Author Archives
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Dreams and Visions in the Bible and Related Literature
When I was doing my graduate studies, after completing my coursework, my dissertation advisor, Jean-François Racine, offered a course on “Dreams and Visions in the New Testament.” My initial reaction was ambivalent. On the one hand, I was “excited.” I had taken… Read More ›
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Intergroup Conflict, Recategorization, and Identity Construction in Acts: Breaking the Cycle of Slander, Labeling and Violence
Interest in the social realities of the world that the earliest Jesus-followers inhabited has long fascinated historians of Christian origins. Recent scholarship has recognized not only the external realities that Jesus-followers had to negotiate, but also the internal creative agency… Read More ›
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“The White Pap from the Black Pot” The Life of Bishop Samuel Ajayi Crowther: Leaving A Legacy
Introduction One of the inevitable phases human beings pass through on this planet is the time the wind of life howls dirges around them. It is a time when people easily admit the cruelty of life. During this time, all… Read More ›
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Vol. 12 No. 2
Vol. 12 no. 2 Articles & Book/Art Reviews Bible Article: “A Creative Interpretation of Paul’s Speech at the Areopagus in Athens” vănThanh Nguyễn Book Review: Contesting Languages: Heteroglossia and the Politics of Language in the Early Church Yajenlemla Y. Book… Read More ›
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Hybridity Wins All: A New Understanding of K-Pop and Exorcism Reflected in KPop Demon Hunters (2025)
Netflix’s original musical animation K-Pop Demon Hunters has achieved significant global popularity and continues to set new records. By the end of July, the sixth week since its release, cumulative views had surpassed 130 million, thus earning it the title… Read More ›
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Preaching Jesus: Postcolonial Approaches
Eunjoo Mary Kim’s Preaching Jesus: Postcolonial Approaches offers a timely and original contribution to contemporary homiletics by reframing the proclamation of Jesus within the intertwined realities of colonial, postcolonial, and neocolonial histories. Existing monographs on preaching Jesus—primarily written for European… Read More ›
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Gregorius Noster: An Ever-Needed Confession of Winsome Models for Evangelism Today
Introduction Many churches encounter intense pushback in their praxis of evangelism. For some, faith sharing is no longer a normal lived experience because they exist within a context where evangelism has been reduced to another E-word. This frustrating situation sometimes… Read More ›
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Marianne Katoppo’s Unsaid Postcolonial Theory
Introduction In Indonesian universities, Henriette Marianne Katoppo (1943-2007) is famously celebrated as a novelist. But theology students and professors, weirdly uninterested in her novels, recognize her influence in Asian and global theological discourse as an “irruption within irruption” of Third… Read More ›
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Contesting Languages: Heteroglossia and the Politics of Language in the Early Church
What happens when “divine speech” must pass through human tongues? In Contesting Languages, Ekaputra Tupamahu challenges the dominant claim that Paul’s discussion of “tongues” in 1 Corinthians refers primarily to ecstatic or angelic speeches. Instead, Tupamahu argues that Paul is… Read More ›
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A Creative Interpretation of Paul’s Speech at the Areopagus in Athens
While the first half of the Acts of the Apostles focuses on the deeds of Peter, the second half focuses much on the missionary work of the Apostle Paul. Luke records three important missionary journeys whereby Paul and his companions… Read More ›
Asian American Theological Forum 