Asian Theological Summer Institute 2022 May 31-June 4, 2022 [The dates are tentative for in-person gathering in Philadelphia, subject to confirmation by April 1, 2022. If Covid-19 restrictions prevent in-person gathering, ATSI will be held twice a week virtually in… Read More ›
Using Thailand as a context, suffering as a theme, and the Trinity and the Buddha as sources, Satanun Boonyakiat made an important interpretation and implication of Asian comparative theology of suffering. This is a published version of Boonyakiat’s Fuller Seminary… Read More ›
In A Postcolonial Leadership, Hee An Choi proposes postcolonial leadership as a new leadership model for Asian immigrant leaders. Based on a critical analysis of the current situation in which Asian immigrants are never seen as leaders and their leadership… Read More ›
Absence of Father – Absence of God There is a common thread among the main characters in Squid Game. They have no fathers. Both Seong Gi-Hun and Cho Sang-Woo were raised by a single mother. Kang Sae-Byeok is an orphan…. Read More ›
Asian Theological Summer Institute 2022 May 31-June 4, 2022 [The dates are tentative for in-person gathering in Philadelphia, subject to confirmation by April 1, 2022. If Covid-19 restrictions prevent in-person gathering, ATSI will be held twice a week virtually in… Read More ›
Vol. 8 No. 2 Articles & Book Reviews Bible Book Review: Towards an Asian American Biblical Hermeneutics: An Intersectional Anthology Hyun Ho Park Theology & Ethics Article: “From Folk Religion to Evangelical Christianity: A Case Study on the Process and… Read More ›
Jonathan Tran’s Asian Americans and the Spirit of Racial Capitalism is a welcome addition to the slowly growing body of literature on Asian American Christian Ethics (most notably, Kao and Ahn, Asian American Christian Ethics, 2015; Choi, Disciplined by Race,… Read More ›
Introduction This Hong Kong case study considers conversions from indigenous folk religions to Christianity. This case study can resonate with experiences outside of Hong Kong, such as ethnic churches in the Western world, where folk religion and syncretism are relevant… Read More ›
Using Thailand as a context, suffering as a theme, and the Trinity and the Buddha as sources, Satanun Boonyakiat made an important interpretation and implication of Asian comparative theology of suffering. This is a published version of Boonyakiat’s Fuller Seminary… Read More ›
In A Postcolonial Leadership, Hee An Choi proposes postcolonial leadership as a new leadership model for Asian immigrant leaders. Based on a critical analysis of the current situation in which Asian immigrants are never seen as leaders and their leadership… Read More ›
Introduction: From the Experience of Asian Immigrants Definitions of leadership can vary according to specific leaders and communities. In particular, defining Asian immigrant leadership is not easy because Asian Immigrant leadership in ministry deals with the multi-layered backgrounds and situations… Read More ›
Absence of Father – Absence of God There is a common thread among the main characters in Squid Game. They have no fathers. Both Seong Gi-Hun and Cho Sang-Woo were raised by a single mother. Kang Sae-Byeok is an orphan…. Read More ›
After the 2021 Cal-Nevada Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church ended, I drove to the California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento to please my little children and fulfill my familial duty. Having grudgingly paid the parking fee ($15 flat… Read More ›
Introduction The 8th volume of the journal of Asian American Theological Forum includes two community-based research articles, navigating personal religious identity and testimony as Asian American parish leaders: David Cho’s “Can We Feel Safe Anywhere?: A Pastoral Reflection on the… Read More ›
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