Faith, family, and Filipino American community life /
Cherry, Stephen,
Faith, family, and Filipino American community life / Stephen M. Cherry. - Piscataway : Rutgers University Press, 2014. - 1 online resource (xi, 221 pages))
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Title Page; Copyright; 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.
This ground-breaking book 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. It 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.
English.
9780813562063 0813562066
10.36019/9780813562063 doi
22573/ctt59fz8v JSTOR
Filipino American Catholics.
Immigrants--Religious life.
Catholiques américains d'origine philippine.
RELIGION--Christianity--Catholic.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Sociology of Religion.
Filipino American Catholics
Immigrants--Religious life
Electronic books.
Electronic book.
BX1407 .F55 C44 2014
282.089 282.0899921073
Faith, family, and Filipino American community life / Stephen M. Cherry. - Piscataway : Rutgers University Press, 2014. - 1 online resource (xi, 221 pages))
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Title Page; Copyright; 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.
This ground-breaking book 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. It 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.
English.
9780813562063 0813562066
10.36019/9780813562063 doi
22573/ctt59fz8v JSTOR
Filipino American Catholics.
Immigrants--Religious life.
Catholiques américains d'origine philippine.
RELIGION--Christianity--Catholic.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Sociology of Religion.
Filipino American Catholics
Immigrants--Religious life
Electronic books.
Electronic book.
BX1407 .F55 C44 2014
282.089 282.0899921073