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The Church as a Doxological Community: Worship and Chin Immigrant Churches
Introduction According to a recent research done by the Burmese American Community Institute (BACI), the total number of Burmese refugees resettled in the US have reached 169,949. This consists of Karen 71,353 (42%), Chin 59,679 (35%), Karenni (Kayah) 12,490 (7%),… Read More ›
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Contributions of Missionaries Towards Education in India
Jonathan Masih has done a commendable service to Christian historians by exploring and outlining the contributions of missionaries towards education in India. In his foreword to this important book, Arthur McPhee rightly calls it one of the “finest overviews” of… Read More ›
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“What Do You Believe?” Film Review on Wonder Woman (2017)
“Men are easily corrupted, and that they do not deserve the Amazons’ protection.” “It is not about what they deserve. It is about what you believe.” “What do you believe?” “I believe in love. Only love will truly save the… Read More ›
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Reflections on the Modern Art of Sho (Calligraphy)
Sho書 (as it is referred to in Japan; Ch shu) is the simple exercise of writing kanji 漢字 (Ch hanzi or ideograms) and phonetic scripts such as Japanese kana and Korean hanguel to communicate thoughts, express feelings, and share information…. Read More ›
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Violence, Otherness and Identity In Isaiah 63:1-6: The Trampling One Coming From Edom
It is “a damn Edom theology.” Bruce Cresson’s outright summary seems accurate, when one looks into Hebrew Bible’s dominant portrayals of Edom. Once Jacob’s envied brother yet a subjugated nation, if not a vassal, of past is now Israel’s arch… Read More ›
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Tongues and Community Building in Corinth (1 Corinthians 12-14)
Introduction A study of the frequency of the phrase “speaking in tongues” in Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians suggests that the phenomenon was significant in the Corinthian churches. The New Testament (NT) has thirty-five references to “speaking in tongues.”… Read More ›
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The Conference on Faith and History
Shivraj Mahendra, Editor in History at AATF, is serving as Graduate Student Representative at the Conference on Faith and History (http://www.faithandhistory.org/about-cfh/history/ see also, https://www.facebook.com/groups/faith.history/ ). Please contact him at shivrajkm@gmail.com for more information on membership and benefits.
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Film and Christian Preaching: Toward a Cinemate Homiletic (Part III)
c-2. Application of the cinematic narrative flow for the sermon structure The preacher now has come up with a basic cinematic sermon idea, theme, or flow from the first stage of the cinematic socio-spiritual hermeneutic. At this second stage, the… Read More ›
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Film and Christian Preaching: Toward a Cinemate Homiletic (Part II)
V. Scene #4: Introduction to a Cinemate Homiletic Now, what exactly is a cinemate homiletic? What kind of preaching is that? How are we going to approach film in creating a cinemate homiletic and how are we going to… Read More ›
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Film and Christian Preaching: Toward a Cinemate Homiletic (Part I)
I didn’t want you to enjoy the film. I wanted you to look very closely at your own soul[1] Sam Peckinpah (Director) I. Hook The cinema or pop film[2] has now become “the cathedral of the [twenty-first] century.”[3] Among its… Read More ›
Asian American Theological Forum 