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Asian American religious cultures /Jonathan H.X. Lee, Fumitaka Matsuoka, Edmond Yee, and Ronald Y. Nakasone, editors.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Santa Barbara : ABC-CLIO, (c)2015.Description: 1 online resource (2 volumes (xxxiv, 1060 pages)) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781598843316
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • BL2525 .A853 2015
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
Contents:
volume 2. Entries I-Z.
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.
Subject: 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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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,

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.

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