Asian American Evangelicals in Multiracial Church Ministry

Garces-Foley, Kathleen; Jeung, Russell

doi:10.3390/rel4020190

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“…Similarly, Barron (2016) argued that diversity efforts within these settings are strategically managed, to avoid looking and sounding “too Black” to retain White membership. Indeed, it appears that to unite under a “common” Christian identity means prioritizing the preferences of White congregants (Garces-Foley and Jeung 2013).…”

Section: Racial Reconciliation and Intergroup Contactmentioning

confidence: 99%

“Saved” by Interaction, Living by Race: The Diversity Demeanor in an Organizational Space

Ince

2022

Soc Psychol Q

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Sociologists have written surprisingly little about the role of social interactions in facilitating the success of racial diversity initiatives in contemporary organizations. The push for racial inclusion across multiple institutions illustrates that racial diversity is a widespread cultural mythology. However, social interactions are living component of cultural ideals, and successful interracial interactions are necessary to pull off diversity. In this article, I use ethnographic data gathered from parishioners of an interracial religious organization to look beyond “happy talk” and toward the tangible effort that is required to accomplish racial diversity on the ground. Specifically, I advance the concept of the diversity demeanor: racialized interaction rituals that smooth social interactions in interracial settings. Using the contributions of symbolic interactionism to examine race as a social relationship mediated through formal organizations offers a number of advantages. It reveals how the burden of making diversity happen falls on the shoulders of racial minorities who must “save” interactions and develop White actors’ understandings when they “mess up.” By developing the concept of the diversity demeanor, I bring attention to how macrolevel systems of stratification manifest within microlevel practices in the meso space of a religious organization.

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Section: Racial Reconciliation and Intergroup Contactmentioning

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“Saved” by Interaction, Living by Race: The Diversity Demeanor in an Organizational Space

Ince

2022

Soc Psychol Q

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“…He knows whether he has his audience with . In Greece INC was trying to translate the hymns to Greek to become a "bridge builder" [63] between Greeks and Others (immigrants) and to build a multiethnic composition. 9 For Quakers, where silence and sound was a key to their culture, ministers were also "great speakers" ( [27], p. 16).…”

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Silent Bodies in Religion and Work: Migrant Filipinas and the Construction of Relational Power

Topali¹

2013

Religions

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Abstract:The present article explores the relationship of silences, as vocal and non-vocal bodily practices, to forms of power in religion and work. More specifically, it focuses on Filipina domestic workers in Greece who are members of Iglesia ni Cristo, an independent Filipino church. In the hierarchical contexts of the church and paid domestic work, where the church expands its influence, silence is a dominant embodied religious ethos, an ideal behavior for female workers and an expression of obedience. This silence enhances women's subordination resulting in strict power relationships. Silencing the body, however, is also an agential practice of Filipina immigrants themselves, a tool to transform power relationships into more reciprocal ones. By reflective and unreflective practices of bodily silence, migrant Filipinas reverse subjection, transform the power relationships in which they are involved and attribute to them a more relational character.

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Religiosity and Immigrant Family Narratives in Korean American Young Adults

Okazaki

Abelmann

2014

Cross-Cultural Advancements in Positive Psychology

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Asian American Evangelicals in Multiracial Church Ministry

Cited by 5 publications

References 17 publications

“Saved” by Interaction, Living by Race: The Diversity Demeanor in an Organizational Space

“Saved” by Interaction, Living by Race: The Diversity Demeanor in an Organizational Space

Silent Bodies in Religion and Work: Migrant Filipinas and the Construction of Relational Power

Religiosity and Immigrant Family Narratives in Korean American Young Adults

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