Religious Experience among Second Generation Korean Americans.

Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Dedication -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Locating Myself as an Author -- Notes -- Chapter 2: Situating Korean American Men in Asian America -- A Social Construction Lens -- A Brief Historical Survey of Early Asian America (1852-1910)5 -- To Hawaii -- To the Mainland -- The Significance of Race for Contemporary Asian Americans -- Race and Racial Formation -- Racism -- Asian American Stereotypes -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 3: Listening to Korean American Men Tell Their Lives -- Gender, Race, and Disadvantage -- Race in the Workplace -- Dating and Social Status -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 4: Sports and Korean American Men -- Introduction -- Korean American Church Sports Tournaments -- A Critical Reading of Sport -- Functionalist Theory -- Conflict Theory -- Critical Theory -- Critical Feminist Theory -- Interactionism -- An Integrated Approach -- Playing by the Rules of Hegemonic Masculinity: Korean American Men Play Sports -- Reshaping the Rules -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 5: Korean American Spirituality and Gender -- Introduction -- The Significance of the Korean American Church -- Early Korean Churches in America -- Post-1965 Korean American Churches -- Second-Generation Korean American Spirituality -- A Definition of Spirituality -- Evangelical Spirituality -- Korean American Spirituality -- Shamanistic Influences -- Korean American and Evangelical Spirituality: How Alike Are They? -- Gender in American Evangelicalism -- Gender in Korean American Spirituality -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 6: Forming Korean American Men: What Can We Do? -- Introduction -- Philosophical Underpinnings of Working with Men -- Empowerment, Self, and Others (Especially Fathers) -- What Are We To Do? -- Curricular Issues -- Implications for Spiritual Formation -- Ask Why I Work with Korean American Men.

Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

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