Faith of Our Own
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A Faith of Our Own
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allegiance
American Christianity
asian american studies
assimilation
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christianity
church
comprehensive study
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development
empowerment issues.
entrepreneurial fervor
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ethnic identity
ethnic studies
evangelical
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generational issues
growth
houses of worship
hybrid religious institutions
hybrid third space
identity
immigrant parents
Immigration historians
korean
korean american
korean american christian
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mainstream American evangelical churches
major cities
multiple frames of reference
new churches
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political issues
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racial issues
religion
religious
second generation korean american
Second-generation Korean Americans
second-generation pastors
shaping the future
Sharon Kim
sociology
sociology of religion
softlaunch
transitional generation
United States
worship
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- ISBN 9780813547275
- Format: Paperback
- Weight: 312g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 31 Mar 2010
- Publisher: Rutgers University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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Second-generation Korean Americans, demonstrating an unparalleled entrepreneurial fervor, are establishing new churches with a goal of shaping the future of American Christianity.
A Faith of Our Own investigates the development and growth of these houses of worship, a recent and rapidly increasing phenomenon in major cities throughout the United States.
Immigration historians have depicted the second-generation as a transitional generation--on the steady march toward the inevitable decline of ethnic identity and allegiance. Sharon Kim suggests an alternative path. By harnessing religion and innovatively creating hybrid religious institutions, second-generation Korean Americans are assertively defining and shaping their own ethnic and religious futures. Rather than assimilating into mainstream American evangelical churches or inheriting the churches of their immigrant parents, second-generation pastors are creating their own hybrid third space--new autonomous churches that are shaped by multiple frames of reference.
Including data gathered over ten years at twenty-two churches, A Faith of Our Own is the most comprehensive study of this topic that addresses generational, identity, political, racial, and empowerment issues.
A Faith of Our Own investigates the development and growth of these houses of worship, a recent and rapidly increasing phenomenon in major cities throughout the United States.
Immigration historians have depicted the second-generation as a transitional generation--on the steady march toward the inevitable decline of ethnic identity and allegiance. Sharon Kim suggests an alternative path. By harnessing religion and innovatively creating hybrid religious institutions, second-generation Korean Americans are assertively defining and shaping their own ethnic and religious futures. Rather than assimilating into mainstream American evangelical churches or inheriting the churches of their immigrant parents, second-generation pastors are creating their own hybrid third space--new autonomous churches that are shaped by multiple frames of reference.
Including data gathered over ten years at twenty-two churches, A Faith of Our Own is the most comprehensive study of this topic that addresses generational, identity, political, racial, and empowerment issues.
SHARON KIM is assistant professor of sociology at California State University, Fullerton.
