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Chinese vs American Family
Don’t Tell Me What to Do!
When I was a teenager, I wondered why my American friends would brag about disobeying their parents—at home or in public. I sometimes disagreed with my parents, but I would never disagree with them face-to-face, much less in public. During my graduate studies about culture, I learned that the American family fosters what is […]
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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)
[…] As debates between reformist and revolutionary advocates intensified, Chinese Christians were deeply engaged. They believed that China’s salvation required integrating Western technological prowess and spiritual values (i.e., American democratic ideas and Christian faith) into Chinese cultural heritage. Before the Sino-Japanese conflict of the 1930s, this optimistic point of view made sense.1 One of the […]
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
As we have seen in my previous blogs, the Chinese family identity is very different from the American individual identity. A simple example—those with a family identity tend to use plural pronouns (“we, our, ours”) while those with an individual identity tend to use singular pronouns (“I, me, my”). We’ve also seen that Confucian […]
Saving Face
[…] very nice. Later I felt guilty because I had told a lie. I really didn’t like the food. At the time I didn’t realize how much my American and Asian heritage were clashing. Americans tend to think it more important to tell the truth—saying what they think and not being as aware of how […]
The Impact of Buddhism
Even When It Is More Cultural than Belief
Growing up in an American Christian church, I learned that other religions were wrong and of the devil. Therefore, I avoided learning anything about other cultures or their religions even though my own heritage was Japanese Buddhist—both sides of my family were Buddhist but did not observe any obvious Buddhist practices. In Asian culture, […]
The Importance of Filial Piety
Especially at a Distance
[…] you can make a point to do something special for your parents on their birthdays and anniversary and support them financially on a regular basis. 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 143-150.