Lithuanian Religious Life in America

From: The International Migration Review | Date: January 1, 1999| Author: | Copyright information

Lithuanian Religious Life in America, 3 volumes. By W Wolkovich-Valkavicius. Norwood, MA; Lithuanian Religious Life in America, 1991-1998. Pp. 629 (volume 1), 552 (volume 2), 415 (volume 3).

MARY ELIZABETH BROWN

Marymount Manhattan College

Lithuanian Religious Life in America is such a classic of its form that the most useful thing this review can do is explore that form. For example, while one reason for books on ethnoreligious groups is to show how the group contributed to American diversity, it is difficult to keep in focus the diversity within the group. Wolkovich-Valkavicius has six ...

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