Chapter 5. The Yoruba Religion in New York

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Preface xi
5. Part I. Overview
6. Chapter 1. Religions in the City 3
7. Chapter 2. The Religious Demography of New York City 26
8. Part II. Denominational Reorientations
9. Chapter 3. Continuity and Change in Episcopal Congregations in New York City 41
10. Chapter 4. A Profile of New York City’s African American Church Leaders 55
11. Chapter 5. The Yoruba Religion in New York 74
12. Chapter 6. Hinduism in New York City 88
13. Chapter 7. New York City The Bible Institute Capital of the World? 101
14. Chapter 8. Assimilation in New York City’s Italian Parishes 112
15. Part III. Conversions and Religious Switching
16. Chapter 9. Orthodox Converts in New York City 131
17. Chapter 10. The Religion of New York Jews from the Former Soviet Union 148
18. Chapter 11. Religious Diversity and Ethnicity among Latinos 162
19. Part IV. Ethnic Diversification
20. Chapter 12. The Changing Face of Seventh-Day Adventism in Metropolitan New York 177
21. Chapter 13 Mormons in New York City 196
22. Chapter 14. Malcolm X and the Future of New York City Islam 212
23. Part V. Religion as Therapeutic
24. Chapter 15. Black Churches as a Therapeutic Institution 233
25. Chapter 16. Cultural Crossroads in a Flushing Zen Monastery 246
26. Chapter 17. New York Neo-Puritans Using Counseling to Overcome Stereotypes of Religion 260
27. Chapter 18 Religion Class at Sing Sing Prison 269
28. Part VI. The Religious Woman
29. Chapter 19. Latinas in the Barrio 287
30. Chapter 20. Orthodox Jewish Women Openly Studying the Torah 297
31. Chapter 21. Congregation Beth Simchat Torah 312
32. Chapter 22. Feminists, Religion, and Ethics in New York City 322
33. Chapter 23. Gender, Community, and Change among the Rastafari of New York City 333
34. Part VII. Politics in the Kingdom
35. Chapter 24. Voices of the Black Religious Community of Brooklyn, New York 357
36. Chapter 25. The Greek Orthodox Church and Identity Politics 374
37. Conclusion: New York City’s Religions 388
38. Bibliography 395
39. Contributors 431
40. Index 437