Faith, Family, and Filipino American Community Life
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Faith, Family, and Filipino American Community Life

  1. 238 pages
  2. English
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Faith, Family, and Filipino American Community Life

About this book

Stephen M. Cherry draws upon a rich set of ethnographic and survey data, collected over a six-year period, to explore the roles that Catholicism and family play in shaping Filipino American community life. From the planning and construction of community centers, to volunteering at health fairs or protesting against abortion, this book illustrates the powerful ways these forces structure and animate not only how first-generation Filipino Americans think and feel about their community, but how they are compelled to engage it over issues deemed important to the sanctity of the family.Revealing more than intimate accounts of Filipino American lives, Cherry offers a glimpse of the often hidden but vital relationship between religion and community in the lives of new immigrants, and allows speculation on the broader impact of Filipino immigration on the nation. The Filipino American community is the second-largest immigrant community in the United States, and the Philippines is the second-largest source of Catholic immigration to this country. This ground-breaking study outlines how first-generation Filipino Americans have the potential to reshape American Catholicism and are already having an impact on American civic life through the engagement of their faith.

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Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Contents
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. Abbreviations
  7. 1. Faithfully Filipino and American
  8. 2. Catholic Culture and Filipino Families
  9. 3. Community of Communities
  10. 4. Communities in Conflict
  11. 5. Building Centers of Community
  12. 6. Caring for Community
  13. 7. Protecting Family and Life
  14. 8. Growing Presence and Potential Impacts
  15. Methodological Appendix
  16. Notes
  17. Selected Bibliography
  18. Index
  19. About the Author