Asian Americans have a unique voice to contribute to the academy and yet, in the field of Christian ethics, there has not been Asian American voices or scholarship taking place specifically dealing with Asian American experiences. For the first time,… Read More ›
Introduction As ethnic minorities, Asian Americans have a long and complex history in the United States. They have been the leading exemplar of those who have immigrated to this multi-ethnic/cultural society, pursuing American Dream. Some have succeeded in achieving freedom,… Read More ›
Sam Sue, 2nd generation Chinese American, recalls his childhood in Mississippi, “We thought of buying a house in 1966, but it didn’t work out. It was a white neighborhood, and the day before closing, we received a telephone call. Someone… Read More ›
Introduction Christianity is a world religion, but it also has its own distinctive features and characteristics in specific places as it is always embodied in individual and particular contexts. In other words, whenever Christian message is spread to a new… Read More ›
In this volume, Jin Young Choi provides an alternative understanding of discipleship in the Gospel of Mark. Using the hermeneutics of phronesis, she offers a fresh interpretation of three passages, Mark 6:45-52, 7:24-30, and 7:31-37. The key contribution of her… Read More ›
1. Introduction The rhetoric of the marginalized … demonstrates that … the ‘humblest’ do not only ‘stand forth’ in order to persuade; by persuading, they are also ‘standing forth,’ assuming agency.1 These words of Jacqueline Bacon aptly capture… Read More ›
Matthew 20:1-16 (the Parable of the Prodigal Employer) Matthew 20:1-16, often called the Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard, is placed at the center of Matthew’s three episodes where Jesus teaches about “the last being first and the first… Read More ›
Asian American Theological Forum 