Centering: The Asian American Christian Podcast

05/07/2024

Centering is back with our 9th season entitled "Speaking Asian American"!

This season features conversations between Daniel D Lee, Academic Dean of Asian American Center of Fuller Theological Seminary and Associate Professor of Theology and Asian American Studies, and Julie Yeeun Kim, AAC Fellow and Lecturer of Asian American Studies, Cal State University, Long Beach (CSULB), presenting the importance of language.

By using language that better represents our diversity and complexity, we can educate our audiences and correct harmful stereotypes and misconceptions about Asian America. This is what we mean by speaking Asian American.

Listen now on https://soundcloud.com/centeringpodcast/sets/centering-season-9-speaking your preferred podcast app!

02/24/2023

The Joy of Biblical Scholarship (podcast)

In the final episode of Centering Season 8, Dr. Nijay K Gupta (Northern Seminary) joins Dr. Janette Hur Ok (Fuller Seminary) for a passionate conversation about his work making Biblical scholarship accessible and available to those in the Church - the joy of melding spiritual life, academic research, and teaching others - and embracing the messiness of negotiating Asian cultural heritage and Biblical conviction.

Listen now on https://soundcloud.com/centeringpodcast/dr-nijay-gupta or search for "Centering Asian American Christian" on any other preferred podcast app.

02/17/2023

The "Absence" of God (podcast)

In this episode, Dr. Chloe Sun (LOGOS Evangelical Seminary, and another Fuller alum!) joins Dr. Janette Hur Ok (Fuller Seminary) to speak about Song of Songs: why is such an abstract lyrical work included in the Bible? And what can this text, without a single explicit mention of God, reveal about God's seeming "absences"?

Listen now on: https://soundcloud.com/centeringpodcast/8x08-the-absence-of-god-dr-chloe-sun or any preferred podcast app.

02/17/2023

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The Asian American Center invites Fuller students, staff, and faculty to partake in the 54th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage.

Each year, the Manzanar Committee and the U.S. National Park Service organize the Manzanar Pilgrimage on the last Saturday of April to remember the forced relocation and unjust incarceration of more than 110,000 Japanese Americans and their families during WWII. Now on its 54th year (and after a hiatus from the COVID-19 pandemic), the Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage will be held live and in-person at the Manzanar National Historic Site on April 29, 2023.

COST: $55 ($65 after April 10)

Due to limited capacity, registration will first be opened to Fuller students, faculty, and staff. If we have open seats remaining by April 10, we will open registration to non-Fuller attendees.

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For inquiries, email [email protected].

02/10/2023

The Theology of Pleasure (podcast)

In this episode, Dr. Max Lee of North Park Theological Seminary (and another Fuller alumnus!) joins Janette Hur Ok (Fuller Seminary), sharing his research into the theology of pleasure; the connections between sexual intimacy and spiritual life; and the ways that Asian American theological convictions should be brought to the Bible.

Listen to the episode here: https://soundcloud.com/centeringpodcast/8x07-dr-max-lee or search for "Centering Asian American Christian" on any other preferred podcast app.

02/03/2023

Race and Justice in the Bible (podcast)

This week, Professor Lisa Cleath of Princeton Theological Seminary (and Fuller Seminary alumnae) joins Janette Hur Ok (Fuller) to discuss her work on social justice and the Bible. Join the conversation with Lisa and Janette as they ponder on how our imaginations of race and justice inform our readings of the Bible, how our experiences influence our faith, and what the Bible says about multiracial and other Asian American identities.

Listen now on https://soundcloud.com/centeringpodcast/8x06-dr-lisa-cleath or search for "Centering Asian American Christian" on any other preferred podcast app.

01/13/2023

The Language of Christianity? (podcast)

This episode, Dr. Ekaputra Tupamahu, Asst. Prof of New Testament (George Fox University) joins Dr. Janette Hur Ok (Fuller Seminary) to share about speaking in tongues, inviting discomfort into our churches, and centering theology on the real experiences of new immigrants.

Listen now on https://soundcloud.com/centeringpodcast/8x05-the-language-of-christianity-dr-ekaputra-tupamahu or your preferred podcast app!

01/06/2023

Shaking Hands with the Pope (podcast)

Centering welcomes Dr. Jung Choi of Duke Divinity School. A scholar-teacher trained in the New Testament and early Christianity, Dr. Choi shares with Dr. Janette Hur Ok (Fuller Seminary) the Biblical importance of ecumenism, healthy tension within Christianity, and the power dynamics of voice and visibility.

Since recording this interview, Dr. Choi has been named Associate Dean for Global and Intercultural Formation at Duke Divinity School. Congratulations, Dean Choi!

Listen now on: https://soundcloud.com/centeringpodcast/8x04-shaking-hands-with-the-pope-dr-jung-choi

12/16/2022

The Histories We Aren't Taught (podcast)

In this episode, Janette Hur Ok converses with Dr. Gale Yee, Professor of Biblical Studies emerita (Episcopal Divinity School) and the first Asian American woman president of the Society of Biblical Literature. Dr. Yee joins us to share her experiences as a prominent Asian American biblical scholar and the difficult work of rescuing the Hebrew Bible from narrow-minded normativity.

Listen to the episode on https://soundcloud.com/centeringpodcast/the-histories-we-arent-taught-dr-gale-yee

Or search for "Centering Asian American Christian" on your preferred podcast app.

12/09/2022

What Does Blessing Look Like? (podcast)

In this episode of Centering, Old Testament scholar Roger Nam (Emory) converses with Janette Ok about writing a commentary on Ezra-Nehemiah and how his scholarship has changed the way he views economics, the idea of blessing, and his identity as a Korean American.

Listen to the episode on https://soundcloud.com/centeringpodcast/8x02-what-does-blessing-look-likedr-roger-nam

Or they search for "Centering Asian American Christian" on your preferred podcast app.

12/02/2022

Race and the Margins of the Bible (podcast)

Dr. Janette H. Ok, Professor of New Testament (Fuller), hosts this season about biblical scholarship for the Asian American church. In this first episode, Dr. Jordan Ryan (Wheaton) talks about his work, which includes unearthing (literally) the context of 1st century Israel/Palestine, and its parallels with his experiences of race and marginalization in North America and the global Filipino diaspora.

Listen now on: https://soundcloud.com/centeringpodcast/8x01-race-and-the-margins-of-the-bible-dr-jordan-ryan

Or search for "Centering Asian American Christian" on any other preferred podcast app

11/29/2022

This , please consider supporting Centering with a donation at fuller.edu/giveAAC And stay tuned for Season 8 of Centering launching THIS week - with Professor Janette H. Ok interviewing other biblical scholars on biblical scholarship for the Asian American church.