Preserving ethnicity through religion in America : Korean Protestants and Indian Hindus across generations / / Pyong Gap Min

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910810393903321
• Autore: Min Pyong Gap <1942->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : New York University Press, c2010
• ISBN: 0-8147-5958-0; 0-8147-9615-X
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (276 p.)
• Disciplina: 200.8900973
• Soggetti: Ethnicity - Religious aspects; Ethnicity - United States; Identification (Religion); Immigrants - Religious life - United States; Emigration and immigration - Religious aspects; Minorities - Religious life; Minorities - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- Theoretical frameworks -- Religions in India and South Korea -- Immigrants' religious affiliations and participation in religious institutions : frequent intergroup comparison -- Ethnographic research on the Shin Kwang Church : congregational case study -- Ethnographic research on the Ganesh Temple : congregational case study -- Personal interviews : immigrants' participation in religious institutions, domestic religious practices, and religious identity -- Younger-generations : participation in religious institutions and ethnicity -- Younger-generations : preservation of ethnicity through domestic religious practices -- The importance of religion for younger-generations : identity, child socialization, and social boundary -- Conclusion.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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. Does ; someone feel more “Indian” because they practice Hinduism? Does membership in a Korean Protestant church aid in maintaining ties to Korean culture?Pushing beyond sociological research on religion and ethnicity which has tended to focus on whites or on a single immigrant group or on a single generation, Min also takes actual religious practice and theology seriously, rather than gauging religiosity based primarily on belonging to a congregation. Fascinating and provocative voices of informants from two generations combine with telephone survey data to help readers understand overall patterns of religious practices for each group under consideration. Preserving Ethnicity through Religion in America is remarkable in its scope, its theoretical significance, and its methodological sophistication.