03559nam 2200649Ia 450 991082288560332120200520144314.01-283-38306-397866133830680-8135-4947-710.36019/9780813549477(CKB)3170000000046573(EBL)864875(OCoLC)775441362(SSID)ssj0000575862(PQKBManifestationID)11399440(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000575862(PQKBWorkID)10551987(PQKB)11424775(MiAaPQ)EBC864875(MdBmJHUP)muse7996(DE-B1597)529254(DE-B1597)9780813549477(Au-PeEL)EBL864875(CaPaEBR)ebr10523599(CaONFJC)MIL338306(EXLCZ)99317000000004657320090622d2010 uy 0engurnn#---|u||utxtccrA faith of our own second-generation spirituality in Korean American churches /Sharon Kim1st ed.New Brunswick, N.J. Rutgers University Pressc20101 online resource (213 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8135-4726-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --Acknowledgments --1. Introduction --2. Generational Tension within Korean Immigrant Churches --3. The Quest for a Community of Comfort --4. Spiritual Laboratories --5. Reaching Out --6. Shifting Ethnic Boundaries --7. Conclusion --Appendix A. Description of Churches --Appendix B. Congregational Survey --Bibliography --Index --About the AuthorSecond-generation Korean Americans, demonstrating an unparalleled entrepreneurial fervor, are establishing new churches with a goal of shaping the future of American Christianity. A Faith of Our Own investigates the development and growth of these houses of worship, a recent and rapidly increasing phenomenon in major cities throughout the United States. Immigration historians have depicted the second-generation as a transitional generation--on the steady march toward the inevitable decline of ethnic identity and allegiance. Sharon Kim suggests an alternative path. By harnessing religion and innovatively creating hybrid religious institutions, second-generation Korean Americans are assertively defining and shaping their own ethnic and religious futures. Rather than assimilating into mainstream American evangelical churches or inheriting the churches of their immigrant parents, second-generation pastors are creating their own hybrid third space--new autonomous churches that are shaped by multiple frames of reference. Including data gathered over ten years at twenty-two churches, A Faith of Our Own is the most comprehensive study of this topic that addresses generational, identity, political, racial, and empowerment issues.Korean AmericansReligionKorean AmericansCaliforniaLos AngelesKorean American churchesKorean AmericansReligion.Korean AmericansKorean American churches.277.94/94083089957Kim Sharon1969-1720871MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910822885603321A faith of our own4119933UNINA