Asian American Christianity

Catalog description

An introduction to the emerging fields of Asian American theology, biblical hermeneutics, and ethics, focusing on the diasporic experiences and diverse voices of Asian Americans following the 1965 Immigration Act. Topics include: immigration, generational conflicts, racism and racial reconciliation, identity construction, model minority myth, ethnic-specific and pan-Asian ministries, Asian American Christian ethics, and comparison with other contextualist approaches from Asia and from other racial-ethnic groups in the U.S.