Churches and charity in the immigrant city: religion, immigration, and civic engagement in Miami

Religion, immigration, and civic engagement / Alex Stepick, Terry Rey, Sarah J. Mahler -- So close and yet so far away: comparing civic social capital in two Cuban congregations / Sarah J. Mahler -- Refugee Catholicism in Little Haiti: Miami's Notre Dame d'Haiti Catholic Church / Terry Rey...

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Contributors: Stepick, Alex (Other) ; Rey, Terry (Other) ; Mahler, Sarah J. 1959- (Other)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: New Brunswick, N.J [u.a.] Rutgers University Press c2009
In:Year: 2009
Further subjects:B Immigrants Services for Florida Miami
B African Americans Services for Florida Miami
B African American churches (Florida) (Miami)
B Religious community
B Political Participation (Florida) (Miami)
B African Americans Politics and government Florida Miami
B Miami <Fla.>
B Church work with immigrants Florida Miami
B Immigrants
B Catholic church
B Caritas
B Immigrants Political activity Florida Miami
B Church work with African Americans (Florida) (Miami)
B Immigrants Political activity (Florida) (Miami)
B African Americans (Florida) (Miami Politics and government)
B Church work with immigrants (Florida) (Miami)
B Social work
B African Americans Services for (Florida) (Miami)
B Political Participation Florida Miami
B Church work with immigrants Catholic Church
B Immigrants Services for (Florida) (Miami)
B African American churches Florida Miami
B Church work with African Americans Florida Miami
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Summary:Religion, immigration, and civic engagement / Alex Stepick, Terry Rey, Sarah J. Mahler -- So close and yet so far away: comparing civic social capital in two Cuban congregations / Sarah J. Mahler -- Refugee Catholicism in Little Haiti: Miami's Notre Dame d'Haiti Catholic Church / Terry Rey, Alex Stepick -- Politics and prayer in West Perrine: civic engagement in the Black church / Su Oltman Fink -- Unidos en la Fe: transnational civic social engagement between two Cuban Catholic parishes / Katrin Hansing -- La Catedral del Exilio: a Nicaraguan congregation in a Cuban church / Isabel del Pino-Allen -- Black churches and the environment in Miami / Eileen M. Smith-Cavros -- Youth and charity in a Sweetwater Parish: Our Lady of Divine Providence Church / Aidil Oscariz -- Faith in the fields: Mexican Marianism in Miami-Dade County / Noemí Báez ... [et al.] -- The struggle for civic social capital in West Indian churches / Teruyuki Tsuji, Christine Ho, Alex Stepick -- Religious practice and civic social capital among Miami youth / Yves Labissiere, Ann Reeder Goraczko, Alex Stepick -- Conclusions: religious leadership and civic social capital / Alex Stepick, Sarah J. Mahler, Terry Rey
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:0813544599