1. pewresearch.org

    12% of Asian Americans neither identify with, nor feel close to, any of the religions or philosophical traditions measured in the survey. 30% of Asian Americans say all or most of their friends have the same religion they do. This share is slightly lower among Buddhists (21%) than among Asian Americans in other religious groups analyzed.
  2. pewresearch.org

    When it comes to religion, the Asian-American community is a study in contrasts, encompassing groups that run the gamut from highly religious to highly secular. A new survey report examines the Asian-American population from the angle of religious affiliation, highlighting the beliefs, practices and views of Christians, Buddhists, Hindus, the religiously unaffiliated and other faiths.
  3. pewresearch.org

    Asian-American Protestants—especially those who are born-again or evangelical—are more strict in their religious beliefs on some measures than Protestants in the general public. For example, Asian-American Protestants are much more likely than U.S. Protestants overall to say theirs is the one, true faith leading to eternal life and to say ...
  4. oxfordre.com

    Asian American religious beliefs are often associated with particular ethnicities and national origins. Almost two-thirds (61 percent) of Korean Americans identify themselves as Protestants, mainly evangelicals. 65 percent of Filipino Americans are Catholic, 52 percent of those unaffiliated with a religion are Chinese American, and 51 percent ...
  5. oxfordre.com

    About half of the "nones" actually have religious beliefs and ethics and practice them as an intrinsic part of Asian American culture, not as something that is "religious."Two-thirds of religious Asian Americans are Christians. This is not surprising when we take into account the rapid growth of Christianity in the non-European world.
  6. tif.ssrc.org

    Asian American religious experiences also differ along important lines of ethnicity, generation, and class, making it impossible to speak of any one thing called "Asian American religion." Moreover, as Rupa Pillai's essay on Guyanese Indo-Caribbean Hindus demonstrates, the term "Asian American" is itself fraught and multilayered ...
  7. en.wikipedia.org

    South Asian Americans, predominantly those of Pakistani and Bangladeshi origin, account for the largest share of Muslims followed by those of Indian origin. [78] For many Asian American Muslims, religion plays a central role in daily life. About 60% report that religion is very important to them, and 54% attend mosque services at least monthly.
  8. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

    Other research shows that compared to 2019, there was a significant increase in Asian Americans screening for depression and anxiety in 2020—the only major racial group that saw an increase in that year (Mental Health America, 2022).Consistent with prior research on Asian Americans, subtle racism (mean = 6.57) was more often experienced than blatant racism (mean = 4.71) (Yoo et al., 2010 ...
  9. tif.ssrc.org

    Jane Naomi Iwamura is Chief Academic Officer and Professor of Religious Studies at University of the West. Her books include Virtual Orientalism: Asian Religions and American Popular Culture (Oxford 2011) and the co-edited volume, Revealing the Sacred in Asian and Pacific America (Routledge 2003). She co-founded the Asian Pacific American Religions Research Initiative (APARRI) in 1999 and ...

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