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• So That Nothing May Be Lost: A Reflection on the Role of a Small Christian Community

  By AATF Admin on December 1, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  I moved to Louisville, Kentucky, in 2014 after living near major metropolitan areas most of my life. I am used to having a plethora of choices on Sundays for worship. I could easily attend a Korean American Mass in Korean,… Read More ›

• Mysterium Tremendum Restored in the Life of the Preacher

  By AATF Admin on November 30, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  My Story: An Alarming Experience What is your most unforgettable preaching experience? Did it happen just last week or last year? Or did it happen five or ten years ago? For me it happened immediately after my graduation from my… Read More ›

• Mission as Justice: Part I

  By AATF Admin on November 30, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  Introduction      Our context of theology is unjust. The rich get richer, the poor get poorer. It is a globalized context. Asian nations and countries are incorporated irresistibly into the globalized economy. There are inequalities and disparity in people within both… Read More ›

• Article Response: “Where Is the Home for the Man of Luz?”

  By AATF Admin on November 29, 2016 • ( 0 )

  Article Response to Uriah Y. Kim, “Where Is the Home for the Man of Luz?” Interpretation 65 (3):250-262 (2011). As I am an international student from Korea, which is the same place the author Uriah Y. Kim is from, I sympathize… Read More ›

• A Deconstructive Reading of Luke 15: 8‒10

  By AATF Admin on November 29, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  Introduction When I was a young girl, I often lost treasures precious to me, such as beads or small pebbles.  I was so eager to find them that sometimes I even searched in a closet for them; despite my fear… Read More ›

• Art: “Protection”

  By AATF Admin on June 20, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  Protection In this colored sketch, I portray the intimate embracing between mother/father and child. Two small figures surrounded by a giant shoulder receive loving care as they put trust fully in the power from above. This composition is inspired by… Read More ›

• Vol. 3 No. 2

  By AATF Admin on June 19, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  Vol. 3 No. 2 Articles & Book Reviews Bible Article: “Women, Ethnicity, and Asian Modernity: Ruth in Hong Kong?” David Chiwon Kwon, PDF Book Review on A Hermeneutic on Dislocation as Experience: Creating a Borderland, Constructing a Hybrid Identity, Diandra Chretain, PDF… Read More ›

• International Development and Public Religion: Changing Dynamics of Christian Mission in South Korea

  By AATF Admin on June 11, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  “Can we think of mission apart from evangelism?” “Yes”, Haemin Lee says in his book, International Development and Public Religion. He pinpoints that “Traditionally for Korean Christians, the term mission used to be synonymous to evangelism, which is to propagate… Read More ›

• Sadao Watanabe (1913-1996)

  By AATF Admin on June 11, 2016 • ( 2 )

  

  Go to Asian Christian Art Association (ACAA) for the original article. Sadao Watanabe is a prominent Japanese printmaker whose technique was derived from a traditional Okinawan craft. He was first recognized abroad, after winning first prize at the Modern Japanese… Read More ›

• Chris Rock Should Know That Racism Isn’t Black and White

  By AATF Admin on June 11, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  If we are going to conquer racism, we need to acknowledge it’s not binary.  During Chris Rock’s Oscars monologue Sunday night, he addressed the exclusion of black actors in this year’s nominations and argued that the Academy Awards needs to… Read More ›