001480295 000__ 05027nam\a22009975i\4500 001480295 001__ 1480295 001480295 003__ DE-B1597 001480295 005__ 20231026035134.0 001480295 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 001480295 007__ cr\un\nnnunnun 001480295 008__ 230918t20112011nyu\\\\\o\\d\z\\\\\\eng\d 001480295 020__ $$a9780814789810 001480295 0247_ $$a10.18574/nyu/9780814786390.001.0001$$2doi 001480295 035__ $$a(DE-B1597)547529 001480295 040__ $$aDE-B1597$$beng$$cDE-B1597$$erda 001480295 0410_ $$aeng 001480295 044__ $$anyu$$cUS-NY 001480295 050_4 $$aBX9211.N5$$bP743 2016 001480295 072_7 $$aREL097000$$2bisacsh 001480295 08204 $$a285.1089966707471$$223 001480295 1001_ $$aBiney, Moses O., $$eauthor.$$4aut$$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut. 001480295 24510 $$aFrom Africa to America :$$bReligion and Adaptation among Ghanaian Immigrants in New York /$$cMoses O. Biney. 001480295 264_1 $$aNew York, NY : : $$bNew York University Press, $$c[2011] 001480295 264_4 $$c©2011 001480295 300__ $$a1 online resource 001480295 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 001480295 337__ $$acomputer$$bc$$2rdamedia 001480295 338__ $$aonline resource$$bcr$$2rdacarrier 001480295 347__ $$atext file$$bPDF$$2rda 001480295 4900_ $$aReligion, Race, and Ethnicity ; ;$$v18 001480295 50500 $$tFrontmatter -- $$tContents -- $$tList of Illustrations -- $$tAcknowledgments -- $$tIntroduction -- $$t1. Coming to America -- $$t2. By the Hudson River -- $$t3. Remembering the Homeland: -- $$t4. How Shall We Sing the Lord's Song? -- $$t5. The Compound House -- $$t6. Conflict and Cohesion -- $$t7. Ebenezer -- $$t8. Paddling on Both Sides -- $$tNotes -- $$tBibliography -- $$tIndex -- $$tAbout the Author 001480295 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 001480295 520__ $$aUpon 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. 001480295 538__ $$aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. 001480295 546__ $$aIn English. 001480295 5880_ $$aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 18. Sep 2023) 001480295 650_0 $$aGhanaian Americans$$zNew York (State)$$zNew York$$xReligion. 001480295 650_4 $$aRELIGION / Christianity / Presbyterian$$2sh. 001480295 653__ $$aAfrica. 001480295 653__ $$aAfrican. 001480295 653__ $$aAmerica. 001480295 653__ $$aBiney. 001480295 653__ $$aChurch. 001480295 653__ $$aFrom. 001480295 653__ $$aGhana. 001480295 653__ $$aMoses. 001480295 653__ $$aPCGNY. 001480295 653__ $$aPresbyterian. 001480295 653__ $$aYork. 001480295 653__ $$acongregation. 001480295 653__ $$afull-scale. 001480295 653__ $$aimmigrant. 001480295 653__ $$alook. 001480295 653__ $$aoffers. 001480295 653__ $$arare. 001480295 655_0 $$aElectronic books 001480295 77308 $$iTitle is part of eBook package:$$dDe Gruyter$$tNew York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013$$z9783110706444 001480295 7760_ $$cprint$$z9780814786390 001480295 852__ $$bebk 001480295 85640 $$3De Gruyter$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780814789810$$zOnline Access 001480295 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:1480295$$pGLOBAL_SET 001480295 912__ $$a978-3-11-070644-4 New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013$$c2000$$d2013 001480295 912__ $$aEBA_BACKALL 001480295 912__ $$aEBA_CL_PLTLJSIS 001480295 912__ $$aEBA_EBACKALL 001480295 912__ $$aEBA_EBKALL 001480295 912__ $$aEBA_ECL_PLTLJSIS 001480295 912__ $$aEBA_EEBKALL 001480295 912__ $$aEBA_ESSHALL 001480295 912__ $$aEBA_PPALL 001480295 912__ $$aEBA_SSHALL 001480295 912__ $$aGBV-deGruyter-alles 001480295 912__ $$aPDA11SSHE 001480295 912__ $$aPDA13ENGE 001480295 912__ $$aPDA17SSHEE 001480295 912__ $$aPDA5EBK 001480295 980__ $$aBIB 001480295 980__ $$aEBOOK 001480295 982__ $$aEbook 001480295 983__ $$aOnline