What is the function of preaching? When people are seeking justice and hope in social and political contexts, where is the church? Frank Thomas argues that the church has not served the people well, and that people still do not… Read More ›
Month: June 2020
A Practical Application of Satin Bernard of Clairvaux’s Concept of Love: Preaching Designed to Deepen the Spiritual Maturity of the Faithful
Introduction This essay considers sermons an essential element of spiritual formation and of the movement from loving God for one’s own sake toward loving oneself for God’s sake. Loving God for one’s own benefit is primarily developed by sermons emphasizing… Read More ›
Mission After Pentecost (Mission In Global Community): The Witness Of The Spirit From Genesis To Revelation
Yong has taken painstaking effort in this book to produce a relevant pneumatological theology of mission in what he prefers to call, a post-modern, post-enlightenment, post-Christendom, and post-mission era, by interacting with three main themes: theological interpretation of Scripture, Pneumatology… Read More ›
Turbans and Individuals: A Christian Ethnographic Reflection on Understanding American Sikhs
Introduction In understanding Sikhs or Sikh religion, the topic of turban is unavoidable. Turbans, in the midst of other head coverings, soon caught my attention as I first arrived at the Gurudwara in Lexington, Kentucky, to begin my short ethnographic… Read More ›
Rereading Galatians from the Perspective of Paul’s Gospel: A Literary and Theological Commentary
Yung Suk undertakes an in-depth study of the gospel in the New Testament. Embarking on a literary analysis of reading Galatians, this ambitious project aims to illuminate the various aspects of Paul’s view of “the internal logic of the theme… Read More ›
From Collective Trauma to Collective Trust: A Korean American Reading of Psalm 60 during the Coronavirus Pandemic
Collective Trauma from Recent History to the Current Tragedy Protesters in the streets, rows of coffins, and wailing people—these are a few of the vivid images I recall from a video I secretly watched when I was little, less than… Read More ›
Asian American Theological Forum 