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Pathways of Religious Assimilation: Second‐Generation Asian Americans’ Religious Retention and Religiosity

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Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion

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Abstract

--- - |2 Abstract We explore the religious assimilation of different Asian American second‐generation religious groups by examining their rates of religious retention and levels of religiosity relative to the first generation and the general American population. In general, Asian Americans exhibit a pattern of generational religious decline: the second generation tend to have lower levels of both religious retention and religiosity compared to the immigrant generation. The second generation do not necessarily conform to the religious patterns of the general population. Rather, they follow different trajectories of retention and religiosity depending on the religion. We identify four different pathways of religious change among the second generation, and discuss how racial and religious differences mediate assimilation into American religion. - 'Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Volume 58, Issue 3, Page 666-688, September 2019. '