From Africa to America : Religion and Adaptation among Ghanaian Immigrants in New York / Moses O. Biney.
2011
BX9211.N5 P743 2016
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From Africa to America : Religion and Adaptation among Ghanaian Immigrants in New York / Moses O. Biney.
Author
Biney, Moses O., author.
ISBN
9780814789810
Published
New York, NY : : New York University Press, [2011]
Copyright
©2011
Language
English
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In English.
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1 online resource
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10.18574/nyu/9780814786390.001.0001 doi
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BX9211.N5 P743 2016
Dewey Decimal Classification
285.1089966707471
Summary
Upon arrival in the United States, most African immigrants are immediately subsumed under the category "black." In the eyes of most Americans-and more so to American legal and social systems-African immigrants are indistinguishable from all others, such as those from the Caribbean whose skin color they share. Despite their growing presence in many cities and their active involvement in sectors of American economic, social, and cultural life, we know little about them.In From Africa to America, Moses O. Biney offers a rare full-scale look at an African immigrant congregation, the Presbyterian Church of Ghana in New York (PCGNY). Through personal stories, notes from participant observation, and interviews, Biney explores the complexities of the social, economic, and cultural adaptation of this group, the difficult moral choices they have to make in order to survive, and the tensions that exist within their faith community. Most notably, through his compelling research Biney shows that such congregations are more than mere "ethnic enclaves," or safe havens from American social and cultural values. Rather, they help maintain the essential balance between cultural acclimation and ethnic preservation needed for these new citizens to flourish.
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Religion, Race, and Ethnicity ; ; 18
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Table of Contents
Frontmatter
Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Coming to America
2. By the Hudson River
3. Remembering the Homeland:
4. How Shall We Sing the Lord's Song?
5. The Compound House
6. Conflict and Cohesion
7. Ebenezer
8. Paddling on Both Sides
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Coming to America
2. By the Hudson River
3. Remembering the Homeland:
4. How Shall We Sing the Lord's Song?
5. The Compound House
6. Conflict and Cohesion
7. Ebenezer
8. Paddling on Both Sides
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author