Follow the New Way: American Refugee Resettlement Policy and Hmong Religious Change Borja Melissa May
Follow the New Way: American Refugee Resettlement Policy and Hmong Religious Change Borja Melissa May An incisive look at Hmong religion in the United States, where resettled refugees found creative…
Specifikacia Follow the New Way: American Refugee Resettlement Policy and Hmong Religious Change Borja Melissa May
Follow the New Way: American Refugee Resettlement Policy and Hmong Religious Change Borja Melissa May
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. For many Hmong, passage to America was also a spiritual crossing. 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.
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