Chosen People, a Promised Land : Mormonism and Race in Hawai'i /

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A Chosen People, a Promised Land explores how Native Hawaiian members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints negotiate their place in this quintessentially American religion. Using the words of Native Hawaiian Latter-Day Saints to illuminate the intersections of race, colonization, and r...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Aikau, Hokulani K., 1970-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2012.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Polynesian Cultural Center (Laie, Hawaii)
Race relations > Religious aspects > Mormon Church
Race relations > Religious aspects > Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Mormons
Mormon Church
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > Native American Studies.
RELIGION > Christianity > Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon)
Relations raciales > Aspect religieux > Église mormone.
Relations raciales > Aspect religieux > Église de Jesus-Christ des saints des derniers jours.
Mormons > Hawaii.
Église mormone > Hawaii.
Race relations > Religious aspects > Mormon Church.
Mormon Church > Hawaii.
Polynesians > Relations with Mormons.
Hawaii
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : negotiating faithfulness
  • Mormonism, race, and lineage : the making of a chosen people
  • La'ie, a promised land, and Pu'uhonua : spatial struggles for land and identity
  • Called to serve : labor missionary work and modernity
  • In the service of the Lord : religion, race, and the Polynesian Cultural Center
  • Voyages of faith : contemporary Kanaka Maoli struggles for sustainable self-determination
  • Conclusion : Holo Mua, moving forward.

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