Asian American Religious Cultures: [2 Volumes]
Ebook
A resource ideal for students as well as general readers, this two-volume encyclopedia examines the diversity of the Asian American and Pacific Islander spiritual experience.
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, and Vietnamese Americans. Pacific Islanders include Hawaiians, Samoans, Marshallese, Tongan, and Chamorro. The coverage includes not only traditional eastern belief systems and traditions such as Buddhism, Confucianism, and Hinduism as well as Micronesian and Polynesian religious traditions in the United States, but also the culture and religious rituals of Asian American Christians.
A resource ideal for students as well as general readers, this two-volume encyclopedia examines the diversity of the Asian American and Pacific Islander spiritual experience.
Covers both common motifs in Asian American religious culture, such as Chinese New Year festivals and mortuary rituals, as well as many newly established faith traditions
Contains entries on rarely addressed topics within Asian American religion, such as Hezhen Shamanism
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Guide to Related Topics
VOLUME 1
PART 1: Essays
Arts and Cultural Production
Bible and Asian Americans
Care and Service
Catholics
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
Afghan American Religions
Aglipay, Gregorio (1860–1940)
Aikido
Aloha Spirit
Arabic (Islamic) Calligraphy
Asiamericans in the Episcopal Church
Ayurveda
Bala Vihar
Berkeley Buddhist Monastery
Berkeley Thai Temple, Wat Mongkolratanaram
Bhante Dharmawara (Bellong Mahathera) (1889–1999)
Bok Kai Temple
Brahma Kumaris (Daughters of Brahma)
Buddha Image
Buddhist Churches of America (BCA)
Buddhist Education
Buddhist Meditation
Burmese Americans
Butoh
Cambodian American Religions
Cambodian Americans and Mormonism
Caodaism
Cham Americans
Cham Muslims
Chamorro Spirituality
Chan, Wing-tsit (1901–1994)
Chanoyu
Chinese American Religions
Chinese Drama and Religion
Chinese Medicine
Chinese New Year
Chinese Temples in America
Ching Chung Taoist Association of America
Choy, Wilbur W. Y. (1918–)
Classical Indian Dance
Confucian Canon
Confucian Rituals
Confucianism
Daoism
Daoist Canon
Daoist Rituals
Dragons
Duanwu Festival
Eid al-Adha, Festival of Sacrifice
El Shaddai
Estrella, Julia Keiko Higa Matsui (1940–)
Falun Dafa/Falun Gong
Fengshui
Filipino Protestants
First Chinese Baptist Church, San Francisco
Fujinkai (Buddhist Women's Association)
Gedatsu-kai
Ghost Festival/Zhongyuan Festival
Guangong
Guanyin
Gurdwara
Han
Hawaiian Religion
Henepola Gunaratana (1927–)
Hezhen (Nanai) Shamanism
Higashi Honganji
Hindu Canon
Hindu Education
Hindu Temples in America
Hindustani Classical Music
Hmong American Religions
Hmong Shamanism
Hoa Hao Buddhism
Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawai'i
Hsi Lai Temple
Hsuan Hua (1918–1995)
VOLUME 2
Guide to Related Topics
PART 2: Entries
Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC)
Ijun
Imamura, Yemyo (1867–1932)
Indian American Christians
Indian American Muslims
Indian American Sikhs
Indian Festivals
Indonesian American Muslims
Indonesian American Religions
Institute for Leadership Development and Study of Pacific and Asian North American Religion (PANA Institute)
International Society of Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON)
Islamic Canon
Iu Mien
Jain Temples
Jainism
Japanese American Christianity
Japanese American Internment, Remembrance, and Redress
Japanese American Mortuary and Memorial Rituals
Japanese American Religions
Japanese American Religious Federation (JARF)
Japanese Evangelical Missionary Society (JEMS)
Japanese Gardens
Jehovah's Witnesses
Jikei Kai: Japanese Benevolent Society
Jodo Shinshu Buddhist Temples of Canada (JSBTC)
Jodo Shu (Pure Land Sect)
Kagiwada, David (1929–1985)
Kava
Konkokyo/The Konko Faith
Korean American Religions
Korean Buddhism
Korean Shamanism
Kubose, Gyomay (1905–2000)
Laotian American Religions
Lotus Flower
Lutherans
Maha Ghosananda (1929–2007)
Mahikari (True Light)
Malaysian American Religions
Marshall Islands, Religion in
Maryknoll Catholic Missionaries
Matsuri
Matsushita, Eiichi (1930–1984)
Micronesian and Polynesian Traditional Religions
Mid-Autumn Festival
Mongolian American Religions
Morikawa, Jitsuo (1912–1987)
Mormons
Muslim Mosques, Indian Americans
Naga
Nakamura, Paul T. (1926–)
Nepali American Religions
Nichiren Shoshu
Nichiren Shu
North American Pacific/Asian Disciples (NAPAD)
Obon (Urabon)
Okinawan (Ryukyuan) Spiritual Culture
Pacific and Asian American Center for Theologies and Strategies (PACTS)
Pacific Islander Religious Cultures
Pakistani American Religions
Presbyterian Churches of Japanese Heritage
Project Dana
Qingming Festival
Rajan, Frederick E. N. (1949–)
Ramadan
Ratanasara, Havanpola (1920–2000)
Reincarnation in Dharmic Religions
Reiyukai
Rinzai Zen
Rissho Kosei-kai (RKK)
Samoan Spirituality
Sano, Roy I. (1931–)
Santo Niño
Satsang
Seicho no Ie (SNI)
Sekai Kyusei-kyo Izunome (Church of World Messianity)
Selma (California) Japanese Mission Church
Seventh-day Adventist Church
Shamanism, Modern
Shin Buddhist Music
Shingon
Shinnyo-en
Shinrankai
Shinto
Sho, Calligraphy
Shunryu Suzuki (1904–1971)
Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund (SALDEF)
Sikh Canon
The Sikh Foundation
Sikh Gurus
Soka Gakkai
Songkran
Soto Zen
South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT)
Sovereignty
Sri Lankan American Religions
Swami Prabhavananda (1893–1976)
Swami Vivekananda (1863–1902)
Swastika
Taiji Quan
Taiwanese American Religions
Tarthang Tulku (1935–)
Tendai Shu
Tenrikyo
Thai American Religions
Thai Buddhist Immigrant Culture
Thai Buddhist Immigrant Spirituality
Thai Religious Foodways
Theravada Buddhism
Thich Duc Niem (1937–2003)
Thich Thien An (1926–1980)
Tianhou, Empress of Heaven
Tibetan American Religions
Tongan Spirituality
Tripi?aka (Buddhist Canon)
Trungpa, Chögyam (1939–1987)
Tu Weiming (1940–)
Tule Lake
Tzu Chi Foundation U.S.A.
Ullambana Assembly
Unification Church (Family Federation for World Peace and Unification)
United Church of Christ (UCC)
United Methodism
Vesakha (Vesak)
Vietnamese American Buddhists
Vietnamese American Catholics
Vietnamese American Religions
Wake, Lloyd K. (1922–)
Wangyal, Ngawang (1901–1983)
Watt Samaki
Yamato Colony
Yee, James J. (1968–)
Yinyang
Yoga
Bibliography
Editors and Contributors
Index
As the first encyclopedia solely devoted to Asian American religion and religious cultures, this title fills a real gap in the literature. . . . Asian American Religious Cultures is an important core reference work suitable for all libraries, but particularly for collections supporting programs in Asian American studies, religious studies, sociology, and anthropology. Summing Up: Essential. All libraries. All levels.
Given the subject-matter challenges, this work does an admirable job of being accessible to novices while not diluting the ubiquitous nuances characteristic of this topic. Recommended as a reference for advanced high school and undergraduate students.
Asian American Religious Cultures is a notable and unique source . . . [it] would be a welcome addition to any library lacking content in this area and looking for a good place where patrons can start their inquiries on these topics.
This is an excellent starting point for exploring the Asian American religious experience and how traditions have migrated and evolved in the context of the USA. It is most appropriate for high school and college libraries.
- Title: Asian American Religious Cultures: [2 Volumes]
- Authors: Jonathan Lee, Fumitaka Matsuoka, Edmond Yee, Ronald Y. Nakasone
- Publisher: ABC-CLIO
- Print Publication Date: 2015
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBN: 9798216050155
- Resource ID: LLS:9798216050155
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-04-11T17:14:27Z
Jonathan H. X. Lee, PhD, is an associate professor of Asian American studies who specializes in Southeast Asian and Sino-Southeast Asian American studies at San Francisco State University.
Fumitaka Matsuoka, PhD, is Robert Gordon Sproul Professor of Theology Emeritus and the former Executive Director of the Institute for Leadership Development and the Study of Pacific and Asian American Religion (PANA) at Pacific School of Religion (PSR), Berkeley, CA.
Edmond Yee, CPhil, PhD, is an author, editor, translator, and professor emeritus of Asian Studies, Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary.
Ronald Y. Nakasone, PhD, is a member of the core doctoral faculty at the Graduate Theological Union (GTU) in Berkeley, CA.