The Greek Orthodox church in America: a modern history

Greek Orthodoxy arrives in America -- Americanization & the immigrant church in the 1920s -- Greek Orthodoxy versus Protestant Congregationalism -- The Orthodox Church in between Greece and America -- Greek Orthodoxy in the 1950s : assimilation & respectability -- The challenges of the 1960...

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Main Author: Kitroeph, Alexander 1955- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Ithaca Northern Illinois University Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press 2020
In:Year: 2020
Series/Journal:NIU series in orthodox Christian studies
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America / History
B USA / Griechisch-Orthodoxe Kirche / History 1890-2020
B Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America / Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
Further subjects:B Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America History
B Greek Americans Ethnic identity
B Greek Americans Religion
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Summary:Greek Orthodoxy arrives in America -- Americanization & the immigrant church in the 1920s -- Greek Orthodoxy versus Protestant Congregationalism -- The Orthodox Church in between Greece and America -- Greek Orthodoxy in the 1950s : assimilation & respectability -- The challenges of the 1960s -- Greek Orthodoxy & the ethnic revival -- Church & homeland -- Towards an American Greek Orthodoxy -- The challenges for an American Greek Orthodoxy -- Church & patriarchate & the limits of Americanization -- Greek Orthodoxy in America enters the twenty-first century.
"Shows how the Greek Orthodox Church became the most important Greek institution in the United States and the main force that shaped Greek American ethnic identity in the twentieth century"--
Item Description:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 281-295
ISBN:1501749919