The Religion of Ethnicity

Belief and Belonging in a Greek-American Community

Gary A. Kunkelman (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

212 Seiten

2019
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-367-08573-5 (ISBN)

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The integrative role of religion has been a recurrent theme of sociological and anthropological theory. This role is apparent in the Greek-American community; religion functions as a cement of the social fabric. Indeed, it would be hard to overestimate the role of Greek Orthodoxy in joining people of Greek ancestry into a community and reinforcing their sense of ethnic identity. The nature of ethnic identity and the church’s role in fostering and sustaining it are subjects of this study, first published in 1990. In ultimately focusing on the interplay between church, community and individual, the book suggests that understanding the relation of these people to their church is to understand them as a people.

Gary A. Kunkelman

1. Background Considerations: Prior Research, Assumptions and Approach 2. The Community’s Early Years 3. Right and Wrong: Pride and Shame 4. Family: Marriage and Kin Relationships 5. Parent-Child Relationships 6. Education, Occupation and Success 7. The Ethnic Church 8. Contrasting Priestly Styles 9. Orthodoxy: Dogma and Cognitive Forms 10. The Concept of Ethnicity: Summary and Observations 11. The Religion of Ethnicity: Summary and Observations

Erscheinungsdatum	01.04.2019
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Library Editions: Sociology of Religion
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-367-08573-9 / 0367085739
ISBN-13	978-0-367-08573-5 / 9780367085735
Zustand	Neuware