Asian Americans and Christian Ministry

by Lee, Inn Sook; Son, Timothy D.; Chang, Peter Thiam Chai (CON); George, Kurien (CON); Hwang, Young Hoon (CON)

• ISBN13: 9781606085462
• ISBN10: 1606085468
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-04-03
• Publisher: Wipf & Stock Pub

Summary

Asian American Christian churches have been serving Asian immigrants not only as their spiritual home providing nurture, comfort and uplifting of spirituality during their times of adjustment but also as a generative womb leading the alienated immigrants toward a meaningful integration into the larger society.The articles included here attempt to provide theoretical and theological foundations for understanding the Asian American predicament, and explore psychosocial experiences individually and collectively. Also included are articles, which relate theological and biblical insights to the unique experiences of the Asian American faith communities with the hope to reconstruct a better future.

Author Biography

Inn Sook Lee has been teaching at Princeton Theological Seminary as an adjunct professor of practical theology since 1989. She is the author of the forthcoming Passage to the Real Self: The Development of Self Integration for Asian American Women, editor of Korean American Women: Toward Self-Realization, and has written numerous articles geared around Asian American experiences. Timothy D. Son is an assistant professor of Christian education and youth ministry at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. 7
Experience in America and God-Talk
The Taste of a Nickel Coke: Stories of the Japanese American Women of the Internment	p. 9
The Significance of the L.A. Uprising and James Cone's Black Theology: Concentrating on Issues of Culture and Identity in U.S. Minorities	p. 34
My Father is Japanese, But I Have My Mother's Last Name	p. 49
Tracking the Spirit of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial	p. 61
Pilgrimage and Home in the Wilderness of Marginality: Symbols and Context in Asian American Theology	p. 75
Quest for Self: Asian American Identity
Postmodern Politics of Difference and Asian American Identity	p. 89
Identity Formation During Identity Crisis: Reflection on the Significance of Religio-Existential Aspects of Identity Formation	p. 101
Quest for Self: Stages in Identity Formation for Korean American Women	p. 122
Caring for Generations: Pastoral Care
Shame and Asian American Experiences	p. 149
The Eclectic Therapy for Korean Batterers	p. 173
Uncovering Past Despair, Giving Present Hope: A Clinical Analysis of the Relationship Pattern of "T" Family from India	p. 202
Facilitating Spiritual Wholeness: Church and Ministry
Religious Participation of Korean Immigrants: Relationship Between Motivation Factor Theories and Religious Participation	p. 226
Encountering the Other: My Baptism into a Korean American Youth Group - Toward a Culturally and Socially Informed Ministry	p. 235
Spiritual Enrichment for Chinese Professionals: Princeton Christian Church	p. 252
Korean Wives of American Servicemen in Shadow Land	p. 266
Korean Preaching: The Evaluation of Its Present Situation	p. 284
Notes	p. 303
Contributors	p. 337
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