Frontmatter
Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
Part I. Overview
Chapter 1. Religions in the City
Chapter 2. The Religious Demography of New York City
Part II. Denominational Reorientations
Chapter 3. Continuity and Change in Episcopal Congregations in New York City
Chapter 4. A Profile of New York City's African American Church Leaders
Chapter 5. The Yoruba Religion in New York
Chapter 6. Hinduism in New York City
Chapter 7. New York City The Bible Institute Capital of the World?
Chapter 8. Assimilation in New York City's Italian Parishes
Part III. Conversions and Religious Switching
Chapter 9. Orthodox Converts in New York City
Chapter 10. The Religion of New York Jews from the Former Soviet Union
Chapter 11. Religious Diversity and Ethnicity among Latinos
Part IV. Ethnic Diversification
Chapter 12. The Changing Face of Seventh-Day Adventism in Metropolitan New York
Chapter 13 Mormons in New York City
Chapter 14. Malcolm X and the Future of New York City Islam
Part V. Religion as Therapeutic
Chapter 15. Black Churches as a Therapeutic Institution
Chapter 16. Cultural Crossroads in a Flushing Zen Monastery
Chapter 17. New York Neo-Puritans Using Counseling to Overcome Stereotypes of Religion
Chapter 18 Religion Class at Sing Sing Prison
Part VI. The Religious Woman
Chapter 19. Latinas in the Barrio
Chapter 20. Orthodox Jewish Women Openly Studying the Torah
Chapter 21. Congregation Beth Simchat Torah
Chapter 22. Feminists, Religion, and Ethics in New York City
Chapter 23. Gender, Community, and Change among the Rastafari of New York City
Part VII. Politics in the Kingdom
Chapter 24. Voices of the Black Religious Community of Brooklyn, New York
Chapter 25. The Greek Orthodox Church and Identity Politics
Conclusion: New York City's Religions
Bibliography
Contributors
Index