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Author Chung, Soojin, author.

Title Adopting for God : the mission to change America through transnational adoption / Soojin Chung
Published New York : New York University Press, 2021

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Description 1 online resource
Contents The Foundation of the Transnational Adoption Movement -- Hero or Villain? The Holts and the Korean Adoption Boom -- Mother of Transracial Adoption -- Helen Doss' The Family Nobody Wanted -- Conclusion: Christianity, Race, Gender, and Family-Making
Summary "Adopting for God is the first historical study to focus on the role of adoption evangelists in the transnational adoption movement between the United States and East Asia. It shows how both evangelical and ecumenical Christians challenged Americans to redefine traditional familial values and rethink race matters"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Intercountry adoption -- United States -- History
Intercountry adoption -- East Asia -- History
Interracial adoption -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Interracial adoption -- United States -- History
Intercountry adoption
Interracial adoption
Interracial adoption -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
East Asia
United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781479808861
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9781479808885
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