A Faith Of Our Own: Second-Generation Spirituality in Korean American Churches

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195 Index Abelman, Nancy, 59 absentee fathers, 102 accountability group, for men, 101 acculturation, 7, 10, 11–12, 16, 46, 48, 61, 139–140, 162 adaptation patterns, 159–160 adaptation studies, 6–7 adhesive pattern of adaptation, 7, 8, 162 administrative structure, 90–91 affirmative action, 148 African American church, 134; transitions during 1960s, 14–15; unique cultural expression of spirituality, 137–138 African Americans, 124–125; attracting to congregation, 147–148, 153–154; as church leaders, 147–148, 153–154; and dating, 151; discrimination against, 65; and interracial marriage, 152; and L.A. riots, 125 Agape Church, 91, 103, 169 AIDS/HIV, 114, 115, 121 Alumkal,Antony, 10–11, 108, 144 American dream, 59–60 Americanization, 57, 63, 104, 164 Anthias, Floya, 162 arts. See music Asia, emigration from, 160 assimilation, 12; cultural, 163–164; rejection of, 14–15, 161; straight-line pattern, 164; structural, 164; traditional view on, 162–163; of white immigrants, 164 attendance motivation, 74–80; religious , 75–76; social, 76–80 AWANA, 26 Bacon, Jean, 144 Bankston, Carl L. III, 7 Bellah, Robert, 100 Bhabha, Homi K., 13, 83 Bible studies, 24 biblical community, 96, 101 bilingual religious leader, 163–164 black church. See African American church Breton, R., 81 Busto, Rudy, 72–73 Calvary Chapel, 53 Calvary Church, 67–68 Calvinism, 58 campus evangelical organizations, 5, 8, 81, 115, 150–151 campus ministries, 81, 84, 105, 136 Carvajal, Doreen, 24, 54, 165 Cassanova, José, 123 cemetery of language, 137 Chai, Karen, 17 Chan, S., 61–62 children of immigrants, commonality of experience, 55–57 Chinese American Christians: cultural retention by, 108; identity construction by, 7, 162; parental inversion, 61–62 Cho,Yonoggi, 5 196 Index Chong, Kelly, 8, 92, 138 Christian identity, 130 Christian Korean Union (CKU), 126 Christian Reformed Church (CRC), 41, 153 Christian Witness Church, 119–120, 169 church hopping, 29, 97–98 church planters, 122 church shopping, 97 church splits, 28–29 civic engagement, 113–116 civil rights movement, 160–161 closed functional community, 59 Coleman, James S., 59 collectivism, 98–99 color-blind approach, 146, 152, 153; and evangelical identity, 86 compassion ministries, 118–123 Confucianism, 57, 58, 59, 95, 99, 143 congregational survey questions, 171–176 conversion rate, among immigrants, 25–26 Conzen, Kathleen N., 7 core culture, 12 credit associations, rotating, 58–59 cultural assimilation, 163–164 cultural pluralism, 12 cultural syncretism, 103 cultural transmission, 42–43, 45 culture retention role, of Korean church, 25 data/method, present study, 15–19 dating and marriage, 151–152 defensive ethnicity, 138 deprivatization of religion, 123 DeYoung, Curtiss P., 17 Disciple Church, 61, 88, 89, 100, 104, 138; Disciple Church of Irvine, 169; Disciple Church of West L.A., 169 Disciples Ministries International (DMI), 40–41 Dolan, Jay, 164 downward mobility, 24, 27, 105, 107 Dutch Reformed Church in America, 157 Ecklund, Elaine, 114, 130–132 education attainment, 60–61, 105–106, 160 Emerson, Michael, 10, 17, 146, 155 Episcopal Church, 157 Espiritu,Yen Le, 142–143, 152 ethnic boundaries: monoethnic churches, 135–141, 154–155; multiracial churches, 134, 146–154, 155–156; pan-Asian churches, 141–146; religious universalism vs. ethnic particularism, 134–135 ethnicity, theory on, 6–7 ethnic invention, 7–8 ethnic particularism vs. religious universalism , 134–135 evangelical Christianity, 73; difference from mainline churches, 113–114 Evergreen Church, 149, 151 experiential spirituality, 88–89 Faith Church, 17, 68–69, 70, 169 Family Church, 17, 39, 95, 169 family support, by church, 80 filial piety (hyodo), 57 financial donations, 99–100, 116 Finke, Roger, 53 Flowing Life Church, 17, 136–137, 169 Focus Church, 169 Fogelson, Robert, 14 Fong, Ken, 156 Fruitful Church, 17; on dating and marriage, 79–80; description of, 169; as multiracial, 146, 148–149, 154; outreach at, 110–112, 118–119 Fujita, Stephen, 51 Index 197 Gans, Herbert, 165 Garces-Foley, Kathleen, 149, 151 García Canclini, Néstor, 13 gay marriage, 127–128, 129 generational conflicts: commitment and ownership issues, 33–41; cultural paradigms of leadership, 30–33; defining Korean culture, 137; dropout rate, 35; dysfunctional church subculture, 27–30; educational achievement, 106; English ministries within immigrant churches, 35–38; expressions of love and affection, 63–64; financial giving patterns, 33–34; financial success, 106–107; individualism vs. collectivism, 58; Korean identity and, 48; marriage views, 57; political involvement, 126–128; power issues, 46, 48; townhouse churches, 35; youth minister turnover, 34 generational conflicts, and independent churches...