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Annotation Religion--both Personal Faith And Institutional Tradition--plays A Central Role In The Lives Of The 12.5 Million Asians In The United States. It Provides Comfort And Meaning, Shapes Ethical And Political Beliefs, And Influences Culture And Arts. Faithful Generations Details The Significance Of Religion In The Construction Of Asian American Identity. As An Institutional Base For The Movement Toward Asian American Panethnicity, Churches Provide A Space For Theological And Political Reflection And Ethnic Reinvention. With Rich Description And Insightful Interviews, Russell Jeung Uncovers Why And How Chinese And Japanese American Christians Are Building New, Pan-asian Organizations. Detailed Surveys Of Over Fifty Chinese And Japanese American Congregations In The San Francisco Bay Area Show How Symbolic Racial Identities Structure Asian American Congregation. Evangelical Ministers Differ From Mainline Christian Ministers In Their Construction Of Asian American Identity. Mobilizing Around These Distinct Identities, Evangelicals And Mainline Christians Have Developed Unique Pan-asian Styles Of Worship, Ministries, And Church Activities. Portraits Of Two Churches Further Illust

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Author

Russell Jeung; Robert Neelly Bellah; American Council of Learned Societies

Publisher

Rutgers University Press

Published

2005

Language

EN

ISBN

9780813535036

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Sociology, Religion