Author Archives
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Gods, Heroes, and Ancestors: An Interreligious Encounter in Eighteenth-Century Vietnam
An Tran has written a valuable book which gives us insight into the religious beliefs and practices in eighteenth-century Vietnam, and of Christian missionary responses to and understandings of those beliefs and practices. The core of his book is a… Read More ›
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The Value of Habermas’ Discourse Ethics for an Inclusive Perspective toward Belonging and Protection of the Stateless’ Human Rights
Despite the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights that professed to acknowledge the intrinsic “inalienable rights” of every human being, human rights are not observed universally in reality. Even after the 1951 Refugee Convention and the 1967 Refugee… Read More ›
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Preaching with Cultural Intelligence
Preaching with Cultural Intelligence has made a positive impression by winning the ‘2018 Preaching Book of the Year’ from Preaching Magazine. The author, Matthew Kim, is the associate professor of preaching and ministry at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary as well as… Read More ›
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Mission of God: Intra-Communal and Inter-Communal Mission
Introduction The person who administered my wedding comes from my same village in Northeast India. I will always remember him. But I must confess that when I think about him, the first thing that comes to my mind is not… Read More ›
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Painting Is an Attitude about Life
Painting is an attitude about life Painting gives me faith, because I know what I have been through Painting teaches me to be humble, because there are so many things I do not know I want to paint… Read More ›
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Reading Immigrants Here and There
Living in Taipei, Taiwan as an immigrant from the United States, Taiwanese American authors have been valuable guides to the back-and-forth and in-between-ness that characterize our life. My initial introduction to Taiwan came through Taiwanese classmates and Taiwanese American churches,… Read More ›
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Messiah in Weakness: A Portrait of Jesus from the Perspective of the Dispossessed
In Messiah in Weakness, Yung Suk Kim presents an alternative understanding of weakness. He portrays the historical Jesus through a lens of weakness that deconstructs the traditional dualistic understanding of strength and weakness, in which strength is seen as positive… Read More ›
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Violence, Suffering, and solidarity: A Fanonian Reading of Jeremiah 11:18–12:6
Introduction Jeremiah 11:18–12:6 is regarded as the first of Jeremiah’s confessions, which are spread throughout Jeremiah 11–20.[1] In this text, Jeremiah laments his suffering, which is caused by the people of Anathoth in response to his prophecy. This text describes… Read More ›
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David Chi-Won Kwon Hired at SMU (Minnesota)
David Chi-Won Kwon (ABD), Features and Substantive Editor of AATF and PhD candidate at Boston College, has accepted a tenure track assistant professor position offered from Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. His teaching begins this fall. He will continue to… Read More ›
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PANAAWTM 33rd ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Note: The original version of this announcement is found here. As a faculty advisor and member of the local and steering committees, I’m excited to announce that the 33rd annual conference of PANAAWTM(Pacific, Asian, and North American Asian Women in Theology… Read More ›
