Author Archives
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Reading the American Urban Context through an Honor-Shame Code
Honor and shame as a pair of cultural lens were first introduced to America as something non-American through the research of the anthropologist Ruth Benedict in her book The Chrysanthmum and the Sword: Patterns of Japanese Culture, published in 1946,… Read More ›
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Sermon: “How do you smell, fragrance or stench?”
Text: : 2 Corinthian 2:5-17 Background: Preached in Immanuel Presbyterian Church of Fremont. Mostly English speaking second generation Asian Americans youth and young adults. Introduction For the past few years, my family watched Fremont Fourth of July parade. This year… Read More ›
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World Christianity: A Historical Theological Introduction
Lalsangkima Pachuau, J.W. Beeson Professor of Christian Mission and Dean of Advanced Research Program at Asbury Theological Seminary, in his exciting book “World Christianity: A Historical and Theological Introduction,” examines the development and growth of world Christianity by tracing… Read More ›
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Johannine Theology of Mission: Major Themes and Approaches
Introduction Johannine theology of mission is not as known as the Pauline approach to mission. Theologians such as Dean Gilliland, Rollin Grams, and Andreas Köstenberger have written on theologies of mission from various perspectives of the Pauline Epistles,[1] Matthean understanding,[2]… Read More ›
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Ways of the Word: Learning to Preach for Your Time and Place
Enter an introductory preaching classroom today at a mainline seminary and you will discover a dizzying diversity of differences along race, ethnicity, gender, class, ability, denomination, geography, and language. It is no surprise that some of the classic texts in… Read More ›
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Is it God or the State that Gifts Salvation?: Sovereignty in Agamben and Calvin
Introduction What is the relationship between the political and the theological? To whom do you grant your hope of salvation? Is it possible to see God and the state as sovereign? An understanding of theological sovereignty can grant a vision… Read More ›
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Dichotomy Between Faith and Scholarship: A Reflection from Pakistan
Introduction The very first advice I got from many elderly and wise people when I was going to England to pursue theological studies was, “Do not let your higher studies murder your faith in God.” They also added that “the… Read More ›
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Reading Jesus’ Parables with Dao De Jing.
“Can Eastern classics contribute to biblical interpretation and hermeneutics?” In biblical scholarship, there have been ongoing interests in bringing the Ancient Near East and the Greco-Roman literature together with the Bible in order to bring fresh light on the texts… Read More ›
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Honor and Shame in Sirach
Introduction Ben Sira was a wisdom teacher in Jerusalem in the late third century through the early second century B.C.E., and Sirach, the collection of his teachings, was composed sometime between 190 and 175 B.C.E.[1] As a member of those… Read More ›
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Asian Theological Summer Institute 2018
Asian Theological Summer Institute 2018 May 29-June 1, 2018 Held on United Lutheran Seminary’s Philadelphia campus, the Asian Theological Summer Institute (ATSI) seeks to identify and encourage Asians/Asian Americans who are focused on theological education at the PhD and ThD… Read More ›
