.…”

Hinduism in India and Congregational Forms: Influences of Modernization and Social Networks

“…In recent qualitative research among U.S. Hindus, a respondent noted that: -…Christians have the church as a support group, Hindus don't have anything‖ [27]. While it may generally be the case that Hindus tend not to form voluntary religious congregations, there are, however, exceptions to this generalization both in immigrant contexts [5,28,29], as well as in India [4,23].…”

“…Lipner [7] favors the beginning use of -Hindu‖ as a cultural rather than -specifically religious‖ term and warns that accepting a religious essentialist understanding of Hinduism, among other dangers, leads to -undercutting the rich diversity of actual belief and practice.‖ culture and adjust to the host country. Immigrant communities in the United States emulate American Protestant congregational forms in voluntary membership, lay leadership, expansion of services, organizational networks, ritual, worship times and format, clergy roles, and language [29,31,32]. These adaptations take place even among Hindus, Buddhists, and Parsis in the U.S. context, despite the fact that congregational forms are relatively rare among homeland co-religionists.…”