Memory and honor
Subtitle: cultural and generational ministry with Korean American communities
By: Simon C. Kim
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Collegeville, Minnesota
Language: eng
Number of pages: 119
ISBN-13: 9780814682159; 9780814682401
Subjects: Church work with Korean Americans
Description: "Memory and Honor" is a theological reflection on the American experience of the people of Korean descent. It is a reflection on the heritage of rupture, displacement, and resettlement as the key to identity and hope for those continuing to live in between the cultures, languages, and belief systems of Korea and the United States. This book gives voice to the first generation of immigrants and their children. Since the majority of Korean immigrants are Protestants, the first- and second-generation Catholic community is a minority of minorities, an ethnic minority as well as a religious minority. Thus, as a minority group and as a minority of minorities, Korean American Catholics may have more to contribute to church and society since this country was founded, developed, and maintained by immigrants such as these. Readers will come away with a deeper appreciation of the Korean immigrant contribution and more readily see the Korean American Catholic community as an authentic expression of church.
Notes: "A Michael Glazier book."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 115-119).
Table of contents: title: Korean American reality; title: Remembering the history of Catholicism in Korea; title: Immigrant narrative: waves of Korean immigration in U.S. history; title: Generations of han: basis of Korean American identity, immigration, and religious experience; title: Beginnings of the immigrant church in the 70s and 80s; title: Pastoral challenges; title: Pastoral strategies; title: Lessons from departure, displacement, and resettlement.