Strangers in a Strange Land: The God of the Bible often works through “outsider” women

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Eerdmans, Embracing the Other, foreigner, immigration, Jim Rice, perpetual foreigner, Sojourners

I wrote an article for Sojourner’s Magazine (December 2015) entitled, “Strangers in a Strange Land: The God of the Bible often works through “outsider” women.” 

This piece was inspired from my book, Embracing the Other (Eerdmans). 

Here is the link to the full article. Below is an excerpt of my article.

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All of Us: Thirty Seconds or Less

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Ezra 9, foreigner, Jim Kast-Keat, Marissa418, Thirty Seconds or Less

Here is my recording, “All of Us” for Thirty Seconds or Less (Ideas done daily).

It is for a series of posts tagged “Marissa418”

Foreign Women: Ezra, Intermarriage and Asian American Women’s Identity

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Ezra, feminist theology, foreigner, grace ji-sun kim, immigrant

This is my latest journal article for Feminist Theology “Foreign Women:  Ezra, Intermarriage and Asian American Women’s Identity”.  It is published in Feminist Theology 2014, Vol. 22(3): 241-252.

 

Abstract

One’s ‘Asianness’ signifies to the white dominant group, that s/he is a foreigner and consequently a second-class citizen. Asian American women have been perceived to be the perpetual foreigner. The understanding of the foreigner within the book of Ezra brings to light how foreign women were treated, excluded and forced to move away. As more immigrants come into North America, we need to learn ways to welcome them fully and not as second- class citizens or the Other.

Do you Speak English? Racial Discrimination and Being the Other

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discrimination, Feminist Studies in Religion, foreigner, grace ji-sun kim, other, racial issues

This is my latest post for Feminist Studies in Religion, “Do you Speak English? Racial Discrimination and Being the Other”.  I would love to hear your comments or feedback.

I speak fluent English, conversational Korean and textbook French. I am proud to be trilingual and I always encourage my children to speak Korean with me. They never do. I do my best to speak to them in Korean, unless I am disciplining them. Then, only English comes out of my mouth.

Uriah – An Outsider Welcomed When It Was Useful

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Bathsheba, David, ethicsdaily.com, foreigner, grace ji-sun kim, Hittite, hybrid, hybridity, identity, immigrant, Jersusalem, Uriah, welcome

In contrast to David, Uriah abides by the Torah and observes the wartime soldier’s ban against conjugal relations. Despite this, the scribes did not claim Uriah as one of them, but as a “Hittite,” an outsider, Kim writes.

I had written an entry, “Uriah” for the new book, Dictionary of the Bible and Western Culture.   EthicsDaily.com has revised my entry and has posted it on their site.  This is the new post.

Uriah the Hittite, husband of Bathsheba, was an officer of the Israelite army, a native of Jerusalem and a faithful Yahwist. Uriah is a Yahwistic name meaning “Yahweh is my light/fire.”