Asian Americans and religion
What is Lunar New Year and how is it celebrated?
By Deepa Bharath — February 8, 2024
Lunar New Year begins with the first new moon of the lunar calendar and ends 15 days later on the first full moon
Survey: A third of Asian Americans say religion is very important in their lives
By Richa Karmarkar — October 11, 2023
(RNS) — Around 40% of all Asian Americans said they feel close to a religion for reasons aside from religion, such as family or culture.
Guess who’s coming to Easter dinner?
By Flavio Rogerio Hickel Jr., Fanhao Nie, Leah Payne, and Tarah Williams — April 7, 2023
(RNS) — The religiously unaffiliated celebrate Easter more widely than you'd think.
Online forum helps Asian Americans find their way in Americanized Buddhism
By Caitlin Yoshiko Kandil — January 27, 2021
(RNS) — Young Buddhist Editorial gives millennial and Gen Z Asian Americans a place to engage with their religion, culture and identity on their own terms.
Shrine to Vietnamese Lady of La Vang rises in Southern California
By Caitlin Yoshiko Kandil — November 16, 2018
GARDEN GROVE, Calif. (RNS) — The new statue will commemorate the Marian apparition at La Vang in the late 1700s, a centerpiece of Vietnamese Catholic faith.
1 in 5 Americans Now Says No to Religion
By Jana Riess — July 30, 2012
According to a Pew survey released this month, 19% of Americans can be classified as "nones," confessing no religion. People in the church have responded with predictable handwringing and frustration to the idea of secularization, while secular "free thought" blogs are crowing that the end of affiliation in America means the death of faith. Both sides are wrong.
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