Many will remember the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan on August 30, 2021, which resulted in the loss of 13 U.S. servicemen and more than 22 Afghan allies. Yet, not many realize that the U.S.-Afghan War dates back to… Read More ›
(T) Book Review
Asian Case Studies on Translating Christianity: Toward God’s Self-Communication and the Trinitarian End of Asian Theology
Christian theology and history have often been taught as if Christianity was a Palestinian Jewish sect that migrated only westwards, was Constantinianized and transformed into Christendom, before 16th-20th centuries of Empire-building by European and North American powers brought the gospel… Read More ›
Justice After War: Jus Post Bellum in the 21st Century
Many will remember the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan on August 30, 2021, which resulted in the loss of 13 U.S. servicemen and more than 22 Afghan allies. Yet, not many realize that the U.S.-Afghan War dates back to… Read More ›
Invisible: Theology and the Experience of Asian American Women
Grace Ji-Sun Kim, Professor of Theology at Earlham School of Religion, has made another significant contribution to the field of constructive theology with her book Invisible: Theology and the Experience of Asian American Women. All Kim’s works manifest her calling… Read More ›
Anti-Asian Racism: Myths, Stereotypes, and Catholic Social Teaching
Anti-Asian Racism is an exceptional book by Joseph Cheah, on the genealogy and variants of anti-Asian racism in the United States. Cheah describes how public Catholic writings on the topic are frequently indirect in addressing the main issue of White… Read More ›
Becoming All Things: How Small Changes Lead to Lasting Connections Across Cultures
In Becoming All Things, Michelle Ami Reyes, the vice president of the Asian American Christian Collaborative (AACC), presents contextual, reflective, and biblical pointers for crossing ethnic and racial boundaries in the American Christian landscape. Each chapter of this eight-chaptered book… Read More ›
A Christian Theology of Suffering in the Context of Theravada Buddhism in Thailand
Using Thailand as a context, suffering as a theme, and the Trinity and the Buddha as sources, Satanun Boonyakiat made an important interpretation and implication of Asian comparative theology of suffering. This is a published version of Boonyakiat’s Fuller Seminary… Read More ›
Songs of the Lisu Hills: Practicing Christianity in Southwest China
The Lisu people are one of the Tibeto-Burman ethnic groups who reside in the mountainous regions of China, Thailand, Myanmar (Burma), and India. The Lisu dominantly practiced swidden agriculture and hunting for livelihood, and they worshipped animism until Christianity came… Read More ›
Stories of Minjung Theology: The Theological Journey of Ahn Byung-Mu in His Own Words
“Minjung theology is” what a renowned German theologian Jürgen Moltmann (1926-), a cordial friend of some Minjung theologians, including Ahn Byung-Mu (1922-1996) called “the first liberation theology to come from Asia, with critical questions put to the First World.” By now, Minjung theology… Read More ›
Korean Women, Self-Esteem, and Practical Theology: Transformative Care
Jaeyeong Lucy Chung’s book provides a criticism of Korean women’s development of “low self-esteem” and “false-self identity,” isolated from their parents, husbands, and parents in law, and suggests a practical methodology of pastoral care for Korean women for overcoming this… Read More ›
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