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• Local Agency and the Reception of Protestantism in the Philippines

  By AATF Admin on June 11, 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  **Notes from the Author: This article “was written almost a decade ago, and there are details that the author would change and correct if it was being written today.” Introduction: Protestants in the Philippines In the year 2010, Protestants made… Read More ›

• Religion and Migration: Negotiating Hospitality, Agency and Vulnerability

  By AATF Admin on June 10, 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  Migration has become increasingly important to understand the place of religion in the globalized world. Religion and Migration: Negotiating Hospitality, Agency and Vulnerability is a welcome addition to the literature on such themes as transnational religion and religious mobility. With… Read More ›

• Jeong (情), Kindness, and Cultivation of Care in Korean Immigrant Christian Context in the Post-COVID-19 Era

  By AATF Admin on June 10, 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  Introduction In addition to the enduring challenges faced by Asians and Asian Americans in the U.S., the years of the global COVID-19 pandemic have exacerbated hate and violence against them, gravely endangering their safety and well-being, particularly for those who… Read More ›

• Visual Arts in Worship: Enriching Faith and Community

  By AATF Admin on June 10, 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  In worship, the church embodies an organized community of believers expressing their devotion to a caring God through the shared language and symbolism of the liturgy. The nature of this structured community is ultimately reflected in its cultural creations. Elements… Read More ›

• Liminality and the Missio Dei: An Asian American Theology of Mission

  By AATF Admin on June 10, 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  Over the past century, the North American Church has gradually experienced a sense of marginalization, but only in recent decades has the church fully come to grips with this reality. Speaking on behalf of the North American Church, Hauerwas and… Read More ›

• Uncovering the Pearl: The Hidden Story of Christianity in Asia

  By AATF Admin on June 10, 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  Here is a fresh new exploration and interpretation of the history of Christianity in Asia from an amazing team of authors comprising both budding as well as established scholars. This book is one of the seven in the series on… Read More ›

• Ernest and Phebe Ward: The Life and Legacy of the Pioneering Free Methodist Missionaries to India

  By AATF Admin on June 10, 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  Introduction Missionary biographies are integral and vital elements of history. The history of Christianity and Christian missions in India has many unknown, lesser-known, and uncelebrated missionaries as well as native Christian leaders whose stories are yet to be shared and… Read More ›

• Remapping Biblical Studies: CUREMP at Thirty

  By AATF Admin on June 10, 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  This volume celebrates the thirtieth anniversary of the Committee on Underrepresented Racial and Ethnic Minorities in the Profession (CUREMP), a committee within the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) dedicated to advancing underrepresented racial and ethnic minorities in biblical studies. In… Read More ›

• Call for Proposals: Research Articles for the Routledge Handbook of Korean Religions

  By AATF Admin on April 2, 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  Research Articles for the Routledge Handbook of Korean Religions Call for Proposals Editors: Sean Kim and Liora Sarfati Scholarship on Korea has recently proliferated, in part influenced by South Korea’s economic rise and the popularity of K-pop. The study of… Read More ›

• Dr. David Chiwon Kwon Lecture at Boston College (In-person and Zoom) on April 4, 12pm

  By AATF Admin on April 2, 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  Dr. David Chiwon Kwon Lecture at Boston College (In-person and Zoom) on April 4, 12pm EST RSVP for Zoom Link