Preserving ethnicity through religion in America
Subtitle: Korean Protestants and Indian Hindus across generations
By: Pyong Gap Min.
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 265
ISBN-13: 9780814795859; 9780814795866
Subjects: Ethnicity -- Religious aspects; Ethnicity -- United States; Identification (Religion); Immigrants -- United States -- Religious life; Emigration and immigration -- Religious aspects; Minorities -- Religious life; Minorities -- United States
Description: Preserving ethnicity through religion in America explores the factors that may lead to greater success in ethnic preservation. Pyong Gap Min compares Indian Americans and Korean Americans, two of the most significant ethnic groups in New York, and examines the different ways in which they preserve their ethnicity through their faith.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Theoretical frameworks; title: Religions in India and South Korea; title: Immigrants' religious affiliations and participation in religious institutions : frequent intergroup comparison; title: Ethnographic research on the Shin Kwang Church : congregational case study; title: Ethnographic research on the Ganesh Temple : congregational case study; title: Personal interviews : immigrants' participation in religious institutions, domestic religious practices, and religious identity; title: Younger-generations : participation in religious institutions and ethnicity; title: Younger-generations : preservation of ethnicity through domestic religious practices; title: The importance of religion for younger-generations : identity, child socialization, and social boundary; title: Conclusion.