Promotional Information

Explores the factors that may lead to greater success in ethnic preservation.

Table of Contents

AcknowledgmentsIntroduction 1 Theoretical Frameworks 2 Religions in India and South Korea 3 Korean and Indian Immigrants' Religious Affiliations and Participation in Religious Institutions 4 Ethnographic Research on the Shin Kwang Korean Church 5 Ethnographic Research on the Hindu Temple Society of North America 6 Participation in Religious Institutions, Family Rituals, and Identity 7 Younger Generations' Preservation of Ethnicity through Participation in Religious Institutions 8 Younger Generations' Preservation of Ethnicity through Domestic Religious Practices 9 The Importance of Religion to Younger Generations' Identity, Socialization, and Social Relations 10 A Summary of Major Findings and Their Theoretical ImplicationsAppendix 1 Appendix 2 NotesReferences Index About the Author

About the Author

Pyong Gap Min is Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Director of Research Center for Korean Community at Queens College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He is the author or editor of several books, including Caught in the Middle: Korean Merchants in America’s Multiethnic Cities.

Reviews

"Pyong Gap Min here exhibits all the methodological skill and interpretive nuance we have come to expect from the foremost sociologist of Asian American religion... The book is a tour de force, one that will cause us to re-evaluate several things we have long thought we knew about how religion shapes ethnicity and vice-versa. The writing is clear and jargon-free, and the narrative is rich in human detail." Paul Spickard, Professor of History and Asian American Studies, UC Santa Barbara