Doing Asian American Theology: A Contextual Framework for Faith and Practice

by Daniel D. Lee

Publisher:

IVP Academic

, 2022

Overview

“Asian American theology is about God revealed in Jesus Christ in covenantal relationship with Asian Americans qua Asian Americans. Thus, Asian American theology is about Asian Americans as well, as human covenant partners alongside of God.”

In Doing Asian American Theology, Daniel D. Lee focuses on Asian American identity and its relationship to faith and theology, providing a vocabulary and grammar, and laying out a methodology for Asian American theologies in their ethnic, generational, and regional differences. Lee’s framework for Asian American theological contextuality proposes an Asian American quadrilateral of the intersection of Asian heritage, migration experience, American culture, and racialization. This methodology incorporates the need for personal integration and communal journey, especially in the work of Asian American ministry. With interdisciplinary insights from interpersonal neurobiology and trauma theory, he offers a process of integration and reconciliation for Asian American theologies in service of Asian American communities of every kind.

Key Features

• Focuses on Asian American identity and its relationship to faith and theology
• Provides a methodology for Asian American theologies in their ethnic, generational, and regional differences
• Incorporates the need for personal integration and communal journey, especially in the work of Asian American ministry

Contents

• Introduction
• Contextuality and Particularity
• Election and Gentileness
• Asian America and the Asian American Quadrilateral
• Asian Heritage and Cultural Archetypes
• Migration and Loss
• American Culture and Representation
• Racialization and Navigating the Binary
• Fragmentation and Integration
• Embodiment and Ecclesiology
• Invitation

Praise for the Print Edition

Daniel Lee writes especially for his Asian American sisters and brothers, church leaders, and fellow theologians and colleagues. Yet I hope many non–Asian Americans read this book, not to eavesdrop on our conversation but to attend to how Doing Asian American Theology testifies through dissonant accents the wondrous work of God among Asian American believers in North American contexts. The result may be a lot of perplexity and even ‘What does this mean?’ but also new possibilities for a revitalized church and witness anticipating the justice and shalom of the coming divine reign.

—Amos Yong, dean of the School of Mission and Theology at Fuller Theological Seminary

Product Details

• Title: Doing Asian American Theology: A Contextual Framework for Faith and Practice
• Author: Daniel D. Lee
• Publisher: IVP Academic
• Print Publication Date: 2022
• Logos Release Date: 2022
• Pages: 217
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• Subjects: Asian Americans › Religion; Asian American theology
• ISBNs: 9781514000830, 9781514000823, 1514000830, 1514000822
• Resource ID: LLS:DNGSNMRFTHPRCTC
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-11-01T21:48:57Z

About Daniel D. Lee

Daniel D. Lee (PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary) is the director of the Center for Asian American Theology and Ministry at Fuller Theological Seminary, where he also teaches and researches in the area of theology and Asian American ministry. He is the author of Double Particularity: Karl Barth, Contextuality, and the Asian American Theology. He lives in Pasadena, California with his wife, Judy, and their three daughters.