Asian Christianity in the Diaspora: AAPI Heritage Month

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May is Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month. As we celebrate AAPI Heritage Month, I wanted to highlight our book series, “Asian Christianity in the Diaspora” and introduce our amazing AAPI authors.

Please order them for your libraries as they are essential readings for colleges, seminaries, churches etc.,

If you want to submit a proposal, please send it to the Book Series Co-editors: Dr. Joe Cheah or myself.

Intersectional Theology Lecture at Georgetown University Qatar

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I am looking forward to giving a lecture on Intersectional Theology at Georgetown University Qatar as part of their Spring Faculty Seminar.

The lecture will be based on new book, Intersectional Theology co-written with Susan Shaw.

I will also teach a class on “Asian American Theology”.

Here I Am: Webinar

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Watch my Here I Am Webinar.

This is a special book as it was written in part to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Korean American Presbyterian Clergywoman (2015). Therefore, help us celebrate our anniversary and share the news of our book book.

Here I am: Faith Stories of Korean American Clergywomen–Book Review

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I am reposting a book review of my latest edited book, Here I Am. This is reviewed by Seungyoun Jeong, PhD Candidate, for the Asian American Theological Forum.

Please read and share it. For review and exam copies of Here I Am, please do contact me.

Asian American Liberative Theologies

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I wrote a chapter,“Asian American Liberative Theologies” for Dr. Miguel De La Torre’s new book, Introducing Liberative Theologies. 

The Amazon description of the book,

“Authors write from the perspective of their own community, a and include prominent theologians, including Jorge Aquino, Jonathan Tan, Joerge Rieger, and Sharon Betcher. Each essay includes resources for further reading, discussion questions, and a number of inserts and pullouts to explain important concepts.”

Asian American Theology, Racialization and Identity: PTS

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I will be giving a talk at Princeton Theological Seminary

Asian American Program Lecture:

Embracing the Other: #SRER15

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I am at the Society of Race, Ethnicity and Religion Conference at Iliff School of Theology in Denver, Co.

I was on Panel #1 – “The Grammar of Suffering and Death”

 

 

BRC and Friends with Grace Ji-Sun Kim and Joseph Cheah: Theological Reflections on “Gangnam Style”

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I enjoyed being interviewed by the one and only Rev. Bruce Reyes-Chow.  Below is a repost of Reyes-Chow’s original post on his site.  Please read his books, Social Media in the Church and But I don’t see you as Asian.

 

Bruce Reyes-Chow  October 23, 2014   culture & politics, faith & religion, family & community, read

Theological Reflections on “Gangnam Style”

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My new book, Theological Reflections on “Gangnam Style”: A Racial, Sexual and Cultural Critique (Palgrave Macmillan) co-written with Joseph Cheah is now available for pre-order on Amazon.

This new book is the first one in the book series, “Asian Christianity in the Diaspora“(Palgrave Macmillan) for which Joseph Cheah and I are both serve as co-editors.  Special thanks to our editor Burke Gerstenschlager for his guidance, trust and encouragement.

Honoring the Generations: Learning with Asian North American Congregations

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It is always wonderful to read good literature on Asian American Theology.  I had the honor of meeting Dr. Al Tizon, one of the editors of the book, Honoring the Generations:  Learning with Asian American Congregations.  He is one of the three editors of this informative book which examines various Asian North American congregations and the various issues which are pertinent to this vibrant Christian community.