It is an honor for me, as President, to express Claremont School of Theology’s support for the Asian American Theological Forum, and to invite the AATF’s readers to learn more about our School. Rooted on the Pacific Rim, Claremont School… Read More ›
Month: February 2016
Grace Ji-Sun Kim Elected to AAR Board of Directors
The following news originally appears on 2015 AAR Election Results 2015 AAR Election Results November 5, 2015 We have now completed elections to the AAR Board of Directors. David Gushee has been elected Vice President, Jonathan Sarna has been elected Treasurer, Ardy… Read More ›
vol. 3 no. 1
Vol. 3 No. 1 Articles & Book Reviews Bible Article: “Saul, David, and Mimetic Desire: A Girardian Reading of 1 Samuel 18-19” Cheongsoo Park, PDF Book Review on Postcolonial Imagination and Feminist Theology, Baek Hee Kim, PDF History Article: “The Armenian Genocide: Examining the… Read More ›
Sermon: “Dare You Cry Out Loud”
Text: Job 23: 1-9, 16-17 & Mark 10: 17-31 Title: Dare You Cry Out Loud In a moment of crisis, expected or unexpected, tell me if you’ve heard these phrases being used: “God has something better planned.” “God won’t give… Read More ›
Part I: Toward Postcolonial Liturgical Preaching: Drawing on the Pre-Columbian Caribbean Religion of the Taínos
It seems that little has changed in Christian congregations in the United States since Martin Luther King, Jr., said that, “eleven o’clock on Sunday morning is the most segregated hour of Christian America.”1 This segregation is part of the aftermath… Read More ›
Making Room at the Table: An Invitation to Multicultural Worship
Making Room at the Table is a collection of essays sharing Christian theologians’ struggles with the 21st century’s emerging theological issue of multicultural worship. This publication is twelve essays written by current and former members of faculty at Princeton Theological… Read More ›
Understanding Mental Illness and Violence in the Asian American Context
Understanding Mental Illness and Violence In Blacksburg, Virginia, one college student at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University shot and killed 32 people and wounded 25 others in 2007. The shooting took place in two separate attacks, approximately two hours… Read More ›
Poem: “Yearning”
My Lord God, My eyes will be filled with tears facing an endless bliss. My heart still dwells in the deep sorrow As I have survived my harsh days. I take a close look to my past and… Read More ›
Embracing the Other
Grace Ji-Sun Kim’s new book, Embracing the Other, prophetically suggests a theological reconstruction of the doctrine of God—what she calls “Sprit God”—from a perspective of Asian American feminist theologian. Her methodology for this theological reconstruction stands in continuity of (Western)… Read More ›