Hope for Peace in a Broken World: Religions Journal

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This is my new article “Hope for Peace in a Broken World: 1 Chronicles, Exile and Building Walls” for Religions 9 (2016): 136-146. 

The 9th issue will be about “Peace in a World of Conflicts”. The stated goal of the great world religions is to establish peace both within the world and between God and human beings. It is not a small paradox that today religion is frequently portrayed as a great disturber of peace both insides the communities and in international affairs at large. The forthcoming issue of Religions/Adyan will reflect upon the ways world religions conceive peace and can contribute to restore it in our trouble times.

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What Does It Mean to Love Our Neighbor?

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Church Pews with Stained Glass Beyond Pulpit

This is my latest cowritten Huffington Post with Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. on Muslim, Christian, Jewish understanding of God.

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