This course presents different ways of studying cultural and religious pluralism in the United States through case studies written as ethnographies. We will analyze transformations or ethnicity, gender, race and national identity that have marked both historical and contemporary migrations of people to the United States. We will also explore the impact of intensified transnationalism on the identities of newer American groups, as they concurrently sustain ties to homelands and seek ways to form communities in the United States, and to formulate their relationships with the other groups among whom they find themselves. In particular, we will examine the roles of religious life and practice in relation to a range of healing ways in immigrant communities.

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