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Korean American evangelicals : new models for civic life /

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This text looks at how Korean Americans use religion to negotiate civic responsibility, as well as to create racial and ethnic identity. It compares the views and activities of second generation Korean Americans in two different congregational settings, one ethnically Korean and the other multi-ethn...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ecklund, Elaine Howard
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Subjects:
Korean Americans > Religion.
Christianity and politics > United States.
Church work with immigrants > United States.
Evangelicalism > United States.
Christianisme et politique > États-Unis.
Pastorale des immigrants > États-Unis.
Évangélisme > États-Unis.
RELIGION > Christianity > Protestant.
Christianity and politics
Church work with immigrants
Evangelicalism
Korean Americans > Religion
United States
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Religion and civic life for Korean Americans
  • Theoretical interlude : a cultural approach to connecting institutions and Identities
  • Religion, race, and ethnicity in two churches
  • Models of civic responsibility
  • Civic identities
  • Civic models and community service
  • Evangelicalism and politics for Korean Americans
  • Implications for institutional change.