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Giving the “Silent Exodus” A Voice: Explorations of the Experiences of Second Generation Korean American Christians |
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In recent years, many have used the term “silent exodus” to describe the phenomena of the children of immigrants leaving their parents’ churches. While some choose to attend either a panethnic Asian or racially neutral (usually majority white) church, others choose to disassociate from Christianity itself. Based on nine months of ethnographic work, and both semi-structured and conversational interviews with members of both a Korean-specific church and a pan-ethnic Christian church, this paper argues that the silent exodus is a reflection of Karl Mannheims’ “problem of generations,” and that ironically, second generation Korean Americans leave the ethnic church for the very reasons their parents joined them. Thus, this paper first discusses the functions and purposes of the immigrant church for the first generation and second, speaks to the second generations' experiences with the ethnic churches and their rationale for the "silent exodus." This is followed by a discussion on how the propensity to leave the Christian church is driven by cultural clashes between generations, and different functions of the church for the parental and their children’s generation. |
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Name: American Sociological Association
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| Song, Julie. "Giving the “Silent Exodus” A Voice: Explorations of the Experiences of Second Generation Korean American Christians" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Montreal Convention Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Aug 10, 2006 <Not Available>. 2009-05-24 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p104669_index.html> |
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| Song, J. H. , 2006-08-10 "Giving the “Silent Exodus” A Voice: Explorations of the Experiences of Second Generation Korean American Christians" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Montreal Convention Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Online <PDF>. 2009-05-24 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p104669_index.html |
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Abstract: In recent years, many have used the term “silent exodus” to describe the phenomena of the children of immigrants leaving their parents’ churches. While some choose to attend either a panethnic Asian or racially neutral (usually majority white) church, others choose to disassociate from Christianity itself. Based on nine months of ethnographic work, and both semi-structured and conversational interviews with members of both a Korean-specific church and a pan-ethnic Christian church, this paper argues that the silent exodus is a reflection of Karl Mannheims’ “problem of generations,” and that ironically, second generation Korean Americans leave the ethnic church for the very reasons their parents joined them. Thus, this paper first discusses the functions and purposes of the immigrant church for the first generation and second, speaks to the second generations' experiences with the ethnic churches and their rationale for the "silent exodus." This is followed by a discussion on how the propensity to leave the Christian church is driven by cultural clashes between generations, and different functions of the church for the parental and their children’s generation. |
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| Giving the “Silent Exodus” A Voice: Explorations of the Experiences of Second Generation Korean American Christians Submitted By: Julie H. Song Department of Sociology 3151 Social Science Plaza B University of California Irvine California 92697 songjh@uci.edu (949)231-9390 Abstract In recent years many have used the term “silent exodus” to describe the phenomena of the children of immigrants leaving their parents’ churches. While some choose to attend either a panethnic Asian or racially neutral (usually majority white) church others choose |
| Gap and Joann Hong. 2002. “Ethnic Attachment Among Second Generation Korean Americans.” Chapter 4 Pp. 86-113 in The Second Generation: Ethnic Identity Among Asian Americans edited by Pyong Gap Min. Walnut Creek California: AltaMira Press. Min Pyong Gap and Jung Ha Kim eds. 2002. Religions in Asian America: Building Faith Communities. Walnut Creek CA: AltaMira Press. Portes Alejandro and Ruben G. Rumbaut. 1996. Immigrant California: A Portrait. Berkeley California: University of California Press. _____. 2001. Legacies: The Story of |
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