{"product_id":"god-needs-no-passport-immigrants-and-the-changing-american-religious-landscape-paperback","title":"God Needs No Passport: Immigrants and the Changing American Religious Landscape - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePeggy Levitt\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNot since the era of Ellis Island have so many immigrants arrived on America's shores. As in the past, native-born Americans continue to expect immigrants to assimilate; however, in an era of cheap international travel and the Internet, immigrants themselves are now able to keep one foot in their countries of origin, thereby confusing old assumptions about pluralism and American identity. And increasingly it is global religious institutions that enable immigrants to participate in two cultures at once-whether via religious services beamed in by satellite or through an expanding network of global religious organizations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese multicultural religious immigrants, sociologist Peggy Levitt argues in this pathbreaking account, are changing the face of religious diversity in the United States, helping to make American religion just as global as U.S. corporations. In a book with stunning implications for today's immigration debates-where commentators routinely refer to a \"clash of civilizations\"-Levitt shows that the new realities of religion and migration are subtly challenging the very definition of what it means to be an American. Filled with impressive original research and charts and statistics that \"give an excellent overall view of the results of her thorough on-site research\" (\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eGod Needs No Passport\u003c\/i\u003e reveals that American values are no longer just made in the U.S.A. but around the globe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeggy Levitt is a professor of sociology at Wellesley College. She is also a research fellow at the Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations and the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eGod Needs No Passport: Immigrants and the Changing American Religious Landscape\u003c\/i\u003e (The New Press); \u003ci\u003eThe Transnational Villagers\u003c\/i\u003e; and a co-editor, with Mary Waters, of \u003ci\u003eThe Changing Face of Home\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Concord, Massachusetts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.9 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 17, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47676667527389,"sku":"9781595584564","price":20.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/ZjTQcJbDqp9781595584564.webp?v=1773972587","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/god-needs-no-passport-immigrants-and-the-changing-american-religious-landscape-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}