Identity, Youth, and Gender in the Korean American Church [electronic resource] /
Hong, Christine J.author.
This book studies Korean American girls between thirteen and nineteen and their formation with regard to self, gender, and God in the context of Korean American protestant congregational life. It develops a hybrid methodology of de-colonial aims and indigenous research methods, aiming to facilitate transformative life in faith communities.
Description based upon print version of record.
""Cover ""; ""Half-Title ""; ""Title ""; ""Copyright ""; ""Dedication ""; ""Contents ""; ""Acknowledgments                      ""; ""1 Introduction                     ""; ""2 Immigration: Our Collective History                                            ""; ""3 We Are Who We Were: Korean and Korean American Spiritualities                                                                      ""; ""4 Asian American Adolescents: Development and Mental Health                                                                  ""; ""5 Methodology                    ""
""6 The Study                  """"7 Findings and Emerging Themes                                     ""; ""8 Discussion of the Themes                                 ""; ""9 Conclusions                    ""; ""Bibliography                   ""; ""Index            ""
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book studies Korean American girls between thirteen and nineteen and their formation with regard to self, gender, and God in the context of Korean American protestant congregational life. It develops a hybrid methodology of de-colonial aims and indigenous research methods, aiming to facilitate transformative life in faith communities.
Ethnology—Asia.
Religion.
Gender identity—Religious aspects.
Theology.
Korea—History.
Christianity.
Asian Culture.
Religious Studies, general.
Religion and Gender.
Christian Theology.
History of Korea.
Christianity.