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Author Yi, Joseph, 1971-

Title God and karate on the Southside : bridging differences, building American communities / Joseph E. Yi.

Publication Info. Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, [2009]
©2009

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 221 pages)
text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction -- The nature of the problem: diversity and indifference -- Many-stranded theory of liberal democracy -- God bridging: Chicago (international) Church of Christ -- Framing religion: limits of Christian engagement -- Karate bridging: Fitzpatrick's Tang Soo Do -- Framing karate: frontiers of engagement -- Religious participation and race relations: general social survey -- Renewing democracy in America.
Summary Recent demographic changes have sparked debate about the civic health of American democracy. Democracy requires people of different backgrounds to be disposed toward working together, and it requires "little-noticed meeting places" where neighbors interact with each other, share their thinking, and address common problems. As issues of ethnic and social diversity become increasingly foregrounded, social scientists find pervasive social distrust and civic withdrawal in racially and ethnically heterogeneouscommunities, whether in big cities (Los Angeles) or small (Yakima, WA). In this book, Yi.
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Subject Community development -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Case studies.
Community development.
Illinois -- Chicago.
Genre/Form Case studies.
Subject Cultural pluralism -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Case studies.
Cultural pluralism.
Martial arts -- Social aspects -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Case studies.
Martial arts -- Social aspects.
Martial arts.
Communities -- Religious aspects.
Communities -- Religious aspects.
Democracy -- Religious aspects.
Democracy -- Religious aspects.
Race relations -- Religious aspects.
Race relations -- Religious aspects.
Chicago (Ill.) -- Race relations -- Case studies.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Case studies.
Other Form: Print version: Yi, Joseph, 1971- God and karate on the Southside. Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, ©2009 (DLC) 2009016431 (OCoLC)319602648
ISBN 9780739138373 (electronic book)
0739138375 (electronic book)
9780739114063 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
0739114069 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
Standard No. 9786612494840