[PDF] How The Ae Deul Second Generation Korean Americans Can Become Responsible Christian Adults eBook

Author : David Ahn
Publisher :
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 16,77 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Church work with Korean Americans
ISBN :

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In this project the notion of responsibility for the "Ae Deul", or children, second generation Korean American Christians is evaluated in relation to the connection of the Korean speaking immigrant church. The first generation Korean speaking "parents" have harvested a culture of labeling the English speaking members as "Ae Deul" regardless of age or social status. Through this distinction the EM, English Ministry, has developed an understanding that the church they are a part of is simply their "parent's church" and in order to mature as Christians a sense of ownership needs to be harnessed. For some second generation Korean Americans the struggle between the first generation is so difficult that many have opted to planting their own ministries away from their parents. The diminished role of the second generation in the immigrant church has led to a sense of responsibility and awareness, but with a lack of a developed spirituality, love, self, and stewardship the progress has been slow. Through the studying of KumRan United Methodist Church (Glory Church), survey's, interviews, and a website were used to introduce the idea of developing a story which would describe and validate the experience of the second generation. The ideas of ontology, love, mission, and sacraments were also evaluated to develop a better understanding of where the second generation stands in their faith and spirituality as well as point out influences that have affected the second generation perspectives. Though there are influences and factors that have contributed to the state of the first and generation Korean Americans it is important that the second generation ultimately take responsibility and ownership of their own faith and not hide behind the beliefs of their parents. A key understanding of this relationship between the two is the influence of leaders and the origin of participation in churches. The first generation needed to attend church for adjustment and survival in the new land, while the second generation have been given the option to attend because of the opportunities that were afforded to them.

Author : Mark Chung Hearn
Publisher : Springer
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 21,84 MB
Release : 2016-05-26
Category : History
ISBN : 1137594136

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This book explores the ways through which Korean American men demonstrate and navigate their manhood within a US context that has historically sorted them into several limiting, often emasculating, stereotypes. In the US, Korean men tend to be viewed as passive, non-athletic, and asexual (or hypersexual). They are often burdened with very specific expectations that run counter to traditional tropes of US masculinity. According to the normative script of masculinity, a “man” is rugged, individualistic, and powerful—the antithesis of the US social construction of Asian American men. In an interdisciplinary fashion, this book probes the lives of Korean American men through the lenses of religion and sports. Though these and other outlets can serve to empower Korean American men to resist historical scripts that limit their performance of masculinity, they can also become harmful. Mark Chung Hearn utilizes ethnography, participant observation, and interviews conducted with second-generation Korean American men to explore what it means to be an Asian American man today.

Author : Matthew D. Kim
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 13,65 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781433100048

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This in-depth study on preaching to second generation Korean Americans, the first of its kind, is based on empirical and ethnographic fieldwork. Matthew D. Kim conducted surveys and semi-structured qualitative interviews with Korean American pastors and second generation young adult respondents in three geographic regions of the United States: the Midwest, the West Coast, and the East Coast. His primary conceptual framework employs social psychologists Hazel Markus and Paula Nurius' theory of possible selves to facilitate the process of congregational exegesis in the second generation Korean American church context. This book offers a new contextual homiletic model that enables Korean American preachers to engage in deeper levels of ethnic and cultural analysis in their sermonic preparation. Simultaneously, the author reconstructs conventional preaching roles of Korean American preachers and second generation listeners so that they may co-creatively imagine new possible selves that radically advance Christian mission and practice in the world. This book will serve as a primary or secondary source for upper-level undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate courses on preaching, communication studies, ethnic and racial studies, cross-cultural ministry, or social psychology.

Author : Sharon Kim
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 39,15 MB
Release : 2010-03-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0813549477

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Second-generation Korean Americans, demonstrating an unparalleled entrepreneurial fervor, are establishing new churches with a goal of shaping the future of American Christianity. A Faith of Our Own investigates the development and growth of these houses of worship, a recent and rapidly increasing phenomenon in major cities throughout the United States. Immigration historians have depicted the second-generation as a transitional generation--on the steady march toward the inevitable decline of ethnic identity and allegiance. Sharon Kim suggests an alternative path. By harnessing religion and innovatively creating hybrid religious institutions, second-generation Korean Americans are assertively defining and shaping their own ethnic and religious futures. Rather than assimilating into mainstream American evangelical churches or inheriting the churches of their immigrant parents, second-generation pastors are creating their own hybrid third space--new autonomous churches that are shaped by multiple frames of reference. Including data gathered over ten years at twenty-two churches, A Faith of Our Own is the most comprehensive study of this topic that addresses generational, identity, political, racial, and empowerment issues.

Author : Jacob Yongseok Young
Publisher : University Press of America
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 47,35 MB
Release : 2012-04-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 076185875X

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The voices of second-generation Korean Americans echo throughout the pages of this book, which is a sensitive exploration of their struggles with minority, marginality, cultural ambiguity, and negative perceptions. Born in the United States, they are still viewed as foreigners because of their Korean appearance. Raised in American society, they are still tied to the cultural expectations of their Korean immigrant parents. While straddling two cultures, these individuals search for understanding and attempt to rewrite their identity in a new way. Through autobiographical reconstruction and identity transformation, they form a unique identity of their own—a Korean American identity. This book follows a group of second-generation Korean American Christians in the English-speaking ministry of a large suburban Korean church. It examines their conflicts with the conservative Korean-speaking ministry ruling the church and their quest to achieve independence and ultimately become a multicultural church.

Author : Matthew D. Kim
Publisher : Peter Lang Publishing
Page : pages
File Size : 36,50 MB
Release : 2021
Category : Korean Americans
ISBN : 9781433184451

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"This in-depth study on preaching to second generation Korean Americans, the first of its kind, is based on empirical and ethnographic fieldwork. Mat-thew D. Kim, an award-winning author, conducted research with Korean American pastors and respondents across the United States. This book offers a new contextual homiletic model that enables Korean American preachers to engage in deeper levels of ethnic and cultural analysis in their sermon preparation and proclamation. His primary conceptual framework employs social psychologists Hazel Markus and Paula Nurius' theory of possible selves to facilitate the process of congregational exegesis in the second generation Korean American church context. This book will help preachers and pastors imagine new possible selves for their churches, congregants, and communities. The vision of a possible selves homiletic can be employed to any racial, ethnic, and cultural context. This book will serve as a primary or secondary source for undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate courses on preaching, pastoral theology, communication stu-dies, ethnic and racial studies, cross-cultural communication, or social psy-chology"--

Author : Julie Hee Song
Publisher :
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 34,65 MB
Release : 2009
Category :
ISBN : 9781109154733

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This study examines how the young adult children of Korean immigrants utilize religious participation to construct a unique American identity in Orange County, California. This research contributes to existing studies of how the children of immigrants assimilate into American life by examining the role religion plays in the process of assimilation. The role of religion has only recently been explored in the assimilation process, and this project centralizes how participation in two panethnic churches contributes to the construction of unique American identities for 1.5 and second generation Korean Americans. This project compared two groups of 1.5 and second generation Korean Americans attending two different congregations. The congregations were similar by religious affiliation (protestant Christian), ethnic composition (Asian American panethnic, but mostly Korean American), and age (young adults transitioning to adulthood). However, the primary differences between the two congregations were: the class status of members, and the members' life courses. One church was defined by middle class, well-educated, professional members, while the other was comprised mostly of working class, somewhat educated members who had some gang or criminal affiliation in the past. In order to understand how the members of the two congregations had different experiences of creating an American identity, I employed two different research methods. First, I conducted about two years of participant observation in the congregations. This included attending Sunday services intermittently, joining bible study groups, and doing recreational activities with respondents. Additionally, I conducted seventy-one interviews with respondents from the two congregations. I found that because my respondents live in an ethnically rich and diverse area, their ethno-religious identity differs from other studies conducted in predominantly white areas. Because they are amongst many other co-ethnics, they construct boundaries within their ethnic group, which are legitimated through scripts of cultural authenticity, piety and morality. Additionally, I found that they are contributing to the meaning of what it means to be American in an increasingly globalized context by maintaining religious, filial, social, and business networks to Korea. Finally, I examine the role religion plays in my respondents' negotiation of gender roles. I found that gender is a central way of examining assimilation, because my respondents pointed out the clear dichotomy between traditional Korean gender roles and modern Americanized gender roles. By centralizing the role of religion in the lives of 1.5 and second generation Korean Americans, We are able to see how an institution that was once seen as a "parallel institution" (meant to replicate white cultural norms) has changed in scope to actually promote ethnic adhesiveness. However, more than simply encouraging a stronger ethnic identity, this project illustrates that the adult children of Korean immigrants carve out a unique American identity out of struggles between the ethnic, panethnic and blanket "American" worlds.