Ecologies of Faith in New York City

Richard Cimino is adjunct professor in Sociology at Hofstra University. He is author of Trusting the Spirit and (with Don Lattin) Shopping for Faith: American Religion in the New Millennium, and editor of Religion Watch.Nadia A. Mian is adjunct professor at the Polytechnic Institute of New York UniversityWeishan Huang is a research fellow at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity in Göttingen, Germany.

Richard Cimino is adjunct professor in Sociology at Hofstra University. He is author of Trusting the Spirit and (with Don Lattin) Shopping for Faith: American Religion in the New Millennium, and editor of Religion Watch.

Foreword Nancy T. AmmermanAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Ecology of Religious Institutions in New York City Richard Cimino and Nadia A. Mian, with Weishan HuangPart 1. Religious Institutions and Gentrification in the Religious Ecology1. Disneyfication and Religion in Times Square Hans E. Tokke2. Filling Niches and Pews in Williamsburg and Greenpoint: The Religious Ecology of Gentrification Richard Cimino3. Korean American Churches and the Negotiation of Space in Flushing, Queens Keun-Joo Christine PaePart 2. Immigration, Religion, and Neighborhood Change4. Diversity and Competition: Politics and Conflict in New Immigrant Communities Weishan Huang5. The Brazilianization of New York City: Brazilian Immigrants and Evangelical Churches in a Pluralized Urban Landscape Donizete Rodrigues6. Building and Expanding Communities: African Immigrant Congregations and the Challenge of Diversity Moses BineyPart 3. Entrepreneurial Innovation and Religious Institutions7. Changing Lives One Scoop at a Time: The Creation of Alphabet Scoop on the Lower East Side Sheila P. Johnson8. Navigating Property Development through a Framework of Religious Ecology: The Case of Trinity Lutheran Church Nadia A. Mian9. Hinduism at Work in Queens Matthew WeinerContributorsIndex