Moravian College Lecture: “Exploitation, Consumerism & Eco-Justice”

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Colonialism Han and the Tranformative Spirit, consumption, Don St. John, eco-justice, ecology, exploitation, grace ji-sun kim, Kelly Denton-Borhaug, Moravian College, Moravian Theological Seminary, religion department, sustainability

I was invited by Moravian College’s Religion Department to give a lecture entitled, “Exploitation, Consumerism, and Eco-Justice”   to fit the college’s “In Focus” theme this year on “Sustainability” (April 2, 2013).  I have given lots of lectures and talks in the past, but for some reason, I was really nervous all day before my 7p.m. lecture.  A colleague said to me at noon that ‘if I was a good procrastinator, I wouldn’t be nervous until evening….”

Exploitation, Consumerism, and Eco-Justice

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climate change, Colonialism Han and the Tranformative Spirit, consumerism, Don St. John, eco-justice, exploitation, grace ji-sun kim, han, InFocus, Kelly Denton-Borhaug, Moravian College, Moravian Theological Seminary, palgrave macmillan, sustainability

The Moravian College Religion Department

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Proudly Presents:

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

7:00 p.m. U.B.C. Rm, H.U.B.

“Exploitation, Consumerism, and Eco-Justice“

by

Grace Ji-Sun Kim, Ph.D.

Globalism, colonialism, and consumerism have caused unjust suffering (han) for the

My AAR Response to Dr. Kelly Denton-Borhaug’s Book

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This is a shortened version of my response paper to Dr. Kelly Denton-Borhaug’s book U.S. War-Culture, Sacrifice and Salvation at AAR annual Conference in Chicago.

We just went through a long election season.  The presidential campaigning was extensive and very expensive.  The campaigning also drew a lot of attention on government spending on war and the different wars that the U.S. is engaged in at the present time.

Being a Korean Woman Theologian in the Academy

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grace ji-sun kim, Kelly Denton-Borhaug, Korean American Theologian, Moravian College, religion, theology, women

“Being a Korean Woman Theologian in the Academy”

Featuring Rev. Dr. Grace Ji-Sun Kim, Associate Professor at Moravian Theological Seminary,

who will informally share her experience and perspective

Kelly Denton-Borhaug:U.S. War-culture, Sacrifice and Salvation

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AAR, book panel, ethics, Kelly Denton-Borhaug, Moravian College, peace, sacrifice, war

There will be a book session at the American Academy of Religion (AAR) for Dr. Kelly Denton-Borhaug’s new book, U.S. War-culture, Sacrifice and Salvation.  Dr. Mark Heim and myself will be responding to her book.  This session is on Saturday Nov. 17, 2012 at McCormick Place West – 182,  1p.m.

This book grew out of consternation and confusion that I experienced in the post 9/11 period regarding the heightened naturalization of war-culture in the U.S. as an unquestioned and to-be-expected feature of life.  My exploration of the role of the rhetoric, practices and cognitive frameworks of sacrifice as central to this