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100 1 $aChen, Carolyn,$d1971-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2007030399
245 10 $aGetting saved in America :$bTaiwanese immigration and religious experience /$cCarolyn Chen.
260 $aPrinceton, N.J. :$bPrinceton University Press,$c[2008], ©2008.
300 $axii, 230 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [207]-225) and index.
505 00 $tIntroduction: Becoming Religious by Becoming American -- $g1.$tFrom Beautiful Island (Ilha Formosa) to Beautiful Country (America: Bi-kuo/Mei-guo): Taiwanese Immigration and Religion in Southern California -- $g2.$tBecoming Christian: Breaking Traditions and Making Traditions -- $g3.$tBecoming Buddhist: From Embedded Religion to Explicit Religion -- $g4.$tBecoming American Men and Women: Otherworldly Narratives and This-Worldly Selves -- $g5.$tCultivating American Saints: Religious Disciplines of the Self -- $tConclusion: Becoming Americans From Migrants to Pilgrims -- $gAppendix.$tInterview Schedule.
520 1 $a"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."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aTaiwanese Americans$xReligion.
650 0 $aConversion.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85031702
650 0 $aChristianity.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85025219
650 0 $aBuddhism.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85017454
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0717/2007018418.html
852 00 $buts$hBR563.C45$iC44 2008