Asianisation of Campus Fellowships

Autor/in	Lum, Lydia
Titel	Asianisation of Campus Fellowships
Quelle	In: Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 24 (2007) 17, S.16-19 (4 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1557-5411
Schlagwörter	Asian American Students; School Surveys; Group Membership; Religious Cultural Groups; Campuses; College Students; Spiritual Development + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Asian immigrant; United States; Student; Students; Asiatischer Einwanderer; USA; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Gruppenzugehörigkeit; Kirchliche Gruppe; Religionszugehörigkeit; Collegestudent
Abstract	Asian American college students are often stereotyped as immersed in math clubs or networking groups for future engineers or doctors. However, the campus groups that Asians most commonly join are actually Christian fellowships, educators say. In fact, Asian membership in the ministries has exploded in recent years and is most striking at the most prestigious schools around the country. Rebecca Kim, assistant professor of sociology at Pepperdine University, researched Asian American evangelism at campuses around the country for her 2006 book, God's New Whiz Kids. She found that among the more than 50 Christian groups at the University of California, Berkeley, 80 percent of the members were of Asian descent, even though they made up 40 percent of the student body. The same held true among the 50-plus counterpart groups at the University of California, Los Angeles. In this article, the author presents Kim's findings on Asian Americans' participation in campus fellowships. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10