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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Jane Iwamura, Paul Spickard. Immigrant Church Sheba George New Asian American Churches and Symbolic Racial Identity Russell Jeung LEGACY TransPacific Transpositions: Continuities and Discontinuities in Chinese North AmericanProtestantism ...
Jane Iwamura, Paul Spickard. Immigrant Church Sheba George New Asian American Churches and Symbolic Racial Identity Russell Jeung LEGACY TransPacific Transpositions: Continuities and Discontinuities in Chinese North AmericanProtestantism ...
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... in the United States 193 Himanee Gupta COMMUNITY Why Can't They Just Get Along ? An Analysis of Schisms in an Indian Immigrant Church 209 Sheba George New Asian American Churches and Symbolic Racial Identity 225 Russell CONTENTS VIII.
... in the United States 193 Himanee Gupta COMMUNITY Why Can't They Just Get Along ? An Analysis of Schisms in an Indian Immigrant Church 209 Sheba George New Asian American Churches and Symbolic Racial Identity 225 Russell CONTENTS VIII.
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Jane Iwamura, Paul Spickard. New Asian American Churches and Symbolic Racial Identity 225 Russell Jeung LEGACY Trans - Pacific Transpositions : Continuities and Discontinuities in Chinese North American Protestantism Since 1965 241 ...
Jane Iwamura, Paul Spickard. New Asian American Churches and Symbolic Racial Identity 225 Russell Jeung LEGACY Trans - Pacific Transpositions : Continuities and Discontinuities in Chinese North American Protestantism Since 1965 241 ...
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... symbolism and connection of the cross and the ' ohe hano ihu as being vessels or sacred ipu with similar purposes raises interesting questions to pon- der . It was from the cross that the Lord Jesus Christ gave his last breath of life ...
... symbolism and connection of the cross and the ' ohe hano ihu as being vessels or sacred ipu with similar purposes raises interesting questions to pon- der . It was from the cross that the Lord Jesus Christ gave his last breath of life ...
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... symbolism of the cross on Calgary . The ' ohe hano ihu is the Hawaiian people's way of sharing the same kind of life ... symbolic because it con- nects the world of man with nature and with the world of the gods . Kāne's Kinolau ( other ...
... symbolism of the cross on Calgary . The ' ohe hano ihu is the Hawaiian people's way of sharing the same kind of life ... symbolic because it con- nects the world of man with nature and with the world of the gods . Kāne's Kinolau ( other ...
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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