Asian American Christianity
Class Outline and Assignments
We will be having conversations around select episodes from Centering: The Asian American Christian Podcast. New and returning students are welcome, but as an experiment the class this quarter is only for Asian Americans. I will be providing links to the podcasts on Spotify, but you can also search for the episodes in other podcast services.
introduction
OPTIONAL (We will not discuss in class): As an intro, you may listen to "1x02 - Do Our Stories Matter to God?" [Spotify]
Asian American christian history
5/16 - From Concentration Camps to Civil Rights (Roy Sano)
PREPARE by listening to "5x03 - From Concentration Camps to Civil Rights (Roy Sano)” [Spotify]
5/23 - The History of Filipino American Christianity
Read/Skim https://ncrc.org/racial-wealth-snapshot-asian-americans-and-the-racial-wealth-divide/
PREPARE by listening to "5x06 - The History of Filipino American Christianity" [Spotify]
5/30 - NO CLASS (OUTDOOR WORSHIP)
6/6 - Native Hawaiians: Independence and Christianity (Leon Siu)
PREPARE by listening to "5x08 - Native Hawaiians: Independence and Christianity (Leon Siu)” [Spotify]
6/13 - The Asian American Feminist Trailblazer (Mabel Ping-Hua Lee)
PREPARE by listening to "5x04 - The Asian American Feminist Trailblazer (Mabel Ping-Hua Lee)” [Spotify]
6/20 - NO CLASS (CANA WEEK)
6/27 - NO CLASS (OUTDOOR WORSHIP)
JULY - NO CLASS (SUMMER BREAK)
8/1 - Can Churches Be Mental Health Spaces?
PREPARE by listening to "3x03 - Can Churches Be Mental Health Spaces?” [Spotify]
8/8 - Breaking the “Stained Glass” Ceiling
When Women Preach is a podcast for Asian American and Latina pastors.
In this episode we hear from two local (San Francisco and Berkeley) Korean American Lead Pastors of Presbyterian Churches.
PREPARE by listening to “Ep. 10 - Breaking the ‘Stained Glass’ Ceiling” podcast [Spotify]
8/15 - A Conversation on Race and Assimilation
About The Pursuit with Richard Lee podcast
Unfiltered conversations with faith leaders about their journey to pursue God. You may not know where your journey ends, but you can find God all along the path.
PREPARE by listening to “Faitth Brooks - Social Justice Advocate” podcast [Spotify]
8/22 - Conclusion
BONUS MATERIAL
Effects of Confucian/Cultural Heritage in Marriage, Episode 3x06 [Spotify]
Centering titles their podcast, “keys to… marital satisfaction”, but I chose the podcast because of how each of the married couple were operating out of their Confucian upbringing in their marriage without being conscious of it.
God and Gender podcast [Spotify]
From podcast description:
In this episode, we talk about gendered conceptions of God and how we can approach a God who is beyond gender. Host Miriam Cho talks with Kay Higuera Smith, professor of Biblical Studies at Azusa Pacific University, and Young Lee, executive director of ISAAC.
Disclaimer: The views, actions, and affiliations of guests invited on this podcast do not always reflect ISAAC's official stances; they belong to the guests. This podcast is a platform for voices to be shared and perspectives to be discussed.