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Mexican Religion in the U.S.A. Term Paper
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Subject:Religion
Topic:Youth Ministry
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S. were Protestant and that 18% of them mostly converted from Catholicism (Weiss and Solis 2007). The Hispanic population increased by 28% from 2000 to 2005. The survey identified the reasons why Hispanics would not assimilate and integrate easily or smoothly into the non-Hispanic religious culture in the U.S. Many Hispanics have a different approach to religion. They are generally more devout than non-Hispanics. This attitude derives from a mystical experience and understanding of their faith. This faith, in turn, connects powerfully to their language and original customs. Their identity links more with the community than that of the Anglo-Saxon church of the U.S. The Pew study interviewed approximately 4,000 Hispanics nationwide. The broad differences between Hispanics and non-Hispanics in the practice of their religious faith in the U.S. included denominations, faith experience, choice of place of worship, and the use of the Spanish language. About 68% of Hispanic adults were Catholic. About 29% of attendees of worship said they spoke in tongues as against only 11% of non-Hispanics. Around 45% of them said they had received or seen divine healing, as compared with only 21% of non-Hispanics. Roughly 66% of them preferred places of worship with a Spanish-speaking priest or pastor, a Spanish-language service and a predominantly Hispanic congregation. Approximately 42% of third-generation Hispanics expressed the same choices (Weiss and Solis).
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Althoff, Andrea. Migration and Transformation of Latino Religious Identities in the U.S.
Calvin College, 2007. Retrieved on March 7, 2008 at http://www.calvin.edu/henry/schedule/althoff.pdf
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Oakland University, 2003. Retrieved on March 7, 2008 at http://personalwebs.oakland.edu/~dow/personal/papers/meso/sssr_2003/e_connected.pdf
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