Joining the Choir
Religious Membership and Social Trust Among Transnational Ghanaians
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2244528 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hans-Peter Y Qvist (0000-0001-6231-3123, Aalborg University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 98 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 1-3 |
| Publication date | 2019-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Forces (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0037-7732 • E-ISSN: 1534-7605 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/sf/soz034 |
| OpenAlex | W2943018790 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
In the 1960s people from Africa made up a small proportion of the migrant population in United States. However, since the mid 1960s the United States have opened the doors for larger numbers of migrants from the Global South including people from Africa. As a result, the African-born population in the US today comprises close to 2 million people according to estimates from the Pew Research Center (see Manglos-Weber 2018, 2). Against this backdrop, Nicolette D. Manglos-Weber in Joining the Choir takes us to Accra, Ghana and Chicago, Illinois to learn about the role that religious membership plays for the integration of Christian transnational Ghanaians living in the United States. Based on the personal stories of a few central characters, Manglos-Weber sheds light on how these Christian transnational Ghanaians choose their churches upon arrival in the United States and on the myriad ways in which their church choice and resulting religious membership subsequently influence their process of integration in the United States.
Choir · Economic growth · Economics · Political science · Population · Religious organization · Sociology · Demography · Gender Studies · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Society, and Development
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |