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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816764803321

Autore

Cherry Stephen M.

Titolo

Faith, Family, and Filipino American Community Life / / Stephen M. Cherry

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Brunswick, NJ : , : Rutgers University Press, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

0-8135-6206-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (238 p.)

Disciplina

282.089

282.0899921073

Soggetti

Immigrants - Religious life

Filipino American Catholics

Electronic books.

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

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- 1. Faithfully Filipino and American -- 2. Catholic Culture and Filipino Families -- 3. Community of Communities -- 4. Communities in Conflict -- 5. Building Centers of Community -- 6. Caring for Community -- 7. Protecting Family and Life -- 8. Growing Presence and Potential Impacts -- Methodological Appendix -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Sommario/riassunto

Stephen M. Cherry draws upon a rich set of ethnographic and survey data, collected over a six-year period, to explore the roles that Catholicism and family play in shaping Filipino American community life. From the planning and construction of community centers, to volunteering at health fairs or protesting against abortion, this book illustrates the powerful ways these forces structure and animate not only how first-generation Filipino Americans think and feel about their community, but how they are compelled to engage it over issues deemed important to the sanctity of the family. Revealing more than intimate accounts of Filipino American lives, Cherry offers a glimpse of the often hidden but vital relationship between religion and community in the lives of new immigrants, and allows speculation on the broader



impact of Filipino immigration on the nation. The Filipino American community is the second-largest immigrant community in the United States, and the Philippines is the second-largest source of Catholic immigration to this country. This ground-breaking study outlines how first-generation Filipino Americans have the potential to reshape American Catholicism and are already having an impact on American civic life through the engagement of their faith.