Elkholy, Abdo A., 1925-. The Arab Moslems in the United States: religion and assimilation

Publication Information

Author: Elkholy, Abdo A., 1925-

Title: The Arab Moslems in the United States: religion and assimilation

Published By: New Haven: College and University Press, 1966. 176 p.

By line: by Abdo A. Elkholy

HRAF Publication Information: New Haven, Conn.: HRAF, 1999. Computer File

Culture: Arab Americans (NK09)

Subjects: External migration (167); Acculturation and culture contact (177); Sociocultural trends (178); Cultural participation (184); Age stratification (561); Ethnic stratification (563); General character of religion (771); Religious denominations (795);

Abstract: This study was written to explore the variables associated with the differences in the degree of assimilation and religiosity between two Arab-Muslim communities in Toledo, Ohio and Detroit, Michigan, both of whom share identical religio-ethnic backgrounds. In the analysis of the data the author attempts to point out the fallacy of the previously assumed negative correlation between the two factors of religiosity and assimilation. The work also examines the socio-economic status of the residents of the two communities, the status of women, intermarriage, ecological patterns, and relationships between the Arab-Muslim communities and their Christian and Jewish neighbors.

Document Number: 1

Document ID: nk09-001

Document Type: monograph

Language: English

Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-172)

Field Date: 1959

Evaluation: Sociologist-5

Analyst: John Beierle; 1998

Coverage Date: 1959

Coverage Place: Toledo, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan, United States

LCSH: Arab Americans