Seoul Mayor Park has reportedly reassured the leadership of the Christian Right that he “does not support homosexuality,†which meant that he’s taken their side. That’s the wrong side. He should have taken the side of human dignity and justice.… more
In this 2009 dissertation for the department of geography at UC Berkeley, Ju Hui Judy Han asks what lies behind the many world evangelical missions undertaken by Koreans and Korean-Americans: What motivates the participants? What enables the mobilization of so much human effort? What beliefs underlie the enthusiasm for evangelical work abroad? And, finally, what understandings and effects are produced through the experience of mission? In exploring these questions, Han draws on theory, primary textual sources, and a multi-sited ethnography of missionary projects.… more
Excellent news! I just found out that a collaborative research project that I’m involved with, “Urban Aspirations in Seoul: Religion… more