African Americans' Patriotism and Its Determinants

Research Project

Project/Area Number	24530654
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Section	一般
Research Field	Sociology
Research Institution	International Christian University
Principal Investigator	ISHIO Yoshito 国際基督教大学, 教養学部, 教授 (60282331)
Project Period (FY)	2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
Budget Amount *help	¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000) Fiscal Year 2014: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000) Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000) Fiscal Year 2012: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Keywords	愛国心 / アメリカ合衆国 / テキサス州 / キリスト教 / アフリカ系アメリカ人 / アフリカ系キリスト教会
Outline of Final Research Achievements	In order to examine how churches and other social factors affect the patriotism of African Americans, I have conducted qualitative research employing an in-depth interview method. Research participants are African American Christians in Texas who are at least 30 years old and have at least a four-year university degree. Because the data collection is currently continuing with a goal of reaching roughly 50 participants, this is an interim report on the data collection up to March 31, 2015. I completed interviews with 27 participants (10 men and 17 women) as of March 31. A majority appear to have a strong love for America, while a minority　have relatively weak love for America. The characteristics of their patriotism and the effects of social factors are explored. The data collection will end in August, 2015.