Chinese Christians in America : : Conversion, Assimilation, and Adhesive Identities / / Fenggang Yang.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn State University Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2014
• VerfasserIn: Yang, Fenggang,
• Place / Publishing House: University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2021]; ©1999
• Leto izdaje: 2021
• Jezik: English
• Fizični opis: 1 online resource (248 p.) :; 4 illustrations

Christianity has become the most practiced religion among the Chinese in America, but very little solid research exists on Chinese Christians and their churches. This book is the first to explore the subject from the inside, revealing how Chinese Christians construct and reconstruct their identity-a...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Preface
• Introduction
• 1 Assimilation, Ethnicity, and Religion
• 2 Chinese Immigrants, Cultural Traditions, and Changing Identities
• 3 Becoming Christian
• 4 Becoming American
• 5 Preserving Chinese Culture
• 6 Deconstructing the Chinese Identity, Reconstructing Adhesive Identities
• Conclusion: Pluralism and Adhesive Identities
• Appendix: The Chinese Christian Church of Greater Washington, D.C.: An Annotated Chronology
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index