Communal Generations
Description
This open access celebratory volume marks the twentieth anniversary of the Asian Theological Institute (ATI), which is committed to mentoring and building community as resources for sustaining future theological work. It gathers contributions from a number of ATI's alumni and alumnae across diverse disciplines, ethnicities, career stages, and geographical locations to reflect on their experiences with ATI, their own scholarship, and the culture of the academy. More than retrospective, this anthology demonstrates how Asian and Asian American theologians are advancing innovative scholarship while building intergenerational networks of support. By weaving together critical reflection, constructive theology, and personal witness, this collection not only honors ATI's legacy but also points toward the dynamic future of Asian and Asian American theological studies.
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Person
Tat-siong Benny Liew is Class of 1956 Professor in New Testament Studies at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. His most recent publication is a co-edited volume with Fernando F. Segovia titled Reading in These Times: Purposes and Practices of Minoritized Biblical Criticism (2024).
Content
Chapter 1. History, Community, and Generativity: Telling Stories of the Asian Theological (Summer) Institute (Tat-siong Benny Liew).- Chapter 2. A Search for a Good Relational Space (Hee-Kyu Heidi Park).- Chapter 3. Time to "Decolonize" Affect? a.k.a. The Question of Integrity in Affect in Group Relations (Sunder John Boopalan).- Chapter 4. Ladlad and Baklâ as Transfigurative Witness (Michael Sepidoza Campos).- Chapter 5. Introducing Condisposability: A Lens to Complement Intersectionality (Jeremy Posadas).- Chapter 6. Vietnamese American Catholics Between the Dragon and the Eagle: Living in the Cultural and Religious Interstices (Ho Thi Nguyen).- Chapter 7. If We Lose the Earth, We Lose our Asian Souls (Dong Hyeon Jeong).- Chapter 8. Asian Theology as a Transdisciplinary and Praxis-oriented Theology: A Reflection from a Hong Kong-Chinese Catholic (Mary Mee-Yin Yuen).- Chapter 9. Marginality, Minjung, and the Making of Asian American Theology (William Yoo).- Chapter 10. Beyond the Classroom: A Political Theology of Religions in the Context of Political Violence (David Thang Moe).- Chapter 11. Beyond Boundaries: Asian/Asian American Scholarship and the Future of World Christianity (Byung Ho Choi).- Chapter 12. Bypassing Whiteness as Method: Notes from Transpacific Solidarities (Xenia L. Chan).- Chapter 13. Imagining an Emerging Space of Asian Autobiographical Theology (Toar Hutagalung).- Chapter 14. Journey to the Self: The Asian Theological Institute's Transformation of the Academic Self (Yii-Jan Lin).- Chapter 15. Asian Theological Summer Institute and Our Collective Scholarly Futures (SueJeanne Koh).- Chapter 16. Reclaiming the Sangha: Rethinking Asian/Asian American Theology in U.S. Higher Ed (Stephanie M. Wong).