TY - BOOK AU - George,Sam TI - Interconnections of Asian diaspora: mapping the linkages and discontinuities SN - 9781506478289 AV - JV8490 .J6820 2022 PY - 2022/// CY - Minneapolis PB - Fortress Press KW - Emigration and immigration KW - Religious aspects KW - Asian diaspora KW - Christianity KW - Asia KW - Church work with immigrants KW - Immigrants KW - Religious life KW - Asians KW - Missions KW - Asian American Christians KW - Contributed articles N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction; Sam George --; Global Buddhist diaspora; Alex G. Smith --; Hinduism in diaspora; John Arun Kumar --; Transnational family dynamics of overseas Filipino workers; Gerardo B. Lisbe Jr. --; Kerala nurses in Britain : race, gender, and transnational migration; Christy John Jacob --; Spiritual longing and religious--cultural negotiation in the Indian diaspora : reflections from Indian writing in English; Robbi B H Goh --; Migration, remittances, and the Asian diaspora; Cherian Samuel --; From bridging God and human to bridging the digital divide; Bill Tsang --; Transnational churches : Indian denominations in the Persian Gulf; Sam George --; Adventures of the Lebanese diaspora : mental well-being in foreign lands; Naji Abi-Hashem --; Navigating hyphenated identities : missional communities of global Indians; Prasad D R J Phillips --; Diasporic hybridity and its potential for mission : Koreans, Chinese, and Japanese in the United Staes; Byoung Ok Koo --; Practicing diasporic habitus : Asian Americans in international missions; Peter T. Lee N2 - This book paints a portrait of the widespread dispersion and establishment of distinctively Asian Christian communities in their places of settlement. The essays argue that migration has made Asian Christianity more global and explores how Asian-diaspora communities are playing a decisive role in transforming and advancing Christian faith ER -