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

by Bruce B. Lawrence

Book Overview

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. In this remarkable book, a leading scholar of religion asks how these new faiths have changed or have been changed by the pluralist face of American civil society. How have these new religious minorities been affected...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231115210
• ISBN13: 9780231115216
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.7" x 8.7"