Getting Saved in America Taiwanese Immigration and Religious Experience

Name: Getting Saved in America Taiwanese Immigration and Religious Experience
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ISBN: 9780691164663

ISBN-10: 0691164665

ISBN-13: 9780691164663

Edition: 2008

Authors: Carolyn Chen

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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 Saved in America tells "a story of how people become religious by becoming American, and how people…

Book details

List price: $27.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 8/31/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 7.20" wide x 9.17" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.814
Language: English