Introduction Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa. It is situated on the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa. Its neighbors are Benin, Niger, Cameroon, and Chad. The lower course of the River Niger flows south through the Western… Read More ›
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The Post-Umbrella Movement, Biblical Interpretation, and Unity of the Church
The Umbrella Movement (originally coined as Umbrella Revolution)1 was a civil disobedience movement in Hong Kong (HK) from September 26 to December 15, 2014. The movement was a campaign initiated by students. It was a protest against the decision of… Read More ›
The Armenian Genocide: Examining the Turkish and North American Response 100 Years Later
2015 CE marks the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. The term “genocide” was coined in 1940 by Raphael Lemkin “to describe the Turkish handling of Armenians and the Nazi treatment of the Jews.”1 It has been hotly disputed whether… Read More ›
Comparing the African Veneration of Ancestors with Korean Ancestor Worship in Relation to the Attempts to Reconcile It with Christianity
Introduction Christianity is a world religion, but it also has its own distinctive features and characteristics in specific places as it is always embodied in individual and particular contexts. In other words, whenever Christian message is spread to a new… Read More ›
#DalitHistoryMonth: Part II
Caste conflict “is no mere orientalist fantasy.”1 This is important to note especially in light of dominant caste articulations that falsely argue that cases of caste-based discrimination and conflict are being “produced” by Dalits for consumption by curious and condescending… Read More ›
#DalitHistoryMonth: Part I
April was celebrated as #DalitHistoryMonth. An amazing team of Dalit women that included Thenmozhi Soundararajan, Christina Thomas Dhanaraj, Manisha Mashaal, Sanghapali Aruna Lohitakshi, and Vidya Karunakarn, among others, toured the United States and conducted teach-ins and workshops and led discussions… Read More ›
After Colonialism, Before Democracy: The Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong: Part II
No one could have foreseen that the week-long pro-democracy strike by thousands of Hong Kong university and high school students in mid-September 2014 would escalate into the two-month-long Umbrella Movement, attracting people of all walks of life to occupy several… Read More ›
After Colonialism, Before Democracy: The Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong: Part I
The Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong reads like a contemporary tale of David and Goliath. Peaceful demonstrators hold flimsy umbrellas to defend themselves against tear gas, pepper spray, and police batons. Their remarkable courage to remain defiant in the face… Read More ›
Gilgamesh, Enkidu and the Civilizing Mission: A Political Irony in the Gilgamesh Epic: Part II
IV The coming of Enkidu as Gilgamesh’s ‘partner’ is intriguing because it further unfolds the “colonial” desire of Gilgamesh to subjugate others. According to the epic, Enkidu was not created as a normal human being. First, his birth place is… Read More ›
Gilgamesh, Enkidu and the Civilizing Mission: A Political Irony in the Gilgamesh Epic: Part I
I The Epic of Gilgamesh is one of the most famous epic stories from ancient times. Benjamin Foster is right that the Gilgamesh Epic “offers a splendor of language, imagery, themes, and ideas to the modern reader.”1 This epic story… Read More ›
Asian American Theological Forum 