Description |
1 online resource (x, 228 pages) |
Contents |
The setting : migration, social trust, and religion -- The sources of risk : inequality, the racial order, and group competition -- The draw of religion : accessibility, portability and promise -- The culture of connection : practices and principles -- The shape of identity : visions, revisions and negotiations -- The nature of faith : between believing and belonging |
Summary |
In this book, Nicolette D. Manglos-Weber takes a deeply personal look at the lives of a few central characters in Accra, Ghana and Chicago, Illinois, examining what religious membership means for them as Christians, transmational Ghanaians, and aspirational migrants. Their stories highlight the continuing role of religion as a portable basis of trust in the modern world, where more people live between nations |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 19, 2018) |
Subject |
Christianity -- Ghana
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Ghanaian Americans -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Religion
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
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Christianity
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Ghana
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Illinois -- Chicago
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
2018002107 |
ISBN |
9780190841058 |
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0190841052 |
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9780190841072 |
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0190841079 |
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9780190841065 |
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0190841060 |
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