Episode 9 - Christian Zionism in Asian and Asian American Contexts

This month we sat down with Rev. Gerlyn Henry, Dr. Christine Pae, and Jessica Sun to talk about the manifestations of Christian Zionism within Asian and Asian American communities. On the one hand, Christian Zionism in Asia is a growing movement that combines a dispensationalist end-times theology with strong support for Israel. On the other hand, many minority and tribal communities in Asia have found common cause with the Palestinian people, finding many parallels between the situation in Palestine and their own respective struggles.  During this episode we will dive deeper into a seemingly contradictory set of realities to gain a clearer understanding of what Christian Zionism looks like in Asian and Asian American communities.

Resources Mentioned

• Contending Modernities — https://contendingmodernities.nd.edu/global-currents/reflections-gaza-global-south/
• A Transpacific Imagination of Theology, Ethics, and Spiritual Activism: Doing Feminist Ethics Transnationally by Keun-joo Christine Pae via VitalSource 
• Embodying Antiracist Christianity: Asian American Theological Resources for Just Racial Relations ed. Keun-joo Christine Pae, Boyung Lee via SpringerLink
• Searching for the Future in the Past: Renewing Feminist Theological Voices ed. Keun-joo Christine Pae and Kathleen T. Talvacchia via Bloomsbury
• Theology after Gaza: a global anthology ed. Mitri Raheb and Graham McGeoch via Wipf & Stock
• Popular Resistance in Palestine: A History of Hope and Empowerment by Mazin B. Qumsiyeh via Pluto Press
• An Asian American Theology of Liberation by Wong Tian An ebook available via Amazon
• Black Theology and Black Power by James Cone via Orbis Books
• Teología de la Liberación / A Theology of Liberation: History, Politics, and Salvation by Gustavo Gutiérrez via Orbis Books
• Beyond God the Father: Toward a Philosophy of Women's Liberation by Mary Daly via Beacon Press
• The Contemporary Way of the Cross (Sabeel) via FOSNA bookstore
• Orientalism by Edward Said via Penguin Random House

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