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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chen, Carolyn, 1971- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 2008.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
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.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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 more than simply a process of Christianization. Most Taiwanese American Buddhists also say they converted only after arriving in the United States even though Buddhism is a part of Taiwan's dominant religion. By examining the experiences of Christian and Buddhist Taiwanese Americans, Getting Saved.
Physical Description:1 online resource (248 pages).
ISBN:9781400824175

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