Getting saved in America Taiwanese immigration and religious experience /

Main Author: Chen, Carolyn, 1971-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2008.
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Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10312611
Table of Contents:
  • 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
  • Becoming Americans : from migrants to pilgrims.