Family Sacrifices

Family Sacrifices

by Russell M. JeungSeanan S. Fong and Helen Jin Kim
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 06/05/2019

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Fifty-two percent of Chinese Americans report having no religious affiliation, making them the least religiously-identified ethnic group in the United States. But that statistic obscures a much more complex reality. Family Sacrifices reveals that Chinese Americans employ familism, not religion, as the primary narrative by which they find meaning, identity, and belonging. As a transpacific lived tradition, Chinese American familism prioritizes family above other commitments and has roots in Chinese Popular Religion and Confucianism. The spiritual and ethical systems of China emphasize practicing rituals and cultivating virtue, whereas American religious research usually focuses on belief in the supernatural or belonging to a religious tradition. To address this gap in understanding, Family Sacrifices introduces the concept of liyi, translated as ritual propriety and righteous relations. Re-appropriated from its original Chinese usage, liyi offers a new way of understanding Chinese religion and a new lens for understanding the emergence of religious "nones" in the United States. The first book based on national survey data on Asian American religious practices, Family Sacrifices is a seminal text on the fastest-growing racial group in the United States.

ISBN:
9780190875947
9780190875947
Category:
Religious groups: social & cultural aspects
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
06-05-2019
Language:
English
Publisher:
Oxford University Press

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