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    Getting Saved in America : Taiwanese Immigration and Religious Experience (2009)
    Princeton : Princeton University Press
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    ISBN: 9780691119625 , 9781400824175 (Sekundärausgabe)
    Language: English
    Pages: 244 p.
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Online-Ressource ISBN 9781400824175
    Edition: [Online-Ausg.]
    DDC: 200.89/51073
    RVK:
    MS 3600
    Keywords: Taiwanesischer Einwanderer ; Assimilation ; Enkulturation ; Konversion ; USA
    Abstract: 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 ...
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    Getting saved in America : Taiwanese immigration and religious experience (2008)
    Princeton, NJ [u.a.] : Princeton Univ. Press
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    ISBN: 0691119627 , 9780691119625
    Language: English
    Pages: XIII, 230 S
    Additional Information: Rezensiert in Zhang, Xuefeng [Rezension von: Chen, Carolyn, Getting Saved in America: Taiwanese Immigration and Religious Experience] 2009
    DDC: 200.8951073
    RVK:
    LB 46610
    RVK:
    MS 3600
    Keywords: Taiwanese Americans Religion ; Conversion ; Christianity ; Buddhism ; Hochschulschrift ; Hochschulschrift ; Hochschulschrift ; Hochschulschrift ; USA ; Taiwanesischer Einwanderer ; Assimilation ; Enkulturation ; Konversion
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction: becoming religious by becoming American -- From beautiful island to beautiful country : Taiwanese immigration and religion in Southern California -- Becoming Christian : breaking traditions and making traditions -- Becoming Buddhist : from embedded religion to explicit religion -- Becoming American men and women : otherworldly narratives and this-worldly selves -- Cultivating American saints : religious disciplines of the self -- Conclusion: becoming Americans : from migrants to pilgrims
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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