The Miyagi-verse and Apologetics 

Call for Abstracts  

Edited by Zak Schmoll  

The Apologetics and Pop Culture Series by Moral Apologetics Press 

Please circulate and post widely. 

To propose ideas for future volumes in the Apologetics and Pop Culture series, please contact the Series Editor, Marybeth Baggett (mbaggett@hbu.edu)

Abstracts and submitted chapters should be substantive in their apologetic arguments but accessible, written for a well-informed and well-read general audience. This link provides a helpful overview of the spirit of the series.

Possible themes and topics might include, but are not limited to, the following: 

 Wax On, Wax Off: Considerations on Christian Discipline; Catching Flies with Chopsticks: Can a Man Accomplish Anything?; Sweep the Leg: The Ethics of Pressing an Advantage; Strike First, Strike Hard, No Mercy: The Relationship between Power and Compassion; The Way of the Fist: Does Might Make Right?; Miyagi Fang Karate: Relativism and Creating Your Own Way; Life Isn’t Fair: The Moral Responsibility of Tori Nichols; Cobra Kai Never Dies: The Redemptive Arc of Johnny Lawrence; Mr. Miyagi’s Little Trees: A Study in Patience; Robby Keene: Victim or Villain?; Demetri and Hawk: Forgiveness and Friendship; The Scars You Can't See: Trauma and Apologetics; Irreconcilable Methods: On the Mixing of Karate and Ideology; War Never Ends: Towards an Apologetic of Reconciliation; Defeat Does Not Exist in This Dojo: The Faults of Denying Reality; Defense Only? A Call for Proactive Apologetics; Kenny Payne: Is His Retaliation Justified?; Is Miyagi-Do Heroic Because It Is Miyagi-Do, or Is It Heroic Because It Is Loved by the Hero?; Divine Senseis? Moral Authority, Command Theory, and Imperfect Leaders; Leading Rightly and the Moral Obligations of Leadership; Divine Hiddenness: Is God in the Miyagi-verse?; Can Buddhism Answer the Moral Questions of the Miyagi-verse?; Digital Bullies: Ethical Questions concerning Technology and Teenagers; All-Valley Champions: Possessing Power and Considering Its Obligations; Karate Kid Redux: Apologetic Lessons from the Reboot

1.       Submission deadline for abstracts (300-500 words) and CVs: April 1, 2022. 

2.       Submission deadline for drafts of accepted papers:  December 1, 2022. 

Please submit by e-mail (with or without Word attachment) to: Zak Schmoll (zschmoll@protonmail.com)