Learning Our Names
Asian American Christians on Identity, Relationships, and Vocation
What's your name?
Asian Americans know the pain of being called names that deny our humanity. We may toggle back and forth between different names as a survival strategy. But it's a challenge to discern what names reflect our true identities as Asian Americans and as Christians. In an era when Asians face ongoing discrimination and marginalization, it can be hard to live into God's calling for our lives.
Asian American Christians need to hear and own our diverse stories beyond the cultural expectations of the model minority or perpetual foreigner. A team from East Asian, Southeast Asian, and South Asian backgrounds explores what it means to learn our names and be seen by God. They encourage us to know our history, telling diverse stories of the Asian diaspora in America who have been shaped and misshaped by migration, culture, and faith. As we live in the multiple tensions of being Asian American Christians, we can discover who we are and what God may have in store for us and our communities.
La Thao (Hmong American) is an InterVarsity campus staff in Wisconsin and previously served as the director of InterVarsity's Hmong Christian Collegiate Conference.
E. David de Leon (Pilipino American) is a doctoral student at Fordham University and previously served as national director of InterVarsity's Global Urban Trek.
Linson Daniel (Indian American) is associate pastor of Metro Church in Dallas, Texas. He previously served as the national coordinator for South Asian InterVarsity and is a doctoral student at Fuller Theological Seminary.
Sabrina S. Chan, a daughter of immigrants from Hong Kong, is national director of Asian American Ministries for InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA. She is an ordained minister and earned a master's degree in theology from Fuller Theological Seminary.
Introduction, Sabrina S. Chan
Part One: Learning Our Stories
1. Knowing Our Names, E. David de Leon
2. Being Asian American, E. David de Leon
3. Resisting Our Racialization, Sabrina S. Chan
Part Two: Learning Our Relationships
4. Knowing Our Parents, La Thao
5. Growing Our Partnerships, Sabrina S. Chan and Linson Daniel
6. Living Our Singleness, La Thao
7. Embracing Our Religious Diversity, La Thao
Part Three: Learning Our Vocations
8. Finding a Home at Church, Linson Daniel
9. Discovering Our Vocation, Linson Daniel
10. Bringing Our Leadership, Sabrina S. Chan
Acknowledgments
Questions for Reflection and Discussion
Recommended Reading
Notes
"Warning: this book will awaken you to better understand a dynamic and growing population of Jesus followers. You may end up longing to participate in the good work that God is doing in the AAPI community. Learning Our Names provides inside stories that evoke both laughter and tears and give insight into the unique identity and social-cultural reality of AAPI Christians. You will need this book for impactful ministry in the twenty-first-century North American context."
"Whether you're Asian American or not, Learning Our Names will helpfully guide you through an insightful and redemptive journey of our names, our histories, our families, our backgrounds, and our gifts in light of God's larger story. It's a great primer that shows how Asian Americans can embrace where we've come from and who we're made to be in faith, life, and love." weniger anzeigen expand_less
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Sabrina S. Chan, Linson Daniel, E. David de Leon, La Thao
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- Verlag IVP
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- Veröffentlichung 30.08.2022
- ISBN 9780830847754
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