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Buddhist and Protestant Korean Immigrants: Religious Beliefs and Socioeconomic Aspects of Life (New Americans)
Author: Okyun Kwon
Year: November 4, 2003
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 2.4 MB
Language: English
Year: November 4, 2003
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 2.4 MB
Language: English
Kwon explores how Korea's two major religious groups, Buddhists and Protestants, have emigrated and how their religious beliefs affect their adjustments after immigration. Kwon bases his study on a survey of 114 Korean congregations, participatory observation of a Buddhist temple and a Protestant church, and in-depth interviews with 109 devout immigrants. He finds that non-religious variables-urban background, educational level, and social class-have a greater effect on adjustment to the host society than religion does. Religious congregations promote members' social capital for adjustment, but at the same religious participation serves as a barrier to assimilation.
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