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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 ›
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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 ›
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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 ›
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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 ›
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Vol. 6 No. 2
Vol. 6 No. 2 Articles & Book Reviews Bible Article: “Finally Belonging: The Reception of Parable of the Prodigal Son Among Asian Americans” Daniel K. Eng Book Review on Toward Decentering the New Testament: A Reintroduction Carmelo Sorita History Article: “Christology From… Read More ›
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Empathic Witnessing to Suffering in Julian of Norwich and Howard Thurman
Introduction Bearing witness to suffering is an empathic recognition of others’ pain with God’s compassion. The narratives of Julian of Norwich and Howard Thurman provide spiritual resources for the practice of empathic witnessing. Suffering is different from pain because suffering… Read More ›
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Tree of Life: An Interreligious Dialogue through the Modern Art
An ink-and-water color painting with the title The Tale of Tree of Life has been displayed near the entrance of an exhibition Tree and Lamentation (Der Lebensbaum und ein Klagelied, Oct. 22-Dec. 31, 2019) held in a seminary in Taiwan…. Read More ›
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What Amy Tan’s The Bonesetter’s Daughter Can Teach Us about the Relevance of Biblical Studies
Introduction: From the Trenches of Undergraduate Teaching I teach Biblical and Religious Studies at King’s University College, a liberal arts college in London, Ontario, Canada. It’s a Catholic college that is part of the huge provincial (public) Western University next… Read More ›
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Wrestling with God in Context: Revisiting The Theology and Social Vision of Shoki Coe
This volume is a tribute to the life and legacy of a Taiwanese theologian, churchman, and public intellectual, Shoki Coe (1914-1988). Most of the contributors in this volume count themselves as his admirers who had never met Coe and a… Read More ›
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Welcoming Beyond Recognizing: The Significance of Encounter in Understanding Christian Hospitality in the Multicultural Context
Introduction The contemporary discourse on Christian hospitality, which associates itself with social justice, has contributed to the development of Christian ethics of immigration. In addressing the ways in which immigrants are excluded from the communities or societies in which they… Read More ›
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