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More Than Serving Tea - Asian American Women on Expectations, Relationships, Leadership and Faith Nikki A. Toyama-szeto

More Than Serving Tea - Asian American Women on Expectations, Relationships, Leadership and Faith By Nikki A. Toyama-szeto

More Than Serving Tea - Asian American Women on Expectations, Relationships, Leadership and Faith by Nikki A. Toyama-szeto


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Nikki A. Toyama-Szeto, Tracey Gee and Jeannette Yep bring together stories of Asian American women and how God has been at work in their lives. Family expectations and cultural stereotypes assume that these women can only act in certain roles. But with the help of Scripture and mentors, these women have experienced God's blessing and transforming power.

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More Than Serving Tea - Asian American Women on Expectations, Relationships, Leadership and Faith Summary

More Than Serving Tea - Asian American Women on Expectations, Relationships, Leadership and Faith by Nikki A. Toyama-szeto

Asian American women are caught between different worlds. Many grew up sensing that daughters were not as valuable as sons. Family expectations and cultural stereotypes assume that Asian American women can only have certain prescribed roles, as if our worth comes only through what we do for others. But God has good news for Asian American women. In his eyes, they are his beloved daughters, created for greater purposes than the roles imposed upon us. In this one-of-a-kind book, editors Nikki Toyama and Tracey Gee and a team of Asian American women share how God has redeemed their stories and helped them move beyond cultural and gender constraints. With the help of biblical role models and modern-day mentors, these women have discovered how God works through their ethnic identity, freeing them to use their gifts and empowering them to serve and lead. The contributors include writers of East Asian heritage (Chinese, Japanese and Korean) as well as Southeast Asian (Filipina) and South Asian (Pakistani). Their diverse perspectives shed light on common threads in the Asian American experience, providing encouragement and guidance to others on the journey. God has so much more in store for Asian American women than cultural norms, gender roles and old stereotypes of geisha girls or dutiful daughters. Experience the joy and freedom of becoming the Asian American Christian woman God intended you to be.

More Than Serving Tea - Asian American Women on Expectations, Relationships, Leadership and Faith Reviews

. . . this volume provides significant insights in the fields of Asian-American studies and ethnic identity studies. -- Chloe Sun for Religious Studies Review, April 2007

About Nikki A. Toyama-szeto

The authors, all on staff with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, include women of East Asian heritage (Chinese, Japanese and Korean) as well as Southeast Asian (Filipina) and South Asian (Pakistani). Nikki A. Toyama formerly served as team leader at UC-Berkeley and is an advancement officer based in San Francisco. Tracey Gee is an InterVarsity Christian fellowship area director in Los Angeles. Consulting editor Jeanette Yep coordinated the writing team of Following Jesus Without Dishonoring Your Parents (InterVarsity Press). Kathy Khang is director of campus access initiatives with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA. She previously served the fellowship as regional multiethnic director and area director for Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. She is the coauthor of More Than Serving Tea. Christie B. De Leon is on IVCF Staff at UC Davis, Davis, California. She has a degree in sociology and was born in Manila, Philippines. Asifa A. Dean is on InterVarsity Staff in Redlands, California.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Jeanette Yep

Introduction--Asian American Christian Women: Triple Blessing or Triple Curse? By Nikki A. Toyama

1. Sticks, Stones and Stereotypes by Christie Heller de Leon
2. Pulled by Expectations by Kathy Khang
3. Perfectionistic Tendencies by Nikki A Toyama
4. From Swallowing Suffering by Tracey Gee
5. Freedom in Sexuality by Kathy Khang
6. Daughter of Two Worlds by Christie Heller de Leon
7. Friends or Enemies? Asifa Dean
8. Single Asian Female Seeking. . . by Asifa Dean
9. Getting Used to the Sound of My Voice by Nikki A. Toyama
10. Becoming Leaders by Tracey Gee

Epilogue by Tracey Gee
Acknowledgments
Recommended Reading
Study Guide
Notes
About the Authors

Additional information

CIN0830833714G
9780830833719
0830833714
More Than Serving Tea - Asian American Women on Expectations, Relationships, Leadership and Faith by Nikki A. Toyama-szeto
Used - Good
Paperback
InterVarsity Press
2006-10-23
208
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