Eighteenth International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities

Abstract

This paper explores the dynamic multi-religious landscape of the US with special focus on Global Christianities, Muslim, Buddhist, and Hindu traditions in the most recent period of post-1965 immigration. Over the past fifty years the ethnic composition of the United States has changed with the arrival of new immigrants from Latin America, Asia, Africa and the Middle East. What changes have taken place in the religious landscape of America’s cities and neighborhoods? How have new religious traditions changed and been changed by American society? How have the second generation of new immigrants made religious sense of their Americanization? And what are the implications of this changed religious landscape for American culture and society? This paper is intended to stimulate discussion with leading edge efforts to understand the globalization of religion. Ideally it will link with other efforts in this conference to visit local global sites of worship.