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Family Sacrifices

The Worldviews and Ethics of Chinese Americans

By: Russell M. Jeung,Seanan S. Fong,Helen Jin Kim

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Family Sacrifices

The Worldviews and Ethics of Chinese Americans

By: Russell M. Jeung,Seanan S. Fong,Helen Jin Kim

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.

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Oxford University Press

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0190875941

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9780190875947

Faithful Generations

Race and New Asian American Churches

By: Russell Jeung

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Faithful Generations

Race and New Asian American Churches

By: Russell Jeung

With rich description and insightful interviews, Russell Jeung uncovers why and how Chinese and Japanese American Christians are building new, pan-Asian organizations. Detailed surveys of over fifty Chinese and Japanese American congregations in the San Francisco Bay area show how symbolic racial identities structure Asian American congregations. Evangelical ministers differ from mainline Christian ministers in their construction of Asian American identity. Mobilizing around these distinct identities, evangelicals and mainline Christians have developed unique pan-Asian styles of worship, ministries, and church activities. Portraits of two churches further illustrate how symbolic racial identities affect congregational life and ministries. The book concludes with a look at Asian American-led multiethnic churches.

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244

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Rutgers University Press

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0813535034

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9780813535036

Workforce Development in Emerging Economies

Comparative Perspectives on Institutions, Praxis, and Policies

By: Jee-Peng Tan,Kiong Hock Lee,Ryan Flynn,Viviana V. Roseth,Yoo-Jeung Joy Nam

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Workforce Development in Emerging Economies

Comparative Perspectives on Institutions, Praxis, and Policies

By: Jee-Peng Tan,Kiong Hock Lee,Ryan Flynn,Viviana V. Roseth,Yoo-Jeung Joy Nam

Investing in skills has risen to the top of the policy agenda today in rich and poor countries alike. The World Bank supports its partner countries on this agenda in multiple ways: development finance, research and analysis, global knowledge exchange, and technical assistance. This report was originally conceived as a contribution to this catalog of the World Bank’s work, but its topic and findings are relevant to all policy makers and analysts interested in skills-building to drive economic growth and improve human well-being. The book examines workforce development (WfD) systems in emerging economies around the world and presents novel systems-level data generated by the Systems Approach for Better Education Results (SABER)-WfD benchmarking tool, which was created to implement the World Bank’s 10-year Education Sector Strategy launched in 2012. A key theme in the book is that WfD entails a multi-layered engagement involving high-level policy makers, system-level managers, as well as leaders at individual institutions. Too often, the conversation and actions are fragmented by intellectual, administrative and operational silos which undermine effective cooperation to solve the deep challenges of building job-relevant skills. The book’s findings, based on cross-sectional data for nearly 30 countries and time-series data for five countries, identify successes and common issues across countries in the sample. In lagging countries, the biggest difficulties relate to: forming and sustaining strategic partnerships with employers; ensuring equitable and efficient funding for vocational education; and putting in place mechanisms to enhance training providers’ accountability for results defined by their trainees’ job market performance. By framing WfD in the broader skills-for-growth context and drawing on lessons from countries where well-designed WfD strategies have helped to drive sustained growth, this book offers clear guidance on how to enable a more effective approach to the inevitably complex challenges of workforce development in emerging economies.

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173

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World Bank Publications

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1464808511

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9781464808517

At Home in Exile

Finding Jesus among My Ancestors and Refugee Neighbors

By: Russell Jeung

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At Home in Exile

Finding Jesus among My Ancestors and Refugee Neighbors

By: Russell Jeung

Russell Jeung's spiritual memoir shares the difficult, often joyful, and sometimes harrowing account of his life in East Oakland's Murder Dubs neighborhood and of his Chinese-Hakka history. On a journey to discover how the poor and exiled are blessed, At Home in Exile is the story of his integration of social activism and a stubborn evangelical faith. Holding English classes in his apartment (which doubled as a food pantry for a local church) for undocumented Latino neighbors and Cambodian refugees, battling drug dealers who threatened him, exorcising a spirit possessing a teen, and winning a landmark housing settlement against slumlords with a gathering of his neighbors—Jeung's story is, by turns, moving and inspiring, traumatic and exuberant. As Jeung retraces the steps of his Chinese-Hakka family and his refugee neighbors, weaving the two narratives together, he asks difficult questions about longing and belonging, wealth and poverty, and how living in exile can transform your faith: "Not only did relocation into the inner city press me toward God, but it made God's words more distinct and clear to me...As I read Scriptures through the eyes of those around me—refugees and aliens—God spoke loudly to me his words of hope and truth." With humor, humility, and keen insight, he describes the suffering and the sturdiness of those around him and of his family. He relates the stories of forced relocation and institutional discrimination, of violence and resistance, and of the persistence of Christ's love for the poor.

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Zondervan

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0310527848

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9780310527848

Lange Q&A Optometry Review: Basic and Clinical Sciences

By: Freddy W. Chang,Maria L. Alarcon Fortepiani,Jeung Kim,John S. Sharpe,Marlon R. Utech,Jeffrey C. Rabin

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Lange Q&A Optometry Review: Basic and Clinical Sciences

By: Freddy W. Chang,Maria L. Alarcon Fortepiani,Jeung Kim,John S. Sharpe,Marlon R. Utech,Jeffrey C. Rabin

1,700 Q&As AND A TEST-SIMULATING DVD WITH 500 MORE Q&As HELP YOU ACHIEVE YOUR HIGHEST SCORE POSSIBLE ON OPTOMETRY EXAMS IN BASIC AND CLINICAL SCIENCE Optometry Review: Basic and Clinical Sciences provides a complete review of the fundamental basic and clinical science concepts students need to know to excel on optometry exams. This rigorous review includes more than 1,700 exam-style Q&A with detailed answer explanations. The companion DVD enables students to create custom exams and keep track of their scores with 500 unique questions not found in the book . · Rigorous Q&A review to supplement your optometry coursework and prepare for exams · Explanations for correct and incorrect answers · A complete review of fundamental basic science and clinical science concepts · Chapters include Anatomy, Neuroanatomy, Human Physiology, Biochemistry, Visual Science, Visual Optics, General Pharmacology, Ocular Pharmacology, and eleven others · Written by an experienced optometry professors and clinicians who know exactly what it takes to master the optometry curriculum and pass exams · Companion DVD enables you to create and customize your own exams and track your scores

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McGraw Hill Professional

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0071813551

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9780071813556

Family Sacrifices

The Worldviews and Ethics of Chinese Americans

By: Russell M. Jeung,Seanan S. Fong,Helen Jin Kim

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The Worldviews and Ethics of Chinese Americans

By: Russell M. Jeung,Seanan S. Fong,Helen Jin Kim

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Oxford University Press

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Envisioning Religion, Race, and Asian Americans

By: David K. Yoo,Khyati Y. Joshi

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Envisioning Religion, Race, and Asian Americans

By: David K. Yoo,Khyati Y. Joshi

In Envisioning Religion, Race, and Asian Americans, David K. Yoo and Khyati Y. Joshi assemble a wide-ranging and important collection of essays documenting the intersections of race and religion and Asian American communities—a combination so often missing both in the scholarly literature and in public discourse. Issues of religion and race/ethnicity undergird current national debates around immigration, racial profiling, and democratic freedoms, but these issues, as the contributors document, are longstanding ones in the United States. The essays feature dimensions of traditions such as Islam, Hinduism, and Sikhism, as well as how religion engages with topics that include religious affiliation (or lack thereof), the legacy of the Vietnam War, and popular culture. The contributors also address the role of survey data, pedagogy, methodology, and literature that is richly complementary and necessary for understanding the scope and range of the subject of Asian American religions. These essays attest to the vibrancy and diversity of Asian American religions, while at the same time situating these conversations in a scholarly lineage and discourse. This collection will certainly serve as an invaluable resource for scholars, students, and general readers with interests in Asian American religions, ethnic and Asian American studies, religious studies, American studies, and related fields that focus on immigration and race.

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University of Hawaii Press

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0824884191

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9780824884192

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Family Sacrifices

Family Sacrifices

Faithful Generations

Faithful Generations

Workforce Development in Emerging Economies

Workforce Development in Emerging Economies

At Home in Exile

At Home in Exile

Lange Q&A Optometry Review: Basic and Clinical Sciences

Lange Q&A Optometry Review: Basic and Clinical Sciences

Family Sacrifices

Family Sacrifices

Envisioning Religion, Race, and Asian Americans

Envisioning Religion, Race, and Asian Americans

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