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084			_aonline - DeGruyter
100	1		_aYang, Fenggang _eautore
245	1	0	_aChinese Christians in America : _bConversion, Assimilation, and Adhesive Identities / _cFenggang Yang.
264		1	_aUniversity Park, PA : _bPenn State University Press, _c[2021]
264		4	_c©1999
300			_a1 online resource (248 p.) : _b4 illustrations
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505	0	0	_tFrontmatter -- _tContents -- _tPreface -- _tIntroduction -- _t1 Assimilation, Ethnicity, and Religion -- _t2 Chinese Immigrants, Cultural Traditions, and Changing Identities -- _t3 Becoming Christian -- _t4 Becoming American -- _t5 Preserving Chinese Culture -- _t6 Deconstructing the Chinese Identity, Reconstructing Adhesive Identities -- _tConclusion: Pluralism and Adhesive Identities -- _tAppendix: The Chinese Christian Church of Greater Washington, D.C.: An Annotated Chronology -- _tNotes -- _tBibliography -- _tIndex
506	0		_arestricted access _uhttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec _fonline access with authorization _2star
520			_aChristianity 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-as Christians, Americans, and Chinese-in local congregations amid the radical pluralism of the late twentieth century. Today there are more than one thousand Chinese churches in the United States, most of them Protestant evangelical congregations, bringing together diasporic Chinese from diverse origins-Taiwan, Hong Kong, mainland China, and Southeast Asian countries. Fenggang Yang finds that despite the many tensions and conflicts that exist within these congregations, most individuals find ways to creatively integrate their evangelical Christian beliefs with traditional Chinese (most Confucian) values. The church becomes a place where they can selectively assimilate into American society while simultaneously preserving Chinese values and culture.Yang brings to this study unique experience as both participant and observer. Born in mainland China, he is a sociologist who converted to Christianity after coming to the United States. The heart of this book is an ethnographic study of a representative Chinese church, located in Washington, D. C., where he became a member. Throughout the book, Yang draws upon interviews with members of this congregation while making comparisons with other churches throughout the United States. Chinese Christians in America is an important addition to the literature on the experience of ";new"; immigrant communities.
538			_aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546			_aIn English.
588	0		_aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 21. Jun 2021)
650		0	_aChinese Americans _zWashington (D.C.) _xReligion _vCase studies.
650		0	_aCultural fusion _zWashington (D.C.) _vCase studies.
650		7	_aRELIGION / Christianity / Presbyterian. _2bisacsh
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