Author Archives
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Intersecting Realities: Race, Identity, and Culture in Spiritual-Moral Life of Young Asian Americans
In Intersecting Realities, Hak Joon Lee brings together much-needed essays around ten themes—God, parents, friendship and social networks, money, vocation, sex, gender, the myth of the model minority, racial identity, and community—written by five Asian American theologians. These themes aim… Read More ›
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Redefining Hospitality in the Context of COVID-19 Pandemic: Social Connecting and Solidarity
Introduction “Hospitality is indeed in crisis, not simply because our contemporary world may not have enough it, but because it is in the process of being redefined.”[1] The current pandemic and its resulting inevitable and irresistible changes raise questions about… Read More ›
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How to Preach A Dangerous Sermon
What is the function of preaching? When people are seeking justice and hope in social and political contexts, where is the church? Frank Thomas argues that the church has not served the people well, and that people still do not… Read More ›
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A Practical Application of Satin Bernard of Clairvaux’s Concept of Love: Preaching Designed to Deepen the Spiritual Maturity of the Faithful
Introduction This essay considers sermons an essential element of spiritual formation and of the movement from loving God for one’s own sake toward loving oneself for God’s sake. Loving God for one’s own benefit is primarily developed by sermons emphasizing… Read More ›
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Mission After Pentecost (Mission In Global Community): The Witness Of The Spirit From Genesis To Revelation
Yong has taken painstaking effort in this book to produce a relevant pneumatological theology of mission in what he prefers to call, a post-modern, post-enlightenment, post-Christendom, and post-mission era, by interacting with three main themes: theological interpretation of Scripture, Pneumatology… Read More ›
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Turbans and Individuals: A Christian Ethnographic Reflection on Understanding American Sikhs
Introduction In understanding Sikhs or Sikh religion, the topic of turban is unavoidable. Turbans, in the midst of other head coverings, soon caught my attention as I first arrived at the Gurudwara in Lexington, Kentucky, to begin my short ethnographic… Read More ›
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Rereading Galatians from the Perspective of Paul’s Gospel: A Literary and Theological Commentary
Yung Suk undertakes an in-depth study of the gospel in the New Testament. Embarking on a literary analysis of reading Galatians, this ambitious project aims to illuminate the various aspects of Paul’s view of “the internal logic of the theme… Read More ›
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From Collective Trauma to Collective Trust: A Korean American Reading of Psalm 60 during the Coronavirus Pandemic
Collective Trauma from Recent History to the Current Tragedy Protesters in the streets, rows of coffins, and wailing people—these are a few of the vivid images I recall from a video I secretly watched when I was little, less than… Read More ›
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Vol. 6 No. 2
Vol. 6 No. 2 Articles & Book Reviews Bible Article: “Finally Belonging: The Reception of Parable of the Prodigal Son Among Asian Americans” Daniel K. Eng Book Review on Toward Decentering the New Testament: A Reintroduction Carmelo Sorita History Article: “Christology From… Read More ›
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Empathic Witnessing to Suffering in Julian of Norwich and Howard Thurman
Introduction Bearing witness to suffering is an empathic recognition of others’ pain with God’s compassion. The narratives of Julian of Norwich and Howard Thurman provide spiritual resources for the practice of empathic witnessing. Suffering is different from pain because suffering… Read More ›
