Introduction Last Holy Week, when the number of new COVID-19 cases in Canada was rising toward its peak, congregants of my small Korean immigrant church in Toronto asked me: “Where is God in the agony… 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 ›
Welcoming Beyond Recognizing: The Significance of Encounter in Understanding Christian Hospitality in the Multicultural Context
Introduction The contemporary discourse on Christian hospitality, which associates itself with social justice, has contributed to the development of Christian ethics of immigration. In addressing the ways in which immigrants are excluded from the communities or societies in which they… Read More ›
Prophetic Participation: The Life and Theology of M.M. Thomas
Introduction The edited volume The Life, Legacy and Theology of M.M. Thomas has the subtitle – “Only Participants Earn the Right to be Prophets.”[1] The subtitle is an apt summation of Madthiparampil Mammen Thomas – the man, his life, and… Read More ›
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 ›
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 ›
The Church as a Doxological Community: Worship and Chin Immigrant Churches
Introduction According to a recent research done by the Burmese American Community Institute (BACI), the total number of Burmese refugees resettled in the US have reached 169,949. This consists of Karen 71,353 (42%), Chin 59,679 (35%), Karenni (Kayah) 12,490 (7%),… Read More ›
Kazakh Muslim Background Believers’ Response to Ancestor Practices: Contextual Approach
Introduction The purpose of this paper is to investigate what Kazakh Muslim[1] background believers (KMBBs) believe about their dead people from their culture and from the church to which they belong. In order to achieve this goal, the study… Read More ›
Mission as Justice: Part I
Introduction Our context of theology is unjust. The rich get richer, the poor get poorer. It is a globalized context. Asian nations and countries are incorporated irresistibly into the globalized economy. There are inequalities and disparity in people within both… Read More ›
Papal Wisdom for Asian American: What Can We Learn from Francis?
In my last article, I begin the conversation of Pope Francis’ address to the United State Congress and ask what we Asian American can take away from his speech. This time, I would like to share with you the Pope’s… Read More ›
