Religions in Asian America : building faith communities / edited by Pyong Gap Min and Jung Ha Kim.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Min, Pyong Gap, 1942-

Kim, Jung Ha.

Series:

Critical perspectives on Asian Pacific Americans series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Asian Americans--Religion.

Asian Americans.

Religion.

United States--Religion--20th century.

United States.

Physical Description:

vi, 275 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Walnut Creek, CA : AltaMira Press, [2002]

Summary:

Religions in Asian America provides a comprehensive overview of the religious practices of Chinese, Filipino, Indian, Korean, Japanese, Vietnamese, Cambodian, and Laotian Americans. How these new communities work through issues of gender, race, transnationalism, income disparities and social service, and the passing along an ethnic identity to the next generation make up the common themes that reach across essays about the varying communities.

Contents:

Chapter 1 A Literature Review with a Focus on Major Themes / Pyong Gap Min 15

Chapter 2 Rebuilding Spiritual Lives in the New Land: Religious Practices among Southeast Asian Refugees in the United States / Min Zhou, Carl L. Bankston III, Rebecca Y. Kim 37

Chapter 3 Religious Diversity among the Chinese in America / Fenggang Yang 71

Chapter 4 "We Are Better Hindus Here": Religion and Ethnicity among Indian Americans / Prema Kurien 99

Chapter 5 A Religious History of Japanese Americans in California / David Yoo 121

Chapter 6 Filipino Religion at Home and Abroad: Historical Roots and Immigrant Transformations / Steffi San Buenaventura 143

Chapter 7 Cartography of Korean American Protestant Faith Communities in the United States / Jung Ha Kim 185

Chapter 8 Asian American Pan-Ethnic Formation and Congregational Culture / Russell Jeung 215.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-262) and indexes.

ISBN:

0759100829

0759100837

OCLC:

46713117