The South Asian Religious Diaspora in Britain, Canada, and the United States

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Professor Harold Coward, Harold Coward, John R. Hinnells, Raymond Brady Williams, Formerly Professor of Comparative Religion at School of Oriental and African Studies John R Hinnells, LaFollette Distinguished Professor in the Humanities Emeritus at Wabash College Where He Served as Chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religion and as Founding Director of the Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Re Raymond Brady Williams
SUNY Press, Feb 17, 2000 - Social Science - 301 pages
This book explores the experience of religious communities that have migrated from South Asia (India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh) to live in Britain, Canada, and the United States, three countries sharing a common language (English) and an interwoven history. The work introduces the migration history of Hindus, Muslims, and Sikhs along with the cultural nuances of these traditions. The contributors discuss the various communities' experiences that grow out of or are related to religion. The book shows how traditions are reformed or reinvented and how they are passed on, both through the family and through institutions. Issues related to public policy and minority status are also addressed. While the main focus is on the Hindu, Muslim, and Sikh communities, specific sections also cover South Asian Christians, the Zoroastrian diaspora, and new religious movements in the West led by South Asians. The book strikes a balance between stories and statistics in order to emphasize the narrative of the immigrants' experience.

[Contributors include: Roger Ballard, Judith Coney, Harold Coward, Diana L. Eck, Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad, John R. Hinnells, Kim Knott, Gurinder Singh Mann, Sheila McDonough, Jørgen S. Nielsen, Joseph T. O'Connell, and Raymond Brady Williams.]

 

Contents

Brady Williams
13
The Zoroastrian Diaspora in Britain Canada
35
New Religious Movements in the West
55
Hinduism in Britain Kim Knott
89
Ethnic Minorities Community
109
Sikh Presence in Britain Roger Ballard
127
Hinduism in Canada Harold Coward
151
The Muslims of Canada Sheila McDonough
173
Sikh ReligioEthnic Experience in Canada
191
Introduction Raymond Brady Williams
213
Negotiating Hindu Identities in America
219
South Asian Muslims
239
Sikhism in the United States of America
259
Trajectories for Future Studies
277
List of Contributors
289
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Harold Coward is Director at the Centre for Studies in Religion and Society at the University of Victoria, British Columbia, and coeditor of Visions of a New Earth, with Daniel C. Maguire, also from SUNY Press.

John R. Hinnells is Research Professor of Comparative Religion at the University of Derby, England, and author of Zoroastrians in Britain.

Raymond Brady Williams, LaFollette Distinguished Professor in the Humanities at Wabash College in Indiana, is the author of Religions of Immigrants from India and Pakistan: New Threads in the American Tapestry.