Rethinking the Connections between Religion and Civic Life for Immigrants: The Case of the Chinese Diaspora

Through interviews with 33 Chinese American first- and second-generation immigrants, we ask how narratives that describe the link between religion and civic life differ among Buddhists, Christians, and nonreligious Chinese. All groups stress the tight institutional connections between religion and p...

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Authors: Ecklund, Elaine Howard (Author) ; Shih, Yi-Ping (Author) ; Emerson, Michael O. (Author) ; Kye, Samuel H. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer 2013
In: Review of religious research
Year: 2013, Volume: 55, Issue: 2, Pages: 209-229
Further subjects:B Narratives
B Immigration
B Religion
B Chinese
B Civic life
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