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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... temple , mandir , or gurdwara , or at one time have had some type of personal experience as practitioners within Asian American religious communities , our discussion and analysis of API reli- gious life is equally informed by our ...
... temple , mandir , or gurdwara , or at one time have had some type of personal experience as practitioners within Asian American religious communities , our discussion and analysis of API reli- gious life is equally informed by our ...
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... Temple — a Taiwanese American Buddhist temple in Southern California — serves to bridge spirit and context . It demonstrates the ways in which the institution's spiritual mission — its " transhistorical , transracial , indeed ...
... Temple — a Taiwanese American Buddhist temple in Southern California — serves to bridge spirit and context . It demonstrates the ways in which the institution's spiritual mission — its " transhistorical , transracial , indeed ...
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... temple lay claim to Koreanness through an essentialized notion of religious identity and gain a sense of mission from this identity . The pieces in the community section investigate the social dynamics of religious group formation ...
... temple lay claim to Koreanness through an essentialized notion of religious identity and gain a sense of mission from this identity . The pieces in the community section investigate the social dynamics of religious group formation ...
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... temple , prayer , etc. ) , as well as the intricate ways that suffering and oppression can galvanize the soul of an ethnic community and give birth to new rituals of meaning . In the following section , texts , Madeline Duntley and ...
... temple , prayer , etc. ) , as well as the intricate ways that suffering and oppression can galvanize the soul of an ethnic community and give birth to new rituals of meaning . In the following section , texts , Madeline Duntley and ...
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... temples in the United States and mention of the " birthing stone . ” Narayanan records that an India - based ... temple to partake in the ancient Pooja that is conducted regularly on a pre - appointed day of every month . " 15 ...
... temples in the United States and mention of the " birthing stone . ” Narayanan records that an India - based ... temple to partake in the ancient Pooja that is conducted regularly on a pre - appointed day of every month . " 15 ...
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 |
vii | 286 |
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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