Revealing the Sacred in Asian and Pacific AmericaJane Iwamura, Paul Spickard Asian and Pacific Islander Americans constitute the fastest-growing racial group in the United States. They are also one of the most religiously diverse. Through them Asian traditions such as Hinduism, Sikhism, Confucianism, and Buddhism have been introduced into every major city and across a wide swath of Middle America. The contributors to this volume provide an essential inter-disciplinary resource for the study of Asian and Pacific Islander American religion. |
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... institutions,race has multiple effects on howAPIscraft their religious identity, evenifthose effects arenotreadily apparent. Once the dimensionofrace issquarely in focus,a more difficultsetof questionsbegins to emerge:How does ...
... institutions,race has multiple effects on howAPIscraft their religious identity, evenifthose effects arenotreadily apparent. Once the dimensionofrace issquarely in focus,a more difficultsetof questionsbegins to emerge:How does ...
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... institutions , the University of Southern California and the University of California , Santa Barbara , for supporting our work as well as providing congenial environments for scholarly and spir- itual reflection . We are also indebted ...
... institutions , the University of Southern California and the University of California , Santa Barbara , for supporting our work as well as providing congenial environments for scholarly and spir- itual reflection . We are also indebted ...
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... institution's spiritual mission — its " transhistorical , transracial , indeed , universal ideals about the way that the world ought to be " -is both ... institutions and employ identity ENVISIONING ASIAN AND PACIFIC AMERICAN RELIGIONS # 5.
... institution's spiritual mission — its " transhistorical , transracial , indeed , universal ideals about the way that the world ought to be " -is both ... institutions and employ identity ENVISIONING ASIAN AND PACIFIC AMERICAN RELIGIONS # 5.
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... institutions . Jeung demonstrates how these Christian organizations and their members have transformed a " political racial category ” —Asian American — into a “ sym- bolic racial identity " that is able to sustain religious community ...
... institutions . Jeung demonstrates how these Christian organizations and their members have transformed a " political racial category ” —Asian American — into a “ sym- bolic racial identity " that is able to sustain religious community ...
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... institutions informed by ethnic con- sciousness — such as Asian American and postcolonial studies have gained a toehold , Asian American - ness itself takes on an almost sacred quality . Concepts that are meant to theoretically capture ...
... institutions informed by ethnic con- sciousness — such as Asian American and postcolonial studies have gained a toehold , Asian American - ness itself takes on an almost sacred quality . Concepts that are meant to theoretically capture ...
Contents
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Compassion Among Aging Nisei Japanese Americans | 43 |
The Public | 67 |
Constructing | 87 |
Race Religion and Colonialism in the Mormon Pacific | 107 |
PRACTICE | 114 |
Hindu Temples | 193 |
Why Cant They Just Get Along? An Analysis of Schisms in | 209 |
New Asian American Churches and Symbolic Racial Identity | 225 |
Continuities and Discontinuities | 241 |
Dissonant Memories Sacred Journey | 273 |
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Japanese American | 291 |
Witnessing Religion in Mary Paik Lees Quiet Odyssey | 309 |
A Comparison of Korean | 125 |
Altars in the Hindu American Home | 143 |
Changing Religious Practices Among | 159 |
The Rhetorical Use | 177 |
Enchanting Diasporas Asian Americans and the Passionate | 327 |
Contributors | 341 |
Index | 347 |
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