UID:
almafu_9961764686602883
Format:
1 online resource (237 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780814732762
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0814732763
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9780814733356
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0814733352
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9781417588220
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1417588225
Series Statement:
Religion, race, and ethnicity
Content:
God in Chinatown is a path breaking study of the largest contemporary wave of new immigrants to Chinatown. Since the 1980's, tens of thousands of mostly rural Chinese have migrated from Fuzhou, on China's southeastern coast, to New York's Chinatown. Like the Cantonese who comprised the previous wave of migrants, the Fuzhou have brought with them their religious beliefs, practices, and local deities. In recent years these immigrants have established numerous specifically Fuzhounese religious communities, ranging from Buddhist, Daoist, and Chinese popular religion to Protestant and Catholic Christians...
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Walking on Water; 1 Chinatown and the Fuzhounese; 2 Fuzhou: Diasporic Traditio; 3 Religion in Fuzhou: An Overview; 4 Religion in Fuzhou: Spotlight on Christianity; 5 Chinatown's Religious Landscape: The Fuzhounese Presence; 6 "Come unto Me All Ye That Labor and Are Heavy Laden": Building Fuzhounese Protestant Churches in New York's Chinatown; 7 Safe Harbor; Bibliography; Index; About the Author
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8147-3153-8
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8147-3154-6
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic book.
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Electronic book
DOI:
10.18574/nyu/9780814733356
URL:
NYU Press Open Square
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