God in Chinatown : religion and survival in New York's evolving immigrant community / Kenneth J. Guest.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Guest, Kenneth J.

Series:

Religion, race, and ethnicity.

Religion, race, and ethnicity

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Immigrants--Religious life--New York (State)--New York.

Immigrants.

Chinese Americans--Religious life--New York (State)--New York.

Chinese Americans.

Chinatown (New York, N.Y.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (237 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

God in Chinatown is a path breaking study of the largest contemporary wave of new immigrants to Chinatown. Since the 1980's, tens of thousands of mostly rural Chinese have migrated from Fuzhou, on China's southeastern coast, to New York's Chinatown. Like the Cantonese who comprised the previous wave of migrants, the Fuzhou have brought with them their religious beliefs, practices, and local deities. In recent years these immigrants have established numerous specifically Fuzhounese religious communities, ranging from Buddhist, Daoist, and Chinese popular religion to Protestant and Catholic Christians...

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Walking on Water; 1 Chinatown and the Fuzhounese; 2 Fuzhou: Diasporic Traditio; 3 Religion in Fuzhou: An Overview; 4 Religion in Fuzhou: Spotlight on Christianity; 5 Chinatown's Religious Landscape: The Fuzhounese Presence; 6 "Come unto Me All Ye That Labor and Are Heavy Laden": Building Fuzhounese Protestant Churches in New York's Chinatown; 7 Safe Harbor; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-219) and index.

ISBN:

9780814732762

0814732763

9780814733356

0814733352

9781417588220

1417588225

OCLC:

780425891