God Needs No Passport: Immigrants and the Changing American Religious Landscape

Millions of New Immigrants from Asia, Africa, and Latin America have arrived on America's shores over the past decade, transforming its cultural landscape. Yet unlike previous generations of immigrants, these new global migrants now keep one foot in their countries of origin and become part of the American fabric by participating in religious institutions that span international boundaries. This new phenomenon is changing the face of religious diversity in the United States, helping to make American religion just as global as U.S. corporations.

In this pathbreaking book with stunning implications for today's immigration debates, author Peggy Levitt shows that the new realities of religion and migration are subtly challenging the very definition of what it means to be an American. Filled with impressive firsthand accounts of the contemporary immigrant experience, God Needs No Passport reveals that American values are no longer just made in the U.S.A. but around the globe.