Religious Dimensions of Contexts of Reception

Comparing Two New England Cities

Bibliographic Data

ID9954417
AuthorsW Cadge (0000-0003-1713-5449, Brandeis University Waltham MA., corresponding author), P Levitt (0000-0002-6427-0101, Wellesley College), B N Jaworsky (0000-0002-0049-5627, Masaryk University), Casey Clevenger (0000-0003-0762-1494, Brandeis University Waltham MA.)
Year2013
Volume51
Issue3
Pages84-98
Publication date2013-04-15
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Migration (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0020-7985 • E-ISSN: 1468-2435
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/imig.12074
OpenAlexW2162352643
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited37

We compare how religion is present in Portland, Maine and Danbury, Connecticut and how it influences the ways organizations provide social services to recently arrived immigrants. We find that a range of municipal, civic, and religious organizations shape contexts of reception in each city. In Portland, municipal organizations provide most of the services for the large refugee population. Religious organizations are more central in Danbury, and providers speak more often about religion in their work with the city's economic migrants. Collaboration among organizations is common, although religion sometimes acts as a barrier to collaboration in Portland. We argue that the religious dimensions of cities as contexts of reception are not homogenous and that variation between them is best explained by local factors including history, demographics and organizational ecology

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