Getting Saved in America : Taiwanese Immigration and Religious Experience /

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What does becoming American have to do with becoming religious? Many immigrants become more religious after coming to the United States. Taiwanese are no different. Like many Asian immigrants to the United States, Taiwanese frequently convert to Christianity after immigrating. But Americanization is...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Chen, Carolyn, 1971- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 2008.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Kristendom.
Buddhism.
Konversion.
Enkulturation
Assimilation > Soziologie
Taiwanesischer Einwanderer
Konversion > Religion
Conversion.
Christianity.
RELIGION > Christianity > General.
RELIGION > Religious Intolerance, Persecution & Conflict.
Bouddhisme.
Christianisme.
Americains d'origine taiwanaise > Religion.
Taiwanese Americans > Religion.
USA
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Becoming religious by becoming American
  • From beautiful island to beautiful country : Taiwanese immigration and religion in Southern California
  • Becoming Christian : breaking traditions and making traditions
  • Becoming Buddhist : from embedded religion to explicit religion
  • Becoming American men and women : otherworldly narratives and this-worldly selves
  • Cultivating American saints : religious disciplines of the self
  • Becoming Americans : from migrants to pilgrims.

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