{"product_id":"9780813549477","title":"A Faith Of Our Own: Second-Generation Spirituality in Korean American Churches","description":"\u003cbr\u003eSecondgeneration Korean Americans, demonstrating an unparalleled entrepreneurial fervor, are establishing new churches with a goal of shaping the future of American Christianity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Faith of Our Own\u003c\/i\u003e investigates the development and growth of these houses of worship, a recent and rapidly increasing phenomenon in major cities throughout the United States.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eImmigration historians have depicted the secondgeneration as a transitional generationon the steady march toward the inevitable decline of ethnic identity and allegiance. Sharon Kim suggests an alternative path. By harnessing religion and innovatively creating hybrid religious institutions, secondgeneration Korean Americans are assertively defining and shaping their own ethnic and religious futures. Rather than assimilating into mainstream American evangelical churches or inheriting the churches of their immigrant parents, secondgeneration pastors are creating their own hybrid third spacenew autonomous churches that are shaped by multiple frames of reference.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIncluding data gathered over ten years at twentytwo churches, \u003ci\u003eA Faith of Our Own\u003c\/i\u003e is the most comprehensive study of this topic that addresses generational, identity, political, racial, and empowerment issues.","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47123917373680,"sku":"9780813549477","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780813549477_p0.jpg?v=1763745819","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780813549477","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}