God and Karate in the Southside - Bridging Differences, Building American Communities

Informationen zum Autor By Joseph E. Yi Klappentext Combining classical democratic theory with compelling personal stories and rigorous empirical analysis, God and Karate on the Southside is the first book to analyze the intersection between race, religion, and martial arts in the United States. It is a must-read for scholars interested in issues of community diversity and civic democracy. Zusammenfassung Combining classical democratic theory with compelling personal stories and rigorous empirical analysis! God and Karate on the Southside is the first book to analyze the intersection between race! religion! and martial arts in the United States. It is a must-read for scholars interested in issues of community diversity and civic democracy. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1 Part One. America Dividing, America Uniting Chapter 2 Introduction Chapter 3 Nature of the Problem: Diversity and Indifference Chapter 4 Many-Stranded Theory of Liberal Democracy Part 5 Part Two. Bridging Differences, Building Communities Chapter 6 God Bridging: Chicago (International) Church of Christ Chapter 7 Framing Religion: Limits of Christian Engagement Chapter 8 Karate Bridging: Fitzpatrick's Tang Soo Do Chapter 9 Framing Karate: Frontiers of Engagement Part 10 Part Three. Analysis and Discussion Chapter 11 Religious Participation and Race Relations: General Social Survey Chapter 12 Renewing Democracy in America

Product details

• Authors: Joseph E. Yi, Yi Joseph E.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2009
• EAN: 9780739114063
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-1406-3
• No. of pages: 221
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore; Ethnic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Demography, Social discrimination & inequality, Social discrimination & equal treatment, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, Population & demography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General