Getting saved in America :: Taiwanese immigration and religious experience /

What does becoming American have to do with becoming religious? Many immigrants become more religious after coming to the United States. Taiwanese are no different. Like many Asian immigrants to the United States, Taiwanese frequently convert to Christianity after immigrating. But Americanization is...

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1. Verfasser: Chen, Carolyn, 1971- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, ©2008.
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Zusammenfassung:What does becoming American have to do with becoming religious? Many immigrants become more religious after coming to the United States. Taiwanese are no different. Like many Asian immigrants to the United States, Taiwanese frequently convert to Christianity after immigrating. But Americanization is more than simply a process of Christianization. Most Taiwanese American Buddhists also say they converted only after arriving in the United States even though Buddhism is a part of Taiwan's dominant religion. By examining the experiences of Christian and Buddhist Taiwanese Americans, Getting Saved.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xii, 230 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-225) and index.
ISBN:9781400824175
1400824176

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