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Book SynopsisExplores Filipino American religious institutions as essential locations for empowerment
Trade Review;In this academic page turner Gonzalez blends rich ethnographic descriptions with theoretical sophistication. Filipino American Faith in Action is THE book on the importance of religion for the Filipino migrant community. Gonzalez breaks new ground in the emerging field of religion and immigration with his use of diverse theoretical tools and compelling narratives. A must read. -- Lois Ann Lorentzen,author of The Gendered New World Order: Militarism, the Environment and Development
Breaks new ground in Asian American Studies and more broadly in migration studies by illustrating the transnational and intergenerational civic engagement of migrants through religion. . . . An eminently important study that expands our knowledge of Filipino migrant settlement in the United States. -- Rhacel Salazar Parrenas,author of The Force of Domesticity: Filipina Migrants and Globalization
The & missionized and & diasporized Christians of the global South are here in our midst . . . transforming the social, religious, and political landscape in places they are finding receptive soils, and . . . challenging us to think and act in new ways. Gonzalezs work speaks of this reality not in abstraction, but through the breathing stories of Filipino diaspora Christian communities in San Francisco, California. Finally, a book that I have been waiting for has arrived. -- Eleazar S. Fernandez,Professor of Constructive Theology, United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities, Minnesota
