Embracing Our Roots: Rediscovering the Value of Faith, Family, and Tradition - Couverture rigide

Palma, Paul J

 
9781725293151: Embracing Our Roots: Rediscovering the Value of Faith, Family, and Tradition

Synopsis

America has provided a platform for countless migrant peoples who have, in turn, contributed to the nation's landscape as a multicultural land of opportunity. Still, the waves of assimilation can obscure the distinctive customs and beliefs of immigrants, many feeling coerced to conform to American attitudes towards race, the economy, and politics. Others, inundated with American media, consumerism, and secularity, have forgotten those aspects about their family heritage that make them unique. Drawing from Palma's background as an Italian American evangelical, Embracing Our Roots considers the significance of rediscovering our ancestral history in a society where many are forced to repress, ignore, or reject their heritage. A nation of immigrants, every American is, in some sense, an "ethnic" American and stands to gain from considering how the people and places they come from make them unique. In addition to using genealogy databases and social networks, Palma maintains the rich value of thumbing through the family archives, hearty conversations with loved ones, and building one's family tree. This book is for scholars and laypersons alike with interest in the themes of biblical living, faith-based traditions, food culture, immigration, social class, race, family dynamics, and mental health.

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À propos de l?auteur

Paul J. Palma is a professor for the School of Divinity and College of Arts & Sciences at Regent University. He has written and presented widely on topics in Christian history and theology. He is the author of Italian American Pentecostalism and the Struggle for Religious Identity (2020).

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9781725293144: Embracing Our Roots: Rediscovering the Value of Faith, Family, and Tradition

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ISBN 10 :  1725293145 ISBN 13 :  9781725293144
Editeur : Wipf and Stock, 2021
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