A Faith Of Our Own : : Second-Generation Spirituality in Korean American Churches / / Sharon Kim.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Kim, Sharon,
• Place / Publishing House: New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2010]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (214 p.) :; 1 illustrations. 1 table

Second-generation Korean Americans, demonstrating an unparalleled entrepreneurial fervor, are establishing new churches with a goal of shaping the future of American Christianity. A Faith of Our Own investigates the development and growth of these houses of worship, a recent and rapidly increasing phenomenon in major cities throughout the United States. Immigration historians have depicted the second-generation as a transitional generation--on the steady march toward the inevitable decline of ethnic identity and allegiance. Sharon Kim suggests an alternative path. By harnessing religion and innovatively creating hybrid religious institutions, second-generation Korean Americans are assertively defining and shaping their own ethnic and religious futures. Rather than assimilating into mainstream American evangelical churches or inheriting the churches of their immigrant parents, second-generation pastors are creating their own hybrid third space--new autonomous churches that are shaped by multiple frames of reference. Including data gathered over ten years at twenty-two churches, A Faith of Our Own is the most comprehensive study of this topic that addresses generational, identity, political, racial, and empowerment issues.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Generational Tension within Korean Immigrant Churches -- 3. The Quest for a Community of Comfort -- 4. Spiritual Laboratories -- 5. Reaching Out -- 6. Shifting Ethnic Boundaries -- 7. Conclusion -- Appendix A. Description of Churches -- Appendix B. Congregational Survey -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author