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• Let the Dead Bury Their Own Dead’ (Lk 9:60): Interpreting Jesus’ Harsh Saying in Contexts

  By AATF Admin on June 9, 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  Vietnamese mourning customs and rituals are elaborate and quite diverse. Each region of the country has its own traditions to show respect for the dead. One mourning custom, which is brought over from Vietnam and is commonly practiced by Vietnamese… Read More ›

• Digital Homiletics: The Theology and Practice of Online Preaching

  By AATF Admin on December 25, 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  The pandemic of 2020 necessitated a rethinking of preaching, prompting the need for a robust theology and innovative strategies for online delivery. This book seeks to provide a theological framework for online preaching, drawing on Karl Barth’s definition of God’s… Read More ›

• Vol. 12 No. 1

  By AATF Admin on December 22, 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  Vol. 12 no. 1 Articles & Book Reviews Bible Article: “Enlarging Boundaries: Romans 15:7-13 and the Churches in Nagaland” Zakali Shohe Article: ‘Let the Dead Bury Their Own Dead’ (Lk 9:60): Interpreting Jesus’ Harsh Saying in Contexts vănThanh Nguyễn Book Review:… Read More ›

• Evangelism as Storytelling: A Reconstruction of Evangelism from a Feminist Postcolonial Missiological Perspective

  By AATF Admin on December 22, 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  The history of Christianity in Asia intertwines with colonialism as Western missionaries are conceived as the main protagonists who worked painstakingly to spread the faith. This fact generates two issues for Christians living in today’s postcolonial context as they struggle… Read More ›

• A Yinist Pedagogy: Theological Education at the Well

  By AATF Admin on December 22, 2024 • ( 0 )

  

    Theological Education at the Well In an era of accelerating global change, the survival of human institutions depends upon prompt adaptation in the forms of collaboration, partnership and networking.  No institution survives as an island any more.  In this… Read More ›

• Asian Case Studies on Translating Christianity: Toward God’s Self-Communication and the Trinitarian End of Asian Theology

  By AATF Admin on December 22, 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  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

  By AATF Admin on December 22, 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  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 ›

• From Shame Culture to Pastoral Care of Christ: About Illegal Immigrants in the Asian American Churches

  By AATF Admin on December 22, 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  Introduction: The Presence of Undocumented Immigrants in the Asian American Community According to the U.S. Census Bureau in 2000, about 69% of Asian Americans were foreign-born in the U.S.[1] This implies that many Asian immigrants in America are the leaders… Read More ›

• Enlarging Boundaries: Romans 15:7-13 and the Churches in Nagaland

  By AATF Admin on December 21, 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  Nagaland, one of the eight states of Northeast India covering a total area of 16,579 sq. km, with a population of 1,980,602 per the 2011 census of India, is comprised of at least sixteen major recognized ethnic tribes and more… Read More ›

• Vol. 11 No. 1-2

  By AATF Admin on June 11, 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  Vol. 11 No. 1-2 Articles & Book Reviews Bible Book Review: Remapping Biblical Studies: CUREMP at Thirty Yichen Liang History Article: “Ernest and Phebe Ward: The Life and Legacy of the Pioneering Free Methodist Missionaries to India” Shivraj K. Mahendra Book… Read More ›

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