Sustaining faith traditions : race, ethnicity, and religion among the Latino and Asian American second generation / edited by Carolyn Chen and Russell Jeung.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chen, Carolyn, 1971-

Jeung, Russell, 1962-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Latin Americans--Religion.

Latin Americans.

United States--Religion.

United States.

Religion.

Asian Americans--Religion.

Asian Americans.

Physical Description:

ix, 271 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, [2012]

Summary:

Over fifty years ago, Will Herberg theorized that future immigrants to the United States would no longer identify themselves through their races or ethnicities, or through the languages and cultures of their home countries. Rather, modern immigrants would base their identities on their religions.

The landscape of U.S. immigration has changed dramatically since Herberg first published his theory. Most of today's immigrants are Asian or Latino, and are thus unable to shed their racial and ethnic identities as rapidly as earlier European immigrants. And rather than a flexible, labor-based economy allows little in the way of class mobility for some immigrants and rapid mobility for others.

In this comprehensive anthology, contributors draw on ethnography and in-depth interviews to examine the experiences of the new second generation: the children of Asian and Latino immigrants. Covering a diversity of second-generation religious communities including Christians, Hindus, Buddhists, Muslim, and Jews, the contributors highlight the way in which race, ethnicity, and religion intersect for new American. As the new second generation of Latinos and Asian American comes of age, they will not only shape American race relations, but also the face of American religion. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Introduction: Religious, Racial, and Ethnic Identities of the New Second Generation / Russell Jeung Jeung, Russell, Carolyn Chen Chen, Carolyn, Jerry Z. Park Park, Jerry Z. 1

Part I Religious Primacy

2 The Diversity-Affirming Latino: Ethnic Options and the Ethnic Transcendent Expression of American Latino Religious Identity / Gerardo Marti Marti, Gerardo 25

3 Islam Is to Catholicism as Teflon Is to Velcro: Religion and Culture among Muslims and Latinas / R. Stephen Warner Warner, R. Stephen, Elise Martel Martel, Elise, Rhonda E. Dugan Dugan, Rhonda E. 46

4 Second-Generation Asian Americans and Judaism / Helen K. Kim Kim, Helen K., Noah Leavitt Leavitt, Noah 69

Part II Racialized Religion

5 Second-Generation Latin@ Faith Institutions and Identity Formations / Milagros Peña Peña, Milagros, Edwin I. Hernández Hernández, Edwin I. 93

6 Latinos and Faith-Based Recovery from Gangs / Edward Flores Flores, Edward 113

Part III Hybridized Ethnoreligion

7 Racial Insularity and Ethnic Faith: The Emerging Korean American Religious Elite / Jerry Z. Park Park, Jerry Z. 135

8 Second-Generation Filipino American Faithful: Are They "Praying and Sending"? / Joaquin Jay Gonzalez III Gonzalez, Joaquin Jay III 156

9 Second-Generation Korean American Christians' Communities: Congregational Hybridity / Sharon Kim Kim, Sharon, Rebecca Y. Kim Kim, Rebecca Y. 176

Part IV Minority Religions and Family Traditioning

10 Second-Generation Chinese Americans: The Familism of the Nonreligious / Russell Jeung Jeung, Russell 197

11 "I Would Pay Homage, Not Go All 'Bling"': Vietnamese American Youth Reflect on Family and Religious Life / Linda Ho Peche Peche, Linda Ho 222

12 Religion in the Lives of Second-Generation Indian American Hindus / Khyati Y. Joshi Joshi, Khyati Y. 241.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780814717356

0814717357

9780814717363

0814717365

9780814717370

0814717373

9780814772898

0814772897

OCLC:

756592620