Interdisciplinary and Religio-Cultural Discourses on a Spirit-Filled World: Loosing the Spirits

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amos yong, Holy Spirit, intercultural, Interreligious Dialogue, Kirsteen Kim, theology, Veli-Matti Karkkainen

I endorsed a really exciting new book, Interdisciplinary and Religio-Cultural Discourses on a Spirit-Filled World: Loosing the Spirits by Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen, Kirsteen Kim, Amos Yong

Book Description:

This volume presents interdisciplinary, intercultural, and interreligious approaches exploring a pneumatological theology in its broadest sense, especially in attempting to conceive of a spirit-filled world. The authors seek to discern the spiritual dimensions in the wider domains of the history, culture, the polis, the

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Colonialism, Han, and the Transformative Spirit

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amos yong, Anselm Min, book, colonialism, Colonialism Han and the Tranformative Spirit, erotic power, globalization, god, grace ji-sun kim, han, Heather Eaton, hybrdity, pain, palgrave macmillan, Pamela Brubaker, planet, postcolonialism, Spirit, suffering, sustainability, wholeness

This is my third book. Each book was a struggle to write.  In my struggle, this short book on globalization, ecology and sustainability has become very important to me. Now that this book will be released later this month, I am very excited about how it will contribute to such a growing literature of eco-justice and Spirit.

This is such a crucial topic for our time as it affects our livelihood, flourishing and our future existence on this planet earth. I hope that you will also be as passionate about taking care of each other and the earth.  I hope to hear some feedback on my book from you all.

Amos Yong’s Review of “Holy Spirit, Chi, and the Other”

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amos yong, Asian American Theology, book review, chi, grace ji-sun kim, pnematology, regent university, religions, The Holy Spirit Chi and the Other, theology

I am reposting a book review of my book, The Holy Spirit, Chi and the Other by Dr. Amos Yong at Regent University.  It was published in the Journal Religions Oct 2012.

The Holy Spirit, Chi, and the Other: A Model of Global and Intercultural Pneumatology

The title of this book is a bit deceptive. Yes, Grace Kim, a Korean American theologian who teaches at Moravian Theological Seminary in Pennsylvania, does present the global and intercultural pneumatology suggested in the volume sub-title. However, she does much more than this, in effect proposing via a