This article explores the differences in political and social views between Japanese Latter-day Saints and their counterparts in the United States. It highlights the challenges faced by Japanese Latter-day Saints, including the conflict between church and educational demands on school-age children. The article also discusses a specific incident where a faithful Japanese Latter-day Saint had to navigate cultural expectations during a tea ceremony.
Among the many challenges facing Japanese Latter-day Saints is the ever-present friction between church and educational demands on school-age children , who are expected to participate in demanding extracurriculars — including on weekends.
He looked at all the smiling, expectant faces, then down at the delicate cup steaming between his fingers. To reject the offering, even in the name of religion, he knew would constitute a gross offense. So he faked it, raising the cup to his lips and pretending to sip before declaring to the gratified crowd that the tea was “delicious.”
The picture that emerged is one of a devout core who are more politically diverse but more socially conservative than their U.S. counterparts, and for whom their religious identity — as in the case of the panicked executive — comes first, trumping even their Japanese cultural identity.Roll into a Latter-day Saint meetinghouse just about anywhere in the United States and you can pretty much assume the majority of the people thereNot so for Japanese Latter-day Saints.
In both cases, a much larger share of American Latter-day Saints, male or female, expressed agreement. That’s part of it, he theorized. Another part has to do with the degree of loyalty to the church found in active Japanese members when compared with their American peers.. Membership in the Utah-based faith, with its Western-style worship and, critically, restrictions on tea, comes with steep social costs for many Japanese Latter-day Saints. Most fall away, Takagi said, leaving only the most devout core behind in the pews.
To start, Salt Lake City could give local leadership greater latitude to “make the church less American,” starting by removing all English transliterated words from church vocabulary , the result of which is a “strange” codelike parlance that alienates outsiders.
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