Christianity has become the most practiced religion among the Chinese in America. However, but very little solid research exists on Chinese Christians and their churches. This book is the first to explore the subject from the inside, revealing how Chinese construct and reconstruct their identity—as Christians, Americans, and Chinese—in local congregations amid the radical pluralism of the late twentieth century.
Today there are more than one thousand Chinese churches in the United States, most of them Protestant evangelical congregations, bringing together diasporic Chinese from diverse origins—Taiwan, Hong Kong, mainland China, and Southeast Asian countries. Fenggang Yang finds that despite the many tensions and conflicts that exist within these congregations, most individuals find ways to integrate creatively their evangelical Christian beliefs with traditional Chinese (most Confucian) values. The church becomes a place where they can selectively assimilate into American society while simultaneously preserving Chinese values and culture.
Yang brings to this study unique experience as both participant and observer. Born in mainland China, he is a sociologist who converted to Christianity after coming to the United States. The heart of this book is an ethnographic study of a representative Chinese church, located in Washington, D.C., where he became a member. Throughout the book, Yang draws upon interviews with members of this congregation while making comparisons with other churches throughout the United States. Chinese Christians in America is an important addition to the literature on the experience of "new" immigrant communities.

《边际的共融--全球地域视角下的中国城市基督教研究》:本书主要从全球地域化的角度，探讨了中国当代基督教发展的新特点，新趋势。书中对上海、泰安、天水、温州四地的基督教堂的历史演变和现今状况做了深入细致的田野调查，依据大量数据和案例试图说明基督教做为一种普世宗教，只有与当地文化相协调、相变化、相改造，变成为一种有当地文化特色的宗教，才可能落地生根并获得发展。