Follow the New Way : American Refugee Resettlement Policy and Hmong Religious Change / Melissa May Borja.
Borja, Melissa May, author.
2023
E184.H55 B67 2023eb
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Title Follow the New Way : American Refugee Resettlement Policy and Hmong Religious Change / Melissa May Borja.
Author Borja, Melissa May, author.
ISBN 9780674290013
DOI https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674290013
Published Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2023]
Copyright ©2023
Language English
Language Note In English.
Description 1 online resource (320 p.)
Other Standard Identifiers 10.4159/9780674290013 doi
Call Number E184.H55 B67 2023eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 305.8959/7073
Summary An incisive look at Hmong religion in the United States, where resettled refugees found creative ways to maintain their traditions, even as Christian organizations deputized by the government were granted an outsized influence on the refugees' new lives.Every year, members of the Hmong Christian Church of God in Minneapolis gather for a cherished Thanksgiving celebration. But this Thanksgiving takes place in the spring, in remembrance of the turbulent days in May 1975 when thousands of Laotians were evacuated for resettlement in the United States. For many Hmong, passage to America was also a spiritual crossing. As they found novel approaches to living, they also embraced Christianity-called kev cai tshiab, "the new way"-as a means of navigating their complex spiritual landscapes.Melissa May Borja explores how this religious change happened and what it has meant for Hmong culture. American resettlement policies unintentionally deprived Hmong of the resources necessary for their time-honored rituals, in part because these practices, blending animism, ancestor worship, and shamanism, challenged many Christian-centric definitions of religion. At the same time, because the government delegated much of the resettlement work to Christian organizations, refugees developed close and dependent relationships with Christian groups. Ultimately the Hmong embraced Christianity on their own terms, adjusting to American spiritual life while finding opportunities to preserve their customs.Follow the New Way illustrates America's wavering commitments to pluralism and secularism, offering a much-needed investigation into the public work done by religious institutions with the blessing of the state. But in the creation of a Christian-inflected Hmong American animism we see the resilience of tradition-how it deepens under transformative conditions.
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EBOOK PACKAGE Theol., Relig.Stud., Jewish Stud. 2023 English
EBOOK PACKAGE Theol., Relig.Stud., Jewish Stud. 2023
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Frontmatter
Contents
Introduction
I RESETTLEMENT
1 The Origins of Religious Unsettlement MISS IONARY ENCOUNTERS, MILITARY ENGAGEMENTS, AND MIGRATION IN ASIA
2 Administering Resettlement REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT AS CHURCH-STATE GOVERNANCE
3 Ministering Resettlement REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT AS CHRISTIAN MINISTRY AND MISS ION
4 Pluralizing Resettlement CHRISTIAN ENCOUNTERS WITH THE HMONG WAY
II RELIGIOUS CHANGE
5 Disrupting the Old Way THE IMPACT OF REFUGEE POLICY ON HMONG RITUAL LIFE
6 Following the New Way REFUGEE POLICY AND HMONG ADOPTION OF CHRISTIANITY
7 Remaking the Hmong Way THE CREATION OF A HMONG AMERICAN RELIGION
Conclusion ALTERNATIVE ENDINGS
Abbreviations
Notes
Selected Primary Sources
Acknowledgments
Index

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