There are over 1.5 million Asian Indians in the Americas, most of whom have transplanted the religious customs of their homeland. "Transplanting Religious Traditions" is a study of how individuals, families, and small groups transport and sustain their religious practices and how they eventually construct stable religious institutions suited to the American context. The book centers on the Indian community in Atlanta, Georgia from 1979 to 1988 but relates the study to America's East Indian population as a whole. Social scientists, religion scholars and students, as well as all members of...
There are over 1.5 million Asian Indians in the Americas, most of whom have transplanted the religious customs of their homeland. "Transplanting Re...
The first survey and assessment of nearly all published materials concerning South Asian religious traditions in the Americas, this bibliography brings the field together under a synoptic view and critically depicts South Asian religious traditions from the multi-optic perspective of 925 publications. The work sets the parameters of an emerging field of scholarly research, the study of transplanted religious traditions, and defines a sub-field of the research, the religions of South Asian immigrants in the western hemisphere. For years to come, this study will define the discipline, be the...
The first survey and assessment of nearly all published materials concerning South Asian religious traditions in the Americas, this bibliography br...
