Events

Rev. Dr. Grace Ji-Sun Kim is accepting invitations to speak for 2023-24. Please subscribe her Substack to follow her work and support her work.

Upcoming Events:

May 2024

  • Festival of Homiletics: Speaker

March 2024

  • Book Release: Surviving God co-written with Susan Shaw (Broadleaf Books, 2024)

November 2023

October 2023

  • Theology Beer Camp, Oct 19-21

September 2023

  • DAKU’S 26th International Conference, Speaker, Palestine

July 2023

  • Preacher at Wild Goose Festival, Union Grove, NC
  • Madang Podcast:
  • Preacher at Catasauqua Presbyterian Church

June 2023

May 2023

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April 2023

March 2023

February 2023

January 2023

December 2022

November 2022

October 2022

September 2022

August 2022

July 2022

June 2022

May 2022

April 2022

March 2022

February 2022

January 2022

December 2021

November 2021

October 2021

September 2021

August 2021

  • Panelist: International Forum on Racism, “Address Racism across the Globe”. Conference topic: “Beyond Freedom To Equality: Leveling the Playing Field In the Era of COVID” Annual Rainbow PUSH Coalition Conference

July 2021

June 2021

May 2021

April 2021

March 2021

Feb 2021

Jan 2021 

December 2020

November 2020

October 2020

  • “Gender in Convergence with Black Perspective,” International Workshop: Global Network for the Ministry for Peace and Oikonomia Convivencia in East Asia, Korea.
  • Salt, Light, and a City | Online Book Launch
  • WCC Working Group in Climate Change meeting in Nadi, Fiji–Postponed due to coronavirus

September 2020

August 2020

July 2020

June 2020

  • Rainbow PUSH webinar: Keeping Hope Alive
  • “Fighting Racism & Embracing Spirit Theology” TheoCon: Theology in a Time of Crisis
  • 70th anniversary of the Korean War: A Dialogue
  • Paper, “Intersectional Theology for the Colonized,” at Decolonial Histories…Indigenous Theologies…Arts of Resistance Conference, June 14th – 18th 2020, Dar al-Kalima University’s 20th International Conference, Bethlehem, Palestine—postponed due to the coronavirus
  • Speaker, “Boundaries of Christian Faith in the 21st Century: Intersecting Borders of Geography, Culture, Theology”, University of St. Michael’s College in the University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, —postponed due to the coronavirus
  • Preach at Shawnee Presbyterian Church

May 2020

April 2020

March 2020

Feb 2020

Jan 2020

Dec 2019

Nov 2019 

October 2019

September 2019

August 2019

July 2019

June 2019

May 2019

April 2019

March 2019

February 2019

January 2019

December 2018

November 2018

  • AAR Annual Meeting: AAR Board Meeting; “Race, Gender, Animals & Theology: Trouble at the Intersection” panelist; “Who Gets to Define Evangelicalism?” panelist. Denver, CO
  • The Presbyterian Church in Canada’s Transform Conference, Plenary Speaker, Orillia, Ont. Canada
  • Intersectional Theology: An Introductory Guide (co-written with Susan Shaw) book release Nov 1, 2018
  • Guest Preacher at Hokendaqua Presbyterian Church

October 2018

September 2018

August 2018

July 2018

June 2018

May 2018

April 2018

March 2018

February 2018

January 2018

December 2017

November 2017

October 2017

September 2017

August 2017

  • Guest Preacher at First Presbyterian Church Hokendauqua
  • Book Release: Planetary Solidarity co-edited with Hilda Koster
  • “Keep Hope Alive” Radio Show with Rev. Jesse Jackson-North Korea and Charlottesville
  • Environmental Theology workshop, “Planetary Solidarity” at Fairfield Meeting, Indianapolis

July 2017

June 2017

May 2017

April 2017

March 2017

February 2017

January 2017

December 2016

November 2016

October 2016

September 2016

August 2016

July 2016

June 2016

May 2016

April 2016

March 2016

February 2016

January 2016

December 2015

November 2015

October 2015

September 2015

August 2015

  • Guest preacher at First Presbyterian Church of Forest Hills, NYC.

July 2015

  • “Hope for a Time of Crisis: Creation Care and the Mission of the Church”, Gordon College, July 27-30, 2015
  • Nelson Mandela Day, UN
  • Feminist Studies in Religion Leadership Meeting, July 27, 2015, Connecticut
  • Hatchery Interview with Tripp Fuller: Embracing the Other, July 20, 2015
  • “Keep Hope Alive“: The Confederate Flag with Rev. Jesse Jackson, July 12, 2015
  • “Keep Hope Alive“: Flag with Rev. Jesse Jackson, July 5, 2015
  • HTI Banquet at Princeton Theological Seminary, July 1, 2015

June 2015

  • Rainbow PUSH Annual Convention, June 20-24, 2016, Chicago, IL
  • “Keep Hope Alive“: Radio Show, Charleston with Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr., Chicago, IL
  • World Council of Churches working group on Climate Change annual meeting
  • Book Release: Christian Doctrines for Global Gender Justice (June 4, 2015). Co-edited by Jenny Daggers & Grace Ji-Sun Kim

May 2015

April 2015

March 2015

January 2015

  • New Media Project, Christian Theological Seminary, Jan 29-31, 2015

December 2014

 November 2014

  • American Academy of Religion, San Diego, Nov 22-25, 2014
  • AAR Preconference Panelist for FSR: Social Media and Feminist Theology
  • FTE Consultation, San Diego, Nov 21, 2014
  • HomeBrewed Christianity PodCast: Theological Reflections on “Gangnam Style”

October 2014

September 2014

August 2014,

  • Pubslush Campaign for new book Reflections Along the Journey:  Theological Narratives of Korean American Clergywomen (Judson Press)

June 2014

May 2014

April 2014       

March 2014

February 2014

  • ATS Visitation, Glendale, CA

January 2014

Dec 2013

Nov 2013 

  1. Keep Hope Radio Show,  “Black Eye on Black Friday”,  Dec 1, 2013.
  2. HomeBrewed Christianity podcast interview on my book, Colonialism, Han, and the Transformative Spirit.
  3. Respondent, “Reimagining with Christian Doctrines; Responding to Global Gender Injustices,” AAR, Baltimore
  4. Respondent, “Colonialism, Han and the Transformative Spirit”, Korean North American Theology Group, AAR, Baltimore
  5. Preside a session, “Religion and Migration Group”, AAR, Baltimore
  6. Guest on “Agape Radio” Show

Oct 2013

September 2013

July 2013

  1. “Colonialism, Han and the Transformative Spirit” -Book Talk at Luther Seminary, Minneapolis, MN. July 17, 2013
  2. “Han and the Transformative Spirit”  Bethel University, Minneapolis, MN.  July 16, 2013.
  3. WATER Teleconference on my third book “Colonialism, Han, and the Transformative Spirit” (July 10, 2013, 1-2 p.m. EDT)
  4. “Keep Hope Alive: Voting Rights” Radio Show, July 7, 2013, Chicago, IL

June 2013

  1. Christian Goddess Focus Group, June 17-19, 2013, Saskatoon, SK
  2. “Global Spirit,” Friends of Sophia, St. Andrew’s College, June 17, 2013, Saskatoon, SK
  3. “Keep Hope Alive: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties” Radio Show, June 8, 2013, Chicago, IL
  4. 2013 FTE Leaders in the Academy Conference, June 6-9, 2013, Chicago, IL

May 2013

  1. EthicsDaily.com “Skype Interview”:  Korean Churches and Christianity  (May 26, 2013)
  2. Presentation:  “Korean Churches and Their Theological Journey”  at the Planning Meeting at the World Council of Churches, Geneva, Switzerland, May 16-18, 2013
  3. “Keep Hope Alive” Radio Show with Rev. Jesse Jackson, ”Mother’s Day”

April 2013

  1. Television interview, “Taking the Initiative”.  You can view it on Vimeo.
  2. Present a Paper-“Sustainability and Han,” Society of Race Ethnicity and Religion, Chicago, IL
  3. FTE Advisory Team Meeting, Chicago, IL
  4. Guest Lecturer- “Global Understanding of the Spirit” at University of St. Joseph, Hartford, Connecticut.
  5. Lecturer “Exploitation, Consumerism and Eco-Justice”, Moravian College
  6. “Keep Hope Alive” Radio Show with Rev. Jesse Jackson, “Christ’s Resurrection”

November 2012 

  1. Television Panel-“Upfront with Jesse Jackson: Post Election Review”
  2. Television Panel-“Upfront with Jesse Jackson:  Reinvest in America” Chicago, IL
  3. AAR-Chicago, IL
    Presider “Women of Color Scholarship, Teaching and Activism”
  4. Participated in the ‘Women’s Mentoring Lunch” for the Status of Women in the Profession Committee of the AAR.
  5. Presider: “Korean American Theology“
  6. Paper: “Women of Color Scholarship, Teaching and Activism Group”
  7. Respondent to Kelly Denton-Borhaug’s book, U.S. War-culture, Sacrifice and Salvation,  at “Colloquium on Religion and Violence”, Chicago, IL
  8. FTE Consultation, Chicago, IL
  9. Moravian College Religion Department:  “Being a Korean Woman Theologian in the Academy”
  10. Social Ethics Network:  “The Status of Women in the Church”  Union Theological Seminary, NY

October 2012

August 2012    

July 2012

June 2012

May 2012

  • Understanding Religious Pluralism: Perspectives from Religious Studies and Theology, Georgetown University. Paper: “A Global Spirit”
  • “Myanmar- Global Greyhounds” Lifelong Learning Program at Moravian College Alumni Weekend.

April 2012

March 2012

February 2012

January 2012

November 2011  

  1. American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting Respondent to a book panel on, “The Holy Spirit, Chi and the Other: A Model of Global and Intercultural Pneumatology” San Francisco, CA
  2. American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting Paper Panel: ‘Dancing with Sophia and Spirit,’ San Francisco, CA
  3. American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting Organize, lead a preconference workshop, “Overcoming Barriers to Underrepresented Scholarship: A Strategy and Action Workshop” San Francisco, CA
  4. American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting. Organize, lead and participate in the ‘Women’s Mentoring Lunch” for the Status of Women in the Profession Committee of the AAR.
  5. American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting. Presider:  Comparative Theology Group, San Francisco, CA
  6. Georgetown University. Panelist:  Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr.
    http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/RevJe

July 2011

  • Global Studies Conference. “Globalization, Consumption and Ecology”  Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

July 2011

  • Faculty Member for “Taste of the Seminary” at  The Common Ground Project. McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago, IL

June 2011

  • Respondent to a book prize winner, Dr. Alfaro at the Hispanic Theological Initiative, Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ

March 2011  

  • Pacific Asian North American Asian Women in Theology and Ministry (PANAAWTM) National Conference. Paper Panel:  ‘Academic Insights into the Issues of Immigration, Borders and Boundaries,’ Atlanta, GA

November 2010

  1. American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting. Paper Panel:  “A Global Theology Embraces the Other” Atlanta, GA
  2. American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting. Paper Panel:  “Multiculturalism, Race and Politics” Atlanta, GA
  3. American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting. Invited Presider:  “The Past, Present and Future of Racial Ethnic Minority in the Profession” Atlanta, GA
  4. American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting. Invited Presider:  “Korean North American Systematic Theology” Group, Atlanta, GA
  5. American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting. Organize, lead and participate in the “Women’s Mentoring Lunch” for the Status of Women in the Profession Committee of the AAR.

October 2010  

  • Pastor Theologian Consultation PC(USA). Invited Paper Panel, Colorado Springs, CO

March 2010  

  • Oxford Round Table, “20th Anniversary.” Paper, “Consuming the Earth:  An Ethical Problem”, Oxford, England

November 2009

  1. PC(USA) Korean American Theology and Ministry Consultation. “Korean American Women’s Ministry and Theology,” Louisville, KY
  2. American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting. Invited Panelist:  “A Balancing Act:  Fighting Barriers in the Academy,” Montreal, Can.
  3. American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting. Organize the “Women’s Mentoring Lunch” for the Status of Women in the Profession Committee of the AAR, Montreal, Can.

August 2009

  • Asian Pacific Americans and Religion Research Initiative Annual Meeting. Paper panel: “The Movement of the Spirit,” Claremont, CA

November 2008

  • American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting. REM Special Topics Forum: Invited Presider: “Myth Making of the Normative Academy,” Chicago, IL.
  • Korean American Theology and Ministry Conference. Paper Panel:  “Women’s Role in the Church and the Academy,” Garrett Evangelical Seminary, Chicago, IL.

July 2008

  • Women’s World Congress ’08-Madrid. Paper Panel:  “Women, Racism and the Spirit”
  • Women’s World Congress ’08-Madrid. Paper Panel:  “The Spirit Within:  Holy Spirit and Chi”

November 2007

  1. American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting. REM Special Topics Forum: Invited presider:  “Environmental Racism,” San Diego, CA
  2. American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting. Presider:  “Korean North American Theology,”  San Diego, CA
  3. American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting. Chairs Workshop 07, “Best Practices,” Assistant coordinator, workshop leader and panelist, San Diego, CA

July 2007        

  • Lehigh Dialogue Centre-Interreligious Dialogue Immersion trip to Turkey

November 2006

  • American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting. REM Special Topics Forum: Invited respondent to four papers, “The Other Within:  The Study of Religion and Diversifying Our Knowledge Production,” Washington, D.C.

August 2006

  • Asian Pacific Americans and Religion Research Initiative Annual Meeting. Paper panel: “Nature and Han,” Berkeley, CA

February 2006            

  • Moravian Theological Seminary. “Grace of Sophia,” Lay Education course

November 2005    

  • American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting. Invited respondent, “Writing Women’s Theology in Asian North America.”  Respond to Laura Donaldson’s critique of my book, The Grace of Sophia, Philadelphia, PA.

October 2005              

  • Moravian Theological Seminary. “How to Think Theologically,” Lay Education course.

August 2005

  • Asian Pacific Americans and Religion Research Initiative Annual Meeting. Paper panel: “Hybrid Theology” co-presented with Dr. Jean Kim, Chicago, IL

June 2005

  1. Women’s World 2005, 9th International Interdisciplinary Congress on Women. Invited moderator for a panel: “Feminist Theology and Women’s Ordination in Korean Christianity,” at Ewha Womans University, Seoul Korea.
  2. Women’s World 2005, 9th International Interdisciplinary Congress on Women. Invited moderator for a panel: “Religious Practices and Everyday Lives,”  Women’s World 2005, at Ewha Womans University, Seoul Korea.
  3. Women’s World 2005, 9th International Interdisciplinary Congress on Women. Paper panel:  “Sophia Christology:  A Korean North American Women’s Reexamination of the Feminine Divine,” at Ewha Womans University, Seoul Korea.

April 2005

  • Pacific Asian North American Asian Women in Theology and Ministry (PANAAWTM) National Conference. Invited panelist: “(W)Riting Asian and Asian American Women:  Theologies, Hermeneutics, and Practices,”  Atlanta, GA

March 2005

  • Moravian College. Invited panelist: “Interreligious Dialogue”

November 2004  

  • American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting. Respondent to my book, Grace of Sophia, San Antonio, TX

June 2004            

  • North American Stewardship Conference. Invited plenary speaker: “Joy of Stewardship,” Toronto, ON

December 2003

  • Annual Stewardship Conference. Invited plenary speaker: “Enough is Enough,” San Antonio, TX

November 2003    

  1. American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting. Paper panel:  “Korean Women’s Place,” Atlanta, GA
  2. American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting. Invited presider, “The 15th Year of Journeys by Heart:  Reflections on a Christology of Erotic Power,” Atlanta, GA
  3. Knox College. Invited panelist: “Biblical Misunderstandings of Women Leadership in Asian Churches,” Challenges and Opportunities Conference.

April 2003    

  • Toronto School of Theology. Panel paper: “Women Doing Theology”

November 2002

  • American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting. Panel paper:  “Asian Canadians and Their Religious Identity,” Toronto, ON.

August 2002      

  • The Association of Korean Christian Scholars in North America Annual Meeting. Panel paper:  “Theology of Empowerment,” Washington D.C.
  • Asian Pacific Americans and Religion Research Initiative Annual Meeting. Panel paper: “Wisdom’s Ways,” Berkeley, CA

December 2001

  • Emmanuel College. Panel paper: “Explorations into a Theology of Embodiment,” Asian Theology Conversation Series, Toronto ON

November 2001    

  • Works and Wine, Toronto School of Theology. Panel paper:  “Violence Against Women: A Confucian and Christian Perspective,” Toronto, ON
  • American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting. Panel paper; “Violence Against Asian Women,” Denver, CO

May 2001  

  • The Association of Korean Christian Scholars in North America Annual Meeting. Panel paper:  “Korean North American Women’s Identity,” Princeton, NJ

December 2000

  • Knox College. Guest Lecturer: “Asian North American Theologies,” Toronto, ON

November 2000

  • American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting. Panel paper: “Sophia and Prajna:  A Bicultural Christology,” Nashville, TN
  • American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting. Panel paper:  “Gender and Religion,” Nashville, TN

October 2000

  • First Annual Graduate Student’s Conference, Department of East Asian Studies, University of Toronto. Panel paper: “In Search of Korean North American Women’s Identity,”  Toronto, ON

September 2000

  • “What New Song Shall We Sing?”  Knox College. Panel paper:  “Asian Theology for Immigrant Churches,” Toronto, ON

May 2000

  • The Association of Korean Christian Scholars in North America Annual Meeting. Panel paper:  “Out of Bounds:  Second Generation Korean North American’s Search for Culture and Theology,” Princeton, NJ

April 2000  

  • American Academy of Religion- Eastern International Region Conference. Paper panel: “Sophia’s Empowerment:  Korean North American Women’s Christology,” Syracuse, NY

May 1999

  • The Association of Korean Christian Scholars in North America Annual Meeting. Paper panel: “Korean North American Women’s Theological Method,”   Princeton, NJ

April 1999          

  • American Academy of Religion- Eastern International Region Conference. Paper panel: “Impact of Confucianism on the Lives of Korean Women,”  Geneva, NY

May 1998            

  • The Association of Korean Christian Scholars in North America Annual Meeting. Paper panel:  “Sophia as a Resource for Korean North American Women’s Christology,” Princeton, NJ

April 1998  

  • American Academy of Religion- Eastern International Region Conference. Paper panel: “Methodological Concerns for Korean North American Women’s Theology,” Toronto, ON

March 1998                

  • Pacific Asian North American Asian Women in Theology and Ministry (PANAAWTM) National Conference. Moderated a panel:  “Methodological Issues for Doing Theology and Studies of Religion as Pacific Asian/Asian North American Asian Women,” Toronto, ON

March 1996                

  • Pacific Asian North American Asian Women in Theology and Ministry (PANAAWTM) National Conference. Paper panel: “Asian Feminist Theology,” Boston, MA

March 1996

  • Pacific Asian North American Asian Women in Theology and Ministry (PANAAWTM) National Conference. Invited paper panel: “Advanced Degree Studies,” Boston, MA
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