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• Living Devotion and Worship: A Case Study of a Religious Pilgrimage in a Casino City in China

  By AATF Admin on November 15, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Introduction Popular Piety is one aspect of the cultural and religious diversity in the praxis of Catholic faith. Catholic processions, pilgrimages, rosaries, novenas, way of the cross, holy medals, scapulars and other contextual customs and rites were coalesced in the… Read More ›

• Encyclopedia of Christianity in the Global South (2 Vols)

  By AATF Admin on November 15, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  The Encyclopedia of Christianity in the Global South is a comprehensive, contemporary, and compelling resource on the history, theology, and missiology of Christianities in Asia, Africa, Latin America, Middle East, Caribbean, and Oceana. Editor Mark Lamport, who has taught worldwide… Read More ›

• Disability in Mission: The Church’s Hidden Treasure

  By AATF Admin on November 15, 2019 • ( 2 )

  

  Elena Down was a pioneer missionary through her disability and “foreign hero” with disability in mission. She worked as a volunteer at my uncle and auntie’s Nambikkai Project for the Deaf in rural India.  Nathan John dedicated this book in… Read More ›

• Histology From Below: Historical Development, Global Trends, and Contextual Proposals: Part II

  By AATF Admin on November 15, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Christology “from Below”: Evaluation and Proposal As indicated earlier, our perception of reality is, to a large extent, a mediated perception. By “mediated perception,” I mean, we conjure known concepts and images to make sense of things and concepts that… Read More ›

• Christology From Below: Historical Development, Global Trends, and Contextual Proposals: Part I

  By AATF Admin on November 15, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Introduction That Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and forever (Heb.13: 8) is a biblical truth that Christians of all ages affirm. Christians, from Jerusalem to Jakarta and from the first to the 21st century, worship the same Jesus. However,… Read More ›

• Toward Decentering the New Testament: A Reintroduction

  By AATF Admin on November 15, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Marginalized or minoritized folks have been conditioned for far too long into believing that the white male is the only legitimate presence and normative center of discourse. Western Christianity has fashioned an idol in a white (and color-blind) Jesus, and… Read More ›

• Finally Belonging: The Reception of the Parable of the Prodigal Son Among Asian Americans

  By AATF Admin on November 15, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Introduction This article examines the reception of Jesus’ Parable of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11–32) among Asian American readers. First, we will discuss the dynamics of the parable that show similarity with Asian values, particularly (1) honor and shame and… Read More ›

• Slavery in the Late Roman World

  By AATF Admin on June 27, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  In his masterful work Slavery in the Late Roman Word, AD 275-425, Kyle Harper’s main achievement consists in the presentation of the rich source material for Roman slavery in the “long fourth century (AD 275-425).” This contribution allows a new… Read More ›

• Vol. 6 No. 1

  By AATF Admin on June 27, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Vol. 6 No. 1  Articles & Book Reviews Bible Book Review on T&T Clark Handbook of Asian American Biblical Hermeneutics, Hyun Ho Park History Article: “Teaching and Learning as Inspired Dialogue: Implications for Cross-Cultural Teaching Ministry,”Arpan Christian Book Review on… Read More ›

• Won Chul Shin Hired at Columbia Theological Seminary

  By AATF Admin on June 8, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

    Dr. Won Chul Shin, editor in theology & ethics, won the prestigious Louisville Institute postdoctoral fellowship 2019-2021. Columbia Theological Seminary in Atlanta will be his placement school where he will teach as visiting assistant professor of Christian ethics and… Read More ›