Korean Americans in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.): Fruits and Challenges of Building a Racial-Ethnic Community in an Integrationist Church
Given the exponential growth of the Korean American community within the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) in the late twentieth century, this article examines cultural shifts within Korean American communities—especially between the first-and second-generation—and how this population, which became the s...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2015
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The journal of Presbyterian history
Year: 2015, Volume: 93, Issue: 1, Pages: 4-23 |
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| Summary: | Given the exponential growth of the Korean American community within the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) in the late twentieth century, this article examines cultural shifts within Korean American communities—especially between the first-and second-generation—and how this population, which became the second-largest racial or ethnic minority community in the denomination, created new structures within the denomination itself. Primarily, this study asks: How did Korean Americans build their particular community within the PC(USA)? How did Korean Americans negotiate between their ethnic particularity and the integrationist ethos that prevailed in the Presbyterian Church during this period? The study shows that even as they insisted on preserving their ethnic particularity, Korean Americans in the PC(USA) also sought to relate structurally to the larger denomination—efforts that resulted in a syncretic modus vivendi seen, for example, in the creation of ethnic yet official institutions such as the Hanmi presbyteries, a modus vivendi that did not always sit well with others in the denomination. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of Presbyterian history
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