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Chinese vs American Family
Don’t Tell Me What to Do!
[…] of an individual identity in order to promote the gospel message? More information can be found in Tapestry of Grace: Untangling the Cultural Complexities of Asian American Life and Ministry, Ben Shin and Sheryl Takagi Sizer, 2016, chapter 9, pages 138–143 and Biblical Multicultural Teams: Applying Biblical Truth to Cultural Differences, chapter 3, pages 43–62.
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Transpacific Transposition: 1965 to Present
History of Chinese Christianity in North America (3)
The author brings us to the present by giving five factors that since 1965 have created the awakening and dominance of independent-minded and indigenous evangelicalism in North American Chinese Christianity.
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The Christian World They Made Together: 1850–1911
History of Chinese Christianity in North America (1)
The author explains the growth of the Chinese diaspora and Chinese immigration to the United States and Canada as well as the events that gave birth to North American Chinese Christianity.
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Saving China, Saving Ourselves: 1911–1965
History of Chinese Christianity in North America (2)
[…] the American West, 1874–1939. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1990); Kristin and Kathryn Wong, Fierce Compassion, The Life of Abolitionist Donaldina Cameron (Saline, Michigan: New Earth Enterprises, 2012). Missionaries also fought against anti-Asian American immigration and naturalization laws. See Jennifer C. Snow, Protestant Missionaries, Asian Immigrants, and Ideologies of Race in America, 1850–1924 (New […]
Gaining Perspective on the Chinese American Christian Diaspora
The winter issue of ChinaSource Quarterly, “Chinese American Christianity in History and Today” came out last week. Our friends Sam George and Andrew Lee at the Global Diaspora Institute (located at the Wheaton College Billy Graham Center) did an exceptional job of guest editing the issue and bringing to our attention the history of […]
Cultural Identity—East vs West
Or Why They Cause Me Stress
In Asia I experienced a lot of cultural stress but didn’t know why. Not only was I trying to adjust to a different culture, but I was also dealing with unconscious American and Japanese cultural values.
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Or, Do I Have to Give Them Something to Make Friends?
When we lived in Asia, I was constantly asked for things and especially for money. Being a typical American, I was offended with their constant asking. I discovered later that asking for favors was a means of developing relationships.
Reciprocity—Goes Both Ways and Keeps on Going
[…] emotional response? Or have others offered to help you and you refused? Why did you refuse? How do you think they felt when you refused? More information can be found in Tapestry of Grace: Untangling the Cultural Complexities of Asian American Life and Ministry, Ben Shin and Sheryl Takagi Sizer, 2016 pages 151–152, 157-158, 162.
Saving Face
[…] with you. Remember that you are not only speaking about the person individually, but also speaking about their family or group. More information can be found in Tapestry of Grace: Untangling the Cultural Complexities of Asian American Life and Ministry, Ben Shin and Sheryl Takagi Sizer, 2016, pages 36, 39,118-122, 124, 133, 136, 151-157, 163, 172.
The Impact of Buddhism
Even When It Is More Cultural than Belief
[…] the gospel. More information can be found in: Tapestry of Grace: Untangling the Cultural Complexities of Asian American Life and Ministry, Ben Shin and Sheryl Takagi Silzer, 2016, pages 3–4. 78–80, 86, 89, 124, 137–138, 151–158, 162, 165, 173, 176. “How Cultural Reciprocity Practices Reinforce Merit-Making Affecting the Experience of God’s Grace” by Sheryl […]