An ethnographic case study of the Korean-dominated multicultural church in the United States.

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Abstract

This ethnographic study of a Korean dominated multicultural church in the United States investigates members’ communicative practices dealing with challenges stem from cultural differences. Data for this study were drawn from a participant observation, nine in-depth interviews, and artifacts analysis. The key findings reveal that members’ ongoing efforts to promote the idea of multiculturalism were succeed in some parts, but it is still far away of bottom level members’ mutual understanding and internalization of it.

Author

• Eun-Jeong Han, Washington State University