Getting Saved in America - Carolyn Chen - Books - Princeton University Press - 9780691119625 - April 11, 2009
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Carolyn Chen
Getting Saved in America

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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 become American by becoming religious." Carolyn Chen argues that many Taiwanese immigrants deal with the challenges of becoming American by becoming religious. Based on in-depth interviews with Taiwanese American Christians and Buddhists, and extensive ethnographic fieldwork at a Taiwanese Buddhist temple and a Taiwanese Christian church in Southern California, Getting Saved in America is the first book to compare how two religions influence the experiences of one immigrant group.
By showing how religion transforms many immigrants into Americans, it sheds new light on the question of how immigrants become American.
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Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released April 11, 2009
ISBN13 9780691119625
Publishers Princeton University Press
Pages 256
Dimensions 152 × 235 × 17 mm   ·   430 g
Language English  

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