Getting saved in America:Taiwanese immigration and religious experience
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Princeton University Press,
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Publisher Address: | Princeton, N.J. |
Publication Dates: | c2008. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | xii, 230 p.: ; 24 cm. |
ISBN: |
9780691119625 (alk. paper) 0691119627 (alk. paper) |
Index Number: | D771 |
CLC: |
D771.238 B928.712 |
Call Number: | B928.712/C518 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-225) and index. 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. |