27 Saturday Mar 2021
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13 Sunday Sep 2015
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.”
18 Monday Nov 2013
A25-22729 Wednesday May 2013
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Anthony Pinn, Feminist Studies in Religion, feminist theology, grace ji-sun kim, journey, Miguel De la Torre, minority scholars, racism, reflection, reimagination, SRER, Stacey Floyd-Thomas, supremacy, white privilege
This is a repost of my original column for Feminist Studies in Religion.
Much of my personal life intersects with race, religion, and gender issues. In some ways, the word intersects is too gentle. Perhaps collide better captures what occurs in my life as an Asian North American woman theologian, writer, minister, and mother. As I try to engage in theological dialogue, live in community with the dominant, unfamiliar culture, and raise my kids Continue reading
13 Monday May 2013
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George E. “Tink” Tinker, from left, Shawn Copeland and Miguel A. De La Torre at the first meeting of the Society of Race, Ethnicity and Religion. (Photo: Society of Race, Ethnicity and Religion Facebook page)
This is my latest post for EthicsDaily.com. It is a reflection of the inaugural meeting of the Society of Race, Ethnicity and Religion (SRER). SRER was held in Chicago, April 26-28, 2013 at Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago and McCormick Theological Seminary.
I love a good story. Continue reading
28 Sunday Apr 2013
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Anthony Pinn, communities of color, ethnicity, grace ji-sun kim, Miguel De la Torre, race, religion, scholars, scholarship, Society or Race Ethnicity and Religion, Stacey Floyd-Thomas
The first inaugural meeting for the “Society of Race Ethnicity and Religion” took place April 26-28, 2013 at Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago and McCormick Theological Seminary.
We had a large gathering of graduate students, professors, scholars and activists who attended, participated and contributed to this inaugural meeting. Continue reading
20 Wednesday Mar 2013
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Anthony Pinn, Ethnicity and Religion, grace ji-sun kim, Miguel De la Torre, religion, Society or Race Ethnicity and Religion, Stacey Floyd-Thomas
You do not want to miss this historic event. The first annual meeting of the Society of Race, Ethnicity and Religion.04 Monday Mar 2013
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abstinence, bible, celibacy, christian, church, marriage, Miguel De la Torre, New Testament, patriarchy, Paul, property, Spirit, theology, women
This post comes from my friend Dr. Miguel De La Torre. It was originally posted abp News and is reposted here with permission.
The concept of marriage in which women were relegated to property evolved from the Hebrew Bible by the time we get to the New Testament. The New Testament discouraged marriage, placing it secondary to a life of singleness and celibacy. Continue reading
17 Monday Dec 2012
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Anthony Pinn, chicago, communities of color, Ethnicity and Religion, George "Tink" Tinker, James Cone, Kwok Pui-lan, M. Shawn Copeland, Miguel De la Torre, Otto Maduro, Society or Race, Stacey Floyd-Thomas
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Society of Race, Ethnicity and Religion
Although a space has been carved out for scholars of color, the scholarship taking place within that space continues to be ignored; and because there are numerous sessions and groups during Academic conferences – so many of our sessions are forced to conflict with each other, seldom providing the opportunity for scholars of color to cross-pollinate. Scholars of color must ask if we inadvertently constructed impressive exclusive Continue reading
Grace Ji-Sun Kim 