TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lee,Jonathan H.X.
AU  - Matsuoka,Fumitaka
AU  - Yee,Edmond
AU  - Nakasone,Ronald Y.
TI  - Asian American religious cultures /Jonathan H.X. Lee, Fumitaka Matsuoka, Edmond Yee, and Ronald Y. Nakasone, editors
SN  - 9781598843316
AV  - BL2525 .A853 2015
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Santa Barbara
PB  - ABC-CLIO
KW  - Asian Americans
KW  - Religion
KW  - Encyclopedias
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; V. 1. Essays and A-H --; volume 2. Entries I-Z; Introduction --; Guide to Related Topics --; PART 1: Essays --; Arts and Cultural Production --; Bible and Asian Americans --; Care and Service --; Christian Fellowships --; Gender and Sexuality - Immigration --; Interpretation - Islamophobia - Jews --; LGBT Asian Americans and Christianity - Muslims --; Panethnic Religious Institutions --; Politics and Religion --; Religion and Law --; Religion, Race, and Orientalism --Secularization and Asian Americans - Spirituality --; Theological Construction --; Part 2: Entries - A: Afghan American Religions to Āyurveda - B: Bala Vihar to Butoh - C: Cambodian American Religions to Confucianism - D: Daoism to Duanwu Festival --; Eid al-Adha, Festival of Sacrifice to Estrella, Julia Keiko Higa Matsui (1940-) - F: Falun Dafa/Falun Gong to Fujinkai (Buddhist Women's Association) - G: Gedatsu-kai to Gurdwara - H: Han to Hsuan Hua (1918-1995) - I: Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC) to Iu Mien - J: Jain Temples to Jōdo Shū (Pure Land Sect) - K: Kagiwada, David (1929-1985) to Kubose, Gyomay (1905-2000) - L: Laotian American Religions to Lutherans - M: Mahā Ghosananda (1929-2007) to Muslim Mosques, Indian Americans - N: Nāga to North American Pacific/Asian Disciples (NAPAD) - O: Obon (Urabon) to Okinawan (Ryūkyūan) Spiritual Culture - P: Pacific and Asian American Center for Theologies and Strategies (PACTS) to Project Dana - Q: Qingming Festival - R: Rajan, Frederick E. N. (1949-) to Risshō Kōsei-kai (RKK) - S: Samoan Spirituality to Seventh-day Adventist Church --; Shamanism, Modern to Swastika -T: Taiji Quan to Tzu Chi Foundation U.S.A. --; Ullambana Assembly to United Methodism - V: Vesākha (Vesak) to Vietnamese American Religions - W: Wake, Lloyd K. (1922-) --; Watt Samaki - Y: Yamato Colony to Yoga; 2; b
N2  - Despite constituting a fairly small proportion of the U.S. population-roughly 5 percent-Asian Americans are a widely diverse group with equally heterogeneous religious beliefs and traditions. This encyclopedia provides a single source for authoritative information on the Asian American and Pacific Islander religious experience, addressing South Asian Americans, such as Indian Americans and Pakistani Americans; East Asian Americans, including Chinese Americans, Japanese Americans, and Korean Americans; and Southeast Asian Americans, whose ethnicities include Filipino Americans, Thai Americans
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