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Chinese Americans --- Biography --- Social conditions --- S11/1120 --- China: Social sciences--Migration and emigration: U.S.A. and Canada (incl. Hawaï) (whatever timeperiod)

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Christianity has become the most practiced religion among the Chinese in America, but very little solid research exists on Chinese Christians and their churches. This book is the first to explore the subject from the inside, revealing how Chinese Christians construct and reconstruct their identity—as Christians, Americans, and Chinese—in local congregations amid the radical pluralism of the late twentieth century. Today there are more than one thousand Chinese churches in the United States, most of them Protestant evangelical congregations, bringing together diasporic Chinese from diverse origins—Taiwan, Hong Kong, mainland China, and Southeast Asian countries. Fenggang Yang finds that despite the many tensions and conflicts that exist within these congregations, most individuals find ways to creatively integrate their evangelical Christian beliefs with traditional Chinese (most Confucian) values. The church becomes a place where they can selectively assimilate into American society while simultaneously preserving Chinese values and culture.Yang brings to this study unique experience as both participant and observer. Born in mainland China, he is a sociologist who converted to Christianity after coming to the United States. The heart of this book is an ethnographic study of a representative Chinese church, located in Washington, D. C., where he became a member. Throughout the book, Yang draws upon interviews with members of this congregation while making comparisons with other churches throughout the United States. Chinese Christians in America is an important addition to the literature on the experience of ";new"; immigrant communities.

Chinese Americans --- S11/1120 --- S13B/0200 --- Chinese --- Ethnology --- Religion --- China: Social sciences--Migration and emigration: U.S.A. and Canada (incl. Hawaï) (whatever timeperiod) --- China: Christianity--General works --- Chinese Christian Church of Washington, D.C. (Washington, D.C.)

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Americans --- Chinese --- S11/1120 --- S09/0600 --- S02/0310 --- Ethnology --- Yankees --- History. --- China: Social sciences--Migration and emigration: U.S.A. and Canada (incl. Hawaï) (whatever timeperiod) --- China: Foreign relations and world politics--China and USA: general and before 1949 --- China: General works--Intercultural dialogue --- United States --- China --- Relations --- History --- 19th century

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Chinese Americans --- Transnationalism. --- Cultural assimilation. --- Ethnic identity. --- Social conditions --- Transnationalism --- S11/1120 --- Trans-nationalism --- Transnational migration --- International relations --- Chinese --- Ethnology --- Cultural assimilation --- Ethnic identity --- China: Social sciences--Migration and emigration: U.S.A. and Canada (incl. Hawaï) (whatever timeperiod) --- China --- United States --- Relations

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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.

Buddhism. --- Christianity. --- Conversion. --- Taiwanese Americans --- Buddha and Buddhism --- Lamaism --- Ris-med (Lamaism) --- Religions --- Christianity --- Church history --- Religious conversion --- Psychology, Religious --- Proselytizing --- Ethnology --- Taiwanese --- Religion. --- Buddhism --- Conversion --- S11/1120 --- S26/0900 --- Religion --- China: Social sciences--Migration and emigration: U.S.A. and Canada (incl. Hawaï) (whatever timeperiod) --- Taiwan--Religion