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Racial Conflict and Healing

  • Paperback
  • 208 pages
  • Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
  • 15 x 22.4 x 1.6 cm

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For anyone seeking to address racism with faith.

Offers a theology of seeing to heal social divides.

Learn how to build equitable and fair relationships.

Discover a powerful theological model for navigating racial conflict and fostering true community healing.

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A Korean theologian approaches the issue of racial conflict-including discrimination between minority communities-and constructs a ""theology of seeing"" that aims to heal the ruptures of racism. As ethnic tensions continue to simmer and occasionally erupt, immigration and affirmative action laws are hotly debated in every ethnic minority: African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Native Americans-even Asian Americans (the so-called ""model minority"") struggle in the racially-charged atmosphere of contemporary America. In the aftermath of the Los Angeles riots of 1992 and the ensuing violence against Korean Americans, Andrew Sung Park seeks a theological model that will help transform a society of oppression, injustice, and violence into a community of equity, fairness, and mutual consideration. Park emphasizes that such a transformation does not and cannot begin only with good intentions, but must be grounded in an understanding of all the socio-economic and cultural issues that lead to oppression and tension. Using the Korean term han to describe the deep-seated suffering of racial oppression, he then suggests resources for understanding and healing in both Christian and Asian traditions. Part I of Racial Conflict and Healing describes the status quo from a Korean American perspective, including discrimination against ethnic minorities and the discrimination they inflict on one another. In Parts II and III, Park suggests that American society as a whole needs a superordinate vision to form a unified community. Park argues that our profoundly individualistic society must learn to understand an idea of ""self"" that is formed through relationship with others. Finally, in Part IV, he presents a theological model, a ""theology of seeing,"" as a way to genuinely understand the ""other"" and to promote healing within our society.
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  • Title

    Racial Conflict and Healing

  • Author

    Andrew Sung Park

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Wipf & Stock Publishers

  • Published

    December 2009

  • Weight

    291g

  • Page Count

    208

  • Dimensions

    15 x 22.4 x 1.6 cm

  • ISBN

    9781608990498

  • ISBN-10

    1608990494

  • Eden Code

    5294863