"Gender, Religion, and Migration is the first multidisciplinary collection on the intersection of gender and religion in the integration of different groups of immigrants, migrant workers, youths, and students in host societies in Asia-Pacific, Europe, Latin America, and North America. It investigates the link and tensions between religion and integration from a gendered perspective, By examining the contemporary significance of religion in the context of global migrations, the fifteen research-based chapters provide new insights and perspectives."--BOOK JACKET.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / Glenda Tibe Bonifacio and Vivienne S.M. Angeles -- Asia-Pacific -- It cuts both ways : religion and Filipina domestic workers in Hong Kong / Gemma Tulud Cruz -- Faith(ing) Japan : Japanese Brazilian migrants and the Roman Catholic Church / Hugo Córdova Quero -- On being part of the whole : positioning the values of Muslim men in Sydney / Wafa Chafic -- Praying for food : class and Indian overseas students in Australia / Michiel Baas -- Europe -- Islam as a new urban identity : young female Muslims creating a religious youth culture in Berlin / Synnøve Bendixsen -- Female believers on the move : Vietnamese Pentecostal networks in Germany / Gertrud Hüwelmeier -- Islam : a dead end for integration of female immigrants in Denmark / Helene Pristed Nielsen -- Muslim immigrants in France : religious markets and new mechanisms of integration / Jamel Stambouli and Sonia Ben Soltane -- Latin America -- Muslim women in Brazil : notes on religion and integration / Cristina Maria de Castro -- North America -- Polish-Catholic religiosity in California / Krystyna Bleszynska and Marek Szopski -- Acculturation of Kenyan immigrants in the United States : religious service attendance and transnational ties / Lilian Odera -- Ethno-religious power : Yoruba immigrant women in the United States / Abolade Ezekiel Olagoke -- New Guadalupanos : Mexican immigrants, a grassroots organization and a pilgrimage to New York / Patricia Ruiz-Navarro -- Building communities through faith : Filipino Catholics in Philadelphia and Alberta / Glenda Tibe Bonifacio and Vivienne S.M. Angeles -- No greater law : illegal immigration and faith-based activism / Connie Oxford.