God and karate on the Southside
Subtitle: bridging differences, building American communities
By: Joseph Yi.
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lanham, MD
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780739114087; 9780739138373
Subjects: Community development -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Case studies; Cultural pluralism -- Chicago -- Illinois -- Case studies; Martial arts -- Social aspects -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Case studies; Communities -- Religious aspects; Democracy -- Religious aspects; Race relations -- Religious aspects; Chicago (Ill.) -- Race relations -- Case studies
Genres: Case studies
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Nature of the problem: diversity and indifference; title: Many-stranded theory of liberal democracy; title: God bridging: Chicago (international) Church of Christ; title: Framing religion: limits of Christian engagement; title: Karate bridging: Fitzpatrick's Tang Soo Do; title: Framing karate: frontiers of engagement; title: Religious participation and race relations: general social survey; title: Renewing democracy in America.