00000cam a22000004i 4500 UP-99796217612792100 Buklod 20230619154520.0 m go j ta 180720s xx d r |||| u| 9780813562049 (paperback) (iLib)UPD-00366413015 Fi-103944 Book Trends Php2,495.00 DLC DMLF rda eng DMLUC BX 1407 F55 C44 2014 Cherry, Stephen M. author. Faith, family, and Filipino American community life Stephen M. Cherry. New Brunswick Rutgers University Press [2014] xi, 221 pages illustrations 23 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Faithfully Filipino and American -- Catholic culture and Filipino families -- Community of communities -- Communities in conflict -- Building centers of community -- Caring for community -- Protecting family and life -- Growing presence and potential impacts. This ground-breaking book draws upon a rich set of ethnographic and survey data, collected over a six-year period, to explore the roles that Catholicism and family play in shaping Filipino American community life. It illustrates the powerful ways these forces structure and animate not only how first-generation Filipino Americans think and feel about their community, but how they are compelled to engage it over issues deemed important to the sanctity of the family. Filipino American Catholics. Immigrants Religious life. Book FI UPD DMLF BX 1407 F55 C44 2014 Book