Filipino American Faith in Action : : Immigration, Religion, and Civic Engagement / / Joaquin Jay Gonzalez.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Gonzalez, Joaquin Jay,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2009]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource :; 8 black and white illustrations

Filipinos are now the second largest Asian American immigrant group in the United States, with a population larger than Japanese Americans and Korean Americans combined. Surprisingly, there is little published on Filipino Americans and their religion, or the ways in which their religious traditions may influence the broader culture in which they are becoming established.Filipino American Faith in Action draws on interviews, survey data, and participant observation to shed light on this large immigrant community. It explores Filipino American religious institutions as essential locations for empowerment and civic engagement, illuminating how Filipino spiritual experiences can offer a lens for viewing this migrant community’s social, political, economic, and cultural integration into American life. Gonzalez examines Filipino American church involvement and religious practices in the San Francisco Bay Area and in the Phillipines, showing how Filipino Americans maintain community and ethnic and religious networks, contra assimilation theory, and how they go about sharing their traditions with the larger society.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Resurrecting Christian Faith -- 3. Praying, Then Delivering Miracles -- 4. Gathering Souls with Food -- 5. Converting Bowling to Civic Involvement -- 6. Blessing Passion and Revolution -- 7. Reconciling Old and Young Spirits -- 8. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index -- About the Author