Korean American Evangelicals New Models for Civic Life

by Elaine Howard Ecklund

2021-01-09 04:22:23

Studies of religion among our nation''s newest immigrants largely focus on how religion serves the immigrant community -- for example by creating job networks and helping retain ethnic identity in the second generation. In this book Ecklund widens th... Read more
Studies of religion among our nation''s newest immigrants largely focus on how religion serves the immigrant community -- for example by creating job networks and helping retain ethnic identity in the second generation. In this book Ecklund widens the inquiry to look at how Korean Americans usereligion to negotiate civic responsibility, as well as to create racial and ethnic identity. She compares the views and activities of second generation Korean Americans in two different congregational settings, one ethnically Korean and the other multi-ethnic. She also conducted more than 100in-depth interviews with Korean American members of these and seven other churches around the country, and draws extensively on the secondary literature on immigrant religion, American civic life, and Korean American religion. Her book is a unique contribution to the literature on religion, race,and ethnicity and on immigration and civic life. Less

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File size9.21 X 6.14 X 0.68 in
Print pages224
PublisherOxford University Press
Publication date October 29, 2008
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780195372595
Elaine Howard Ecklund is Herbert S. Autrey Chair in Social Sciences at Rice University.David R. Johnson is Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership at University of Nevada, Reno.Brandon Vaidyanat...

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