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Religious Language and Asian American Hybridity (Asian Christianity in the Diaspora)
Julius-Kei Kato
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Description for Religious Language and Asian American Hybridity (Asian Christianity in the Diaspora)
Hardcover. Series: Asian Christianity in the Diaspora. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; HRAM; HRCG; HRCM; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 218 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
In this book, Julius-Kei Kato lets the theories and experiences of Asian American hybridity converse with and bear upon some aspects of Christian biblical and theological language. Hybridity has become a key feature of today’s globalized world and is, of course, a key concept in postcolonial thought. However, despite its crucial importance, hybridity is rarely used as a paradigm through which to analyze and evaluate the influential concepts and teachings that make up religious language. This book fills a lacuna by discussing what the concept of hybridity challenges and resists, what over-simplifications it has the power to complicate, and what forgotten ... Read more
In this book, Julius-Kei Kato lets the theories and experiences of Asian American hybridity converse with and bear upon some aspects of Christian biblical and theological language. Hybridity has become a key feature of today’s globalized world and is, of course, a key concept in postcolonial thought. However, despite its crucial importance, hybridity is rarely used as a paradigm through which to analyze and evaluate the influential concepts and teachings that make up religious language. This book fills a lacuna by discussing what the concept of hybridity challenges and resists, what over-simplifications it has the power to complicate, and what forgotten ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Series
Asian Christianity in the Diaspora
Number of Pages
206
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137582140
SKU
V9781137582140
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About Julius-Kei Kato
Julius-Kei Kato, a proud Filipino-Japanese-Canadian hybrid, is Associate Professor of Biblical and Religious Studies at King’s University College, London, Canada. He has previously served as Assistant Professor at Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan, and Visiting Associate Professor at Kwansei Gakuin University, Nishinomiya, Japan. He is the author of How Immigrant Christians Living in Mixed Cultures Interpret Their Religion (2012). He has ... Read more
Reviews for Religious Language and Asian American Hybridity (Asian Christianity in the Diaspora)
“Religious Language and Asian American Hybridity is a welcome addition and a thoughtful contribution to the developing field of Asian American theology. Those seeking to understand the direction of this field today will benefit from reading this book.” (Andrew Ong, Reading Religion, readingreligion.org, April, 2017)