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FULL-TIME FACULTY

Rev. Dr. Grace Ji-Sun Kim (2004)
Associate Professor of Doctrinal Theology
BS, Victoria University, University of Toronto, 1992
MDiv, Knox College, University of Toronto, 1995
PhD, University of St. Michael’s College, University of Toronto, 2001

Phone: 610-861-1522
Email: gjskim@moravian.edu


Selected Publications

Books

The Grace of Sophia: A Korean North American Women's Christology (Cleveland: The Pilgrim Press, 2002).

The Grace of Sophia reaches out to Korean North American women, including former victims of severe religious and cultural suffering in Korea and current casualties of racism, classism, and sexism in North America.  By sharing her own views on racism, the patriarchal Korean society, and multifaith understandings of wisdom, Kim offers strength for the journey to empowerment and hope in the search for a liberative Korean North American women’s Christology.

Volume on 1 & 2 Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah, in Belief: A Theological Commentary on the Bible, editorial consultants: Amy Plantinga Pauw and William C. Placher.  Jon L. Berquist, Executive Editor for Biblical Studies, Westminster John Knox Press, 2011.

Westminster John Knox Press will publish a series of commentaries that intentionally provide theological reflection on biblical books. 

Book Chapters

2013: “Proper 13 for Year A,”  in Preaching Social Justice: A Lectionary Commentary, edited by Ron Lewis, Dale P. Andrews & Dawn Ottoni-Wilhelm (Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press) forthcoming.

2012: “Proper 13 for Year C,”  in Preaching Social Justice: A Lectionary Commentary, edited by Ron Lewis, Dale P. Andrews & Dawn Ottoni-Wilhelm (Louisville:  Westminster John Knox Press) forthcoming.

2012: “Ezra 9: Foreign Wives,” Global Perspectives on the Bible, edited by Mark Roncace & Joe Weaver, forthcoming.

2011: “Uriah,” Dictionary of the Bible and Western Culture, co-edited by Michael Gilmour & Mary Ann Beavis (Sheffield:  Sheffield Phoenix Press).

2011: “Proper 13 for Year B,”  in Preaching Social Justice: A Lectionary Commentary, edited by Ron Lewis, Dale P. Andrews & Dawn Ottoni-Wilhelm (Louisville:  Westminster John Knox Press) forthcoming.

2011: “Moltmann: Staurocentricism and the Necessity of the Spirit,” in Beyond the Pale: Reading Christian Theology from the Margins, edited by Miguel De La Torre & Stacey M. Floyd-Thomas  (Louisville:  Westminster John Knox Press) forthcoming.

2011: “Dehegemonizing the Spirit” in Reading the Bible and Doing Theology in Asian American Context:  Essays in Honor of Sang Hyun Lee, edited by Kevin Park & Hak Joon Lee, forthcoming.

2011: Three Theological Commentaries on 1 Thessalonians 2:1-8, 1 John 3:1-3 & 1 Thessalonians 2:9-13 in Feasting on the Word, Commentary Series, Volume XII, edited by David L. Bartlett & Barbara Brown Taylor (Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press) forthcoming.

2010: “Chi and Spirit:  A Korean North American Theology,” in Theology and the Crisis of Engagement, edited by Nestor Medina and Jeff Nowers  (Waterloo:  Wilfrid Laurier University Press), forthcoming.

2010: “Exploring Holy Spirit, Chi and the Other,” in  A New Day:  Essays on World Christianity in Honor of Lamin Sanneh  edited by Akintunde Akinade  (New York:  Peter Lang), 288-300.

2010: “Asian American Feminist Theology,” in Liberation Theologies in the United States:  An Introduction, edited by Anthony Pinn and Stacey M. Floyd-Thomas  (New York:  New York University Press), 131-148.

2008: “What Forms Us:  Multiculturalism, the Other and Theology,” in Feminist Theology With A Canadian Accent:  Canadian Perspectives on Contextual Theology, edited by Mary Ann Beavis, Elaine Guillemin & Barbara Pell (Ottawa: Novalis), 78-99.

2007: Literary Commentary on “Bread for the Journey,” by Henri Nouwen, in Masterplots II:  Christian Literature, edited by John K. Roth  (Pasadena:  Salem Press), 215-217.

Articles

2010: “Exploring Commonalities: Chi and Holy Spirit,”  Journal of Asian American Theology, forthcoming.

2010: “Globalization and World Consumption:  An Ethical Theological Discourse,”  Forum on Public Policy, Vol 2010 no 3. (September 2010). 
http://forumonpublicpolicy.com/spring2010.vol2010/spring2010archive/kim.grace.pdf

2009: “In Search of a Pneumatology:  Chi and Spirit,” Feminist Theology, 18(1): 117-132.

2007: “A Global Understanding of the Spirit,” Dialogue and Alliance, 21(2):17-31.

2005:  “Stewardship Part II:  Living it Out,” Clergy Journal,  LXXXII :31-32.

2005: “Stewardship:  The Consequences of Not Living It Out,” Clergy Journal,  LXXXI:14-15.

2003:  “Theology of Empowerment,” International Council on Korean Studies (ICKS)

2002: “The Grace of Sophia and the Healing of Han,”  Toronto Journal of Theology, 18:129-141.

2002: “Weaving a Korean North American Women’s Theological Method,”  Journal of Asian and Asian American Theology, V (Spring): 65-80.

2001: "Revisioning Christ," Feminist Theology, (Fall): 82-92.

1999: "Oppression and Han: Korean Women's Historical Context," Journal of Asian and Asian American Theology,  III (Spring):55-70.

1999: "Roundtable Discussion: From Generation to Generation," Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion, 15(Spring):119-121.

1999: "Sophia as a Resource for Korean North American Women's Christology," compiled by Sang Hyun Lee,  Asian American Theology: Korean American Perspective,  Princeton:  Association of Korean Christian Scholars in North America, Inc., p. 32-40

1998: "Han and the Context of Theology for Korean North American Women,"  Koinonia, X:41-60

1997:  “Crafting an Asian Immigrant Feminist Theology,” In God’s Image, 16:57-58

1994: “Anselm’s Theory of Atonement: A Critique From an Asian Feminist Perspective”, Master of Divinity Thesis, Knox College, University of Toronto

1990: "My Summer in India," Presbyterian Record, March: 6, 7

Book Reviews

2010: Christian Theology in Asia,  by Sebastian C. H. Kim (New York:  Cambridge University Press, 2008),  Studies in Religion, 3(39): 468-469.

2010: Introducing Asian American Theologies, by Jonathan Y. Tan (Maryknoll, Orbis Books, 2008),  Interpretation: A Journal of Bible and Theology, 64(2010):211.

2009: Communicating Christ in Myanmar:  Issues, Interactions, and Perspectives, by Samuel Ngun Ling (Yangon, Myanmar:  Association for Theological Education in Myanmar, 2005),  Journal of Ecumenical Studies, 44 vol 3: 484-485.

2008: The Jesus of Asian Women, by Muriel Orevillo-Montenegro (Maryknoll:  Orbis Books, 2006),  Journal of World Christianity, 1:212-216.

2008: The Church and the Library: Studies in Honor of Rev. Dr. George C. Papademetriou, edited by Dean Papademetriou and Andrew J. Sopko  (Boston, MA: Somerset Hall Press, 2005),  Journal of Ecumenical Studies. 43:141-142

2005: Constructive Theology:  A Contemporary Approach to Classical Themes, edited by Serene Jones & Paul Lakeland (Minneapolis:  Augsburg Fortress, 2005), 
The Moravian, October

2005: The Other Side of Sin, edited by Andrew Sung Park and Susan L. Nelson (Albany: State University of New York Press, 2001), Book Note for Vital Theology, 2:8

2005: Discovering the Bible in the Non-Biblical World, by Kwok Pui-lan (Maryknoll:  Orbis Books, 1995), Book Note for  Vital Theology, 2:8

2005: Postcolonialism, Feminism & Religious Discourse, edited by Laura E. Donaldson & Kwok Pui-lan (New York:  Routledge, 2002), Book Note for Vital Theology, 2:8

2002: Life Abundant:  Rethinking Theology and Economy for a Planet in Peril, by Sallie McFague (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2001), Toronto Journal of Theology, 18:
308-309

2000: Responsible Parenthood:  Decriminalizing Contraception in Canada, by Brenda Margaret Appleby (Toronto:  University of Toronto Press, 1999), Toronto Journal of Theology, 16:287-288

2000: Women's Ways of Worship:  Gender Analysis and Liturgical History, by Teresa Berger (Minnesota:  The Liturgical Press, 1999), Toronto Journal of Theology, 16:288-289

1999: Women and Redemption:  A Theological History, by Rosemary Radford Ruether (Minneapolis:  Fortress Press, 1998), Toronto Journal of Theology, 15:234-235

1998: Transforming Grace, by Anne Carr (New York:  Continuum, 1988), Toronto Journal of Theology, 14:132

 

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