"What Jeung has told us is a story very much in progress of unfolding. It gives us a window into salient features of American religion, a window into which it will be worth looking again as time goes on." --From the foreword by Robert N. Bellach, Elliott Professor of Sociology Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley "A rich and insightful study, Faithful Generations brings much needed perspective to current discussions of pan-Asian American identity. This book will be important reading for scholars of religion, ethnicity, and the Asian American experience." --Nazli Kibria, Department of Sociology, Boston University "An indispensible resource for the understanding of Asian American churches and their status in society today." --Fumitaka Matsuoka, professor of theology and executive directo, PANA Institute, Pacific School of Religion 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 congregational life and ministries. The book concludes with a look at Asian American-led multiethnic churches. This engaging study of the shifting relationship between religion and ethnicity is an ideal text for classes in ethnicity, religion, and Asian American studies. Russell Jeung is an assistant professor of Asian American studies at San Francisco State University. He lives in Oakland, California, where he is active in the Asian American community and in church work.
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An indispensable resource for the understanding of Asian American churches and their status in society today -- Fumitaka Matsuoka, professor of theology and executive director, PANA Institute, Pacific School of Religion
This book will be important reading for scholars of religion, ethnicity, and the Asian American experience -- Nazli Kibria, Department of Sociology, Boston University
This book will be important reading for scholars of religion, ethnicity, and the Asian American experience -- Nazli Kibria, Department of Sociology, Boston University
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Russell Jeung is an assistant professor of Asian American studies at San Francisco State University. He lives in Oakland, California, where he is active in the Asian American community and in church work.
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forward the panAsians!,
This review is from: Faithful Generations: Race and New Asian American Churches (Paperback)
The book relates how the body of Christ is now manefesting itself with Asian- Americans as Asian. As a white who was over the last several decades trained to be sensistive to the different types of Asian heritages, this new panAsian church is something strange to me. The book is extremely useful in detailing new trends
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While China and Japan were at war, Chinese and Japanese in the United States found themselves to be enemies of one another as well. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
symbolic racial identity, mainline ministers, panethnic solidarity, multiethnic churches, lifestyle affinities, multiethnic congregations, panethnic identity, reactive solidarity, mainline congregations Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Asian American, Japanese American, Chinese American, United States, Pastor Bill, Pastor Bruce, Pastor Rob, San Francisco Bay Area, United Methodist, Jesus Christ, Pastor Dan, Korean American, Grace Faith Church, Pastor Rod, Dayspring Church, Pastor Carl, World War, Hong Kong, Silicon Valley, The Open Door, University of California, Los Angeles, Chinese Grace Church, Community Developer, European Americans New!
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While China and Japan were at war, Chinese and Japanese in the United States found themselves to be enemies of one another as well. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
symbolic racial identity, mainline ministers, panethnic solidarity, multiethnic churches, lifestyle affinities, multiethnic congregations, panethnic identity, reactive solidarity, mainline congregations Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Asian American, Japanese American, Chinese American, United States, Pastor Bill, Pastor Bruce, Pastor Rob, San Francisco Bay Area, United Methodist, Jesus Christ, Pastor Dan, Korean American, Grace Faith Church, Pastor Rod, Dayspring Church, Pastor Carl, World War, Hong Kong, Silicon Valley, The Open Door, University of California, Los Angeles, Chinese Grace Church, Community Developer, European Americans New!
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- Revealing the Sacred in Asian and Pacific America by Jane Iwamura on 5 pages
- Religions in Asian America: Building Faith Communities (Critical Perspectives on Asian Pacific Americans) by Jung Ha Kim on 4 pages
- Japanese Americans (Cultures of America) by Lauren Lee on 4 pages
- The New Institutionalism in Organizational Analysis by Walter W. Powell in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Competitive Ethnic Relations by Susan Olzak in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Growing Healthy Asian American Churches by Peter Cha in Front Matter, and Back Matter
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