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Informationen zum Autor Elaine Howard Ecklund is an Assistant Professor of Sociology and Associate Director of the Center on Race, Religion, and Urban Life at Rice University Klappentext Studies of religion among our nation's newest immigrants largely focus on how religion serves the immigrant community -- for example by creating job networks and helping retain ethnic identity in the second generation. In this book Ecklund widens the inquiry to look at how Korean Americans use religion to negotiate civic responsibility, as well as to create racial and ethnic identity. She compares the views and activities of second generation Korean Americans in two different congregational settings, one ethnically Korean and the other multi-ethnic. She also conducted more than 100 in-depth interviews with Korean American members of these and seven other churches around the country, and draws extensively on the secondary literature on immigrant religion, American civic life, and Korean American religion. Her book is a unique contribution to the literature on religion, race, and ethnicity and on immigration and civic life. Zusammenfassung Studies of religion among our nation's newest immigrants largely focus on how religion serves the immigrant community -- for example by creating job networks and helping retain ethnic identity in the second generation. In this book Ecklund widens the inquiry to look at how Korean Americans use religion to negotiate civic responsibility, as well as to create racial and ethnic identity. She compares the views and activities of second generation Korean Americans in two different congregational settings, one ethnically Korean and the other multi-ethnic. She also conducted more than 100 in-depth interviews with Korean American members of these and seven other churches around the country, and draws extensively on the secondary literature on immigrant religion, American civic life, and Korean American religion. Her book is a unique contribution to the literature on religion, race, and ethnicity and on immigration and civic life. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1:: Religion and Civic Life for Korean Americans Chapter 2:: A Theoretical Interlude: Connecting Institutions and Identities Chapter 3:: Religion, Race, and Ethnicity in Two Churches Chapter 4:: Models of Civic Responsibility Chapter 5:: Civic Identities Chapter 6:: Civic Models and Community Service Chapter 7:: Evangelicalism and Politics for Korean Americans Chapter 8: Implications for Institutional Change Appendix A: Data and Methods Appendix B: Interview and Survey Guides Endnotes Bibliography ...
