New Faiths Old Fears by Bruce B. Lawrence HARDBACK 9780231115209

Columbia University Press

New Faiths Old Fears\nby Bruce B. Lawrence\nHardback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Bruce B. Lawrence\nTitle: New Faiths Old Fears\nFormat: Hardback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Religion and beliefs\nPublisher: Columbia University Press\nPublication year: 2002\nISBN-13: 9780231115209\nISBN-10: 0231115202\nRRP: \u00A388.00\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nAs a result of immigration from Asia in the wake of the passage of the 1965 Hart-Celler Immigration Act, the fastest-growing religions in America - faster than Christian groups combined - are Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Sikhism. This book asks how these faiths have changed or have been changed by the pluralist face of American civil society.\n\nAs a result of immigration from Asia in the wake of the passage of the 1965 Hart-Celler Immigration Ac.