How does the experience of being an immigrant, an ethnic minority
person on the margins of society, affect one's way of doing
theology? In Journeys at the Margin prominent Asian-American
theologians reflect on how being an Asian and a North American has
shaped the way they understand the Christian story. Asian
Americans, having roots in Asia, do not fully belong either to
America or Asia. They find themselves straddling two different
world cultures, sharing something of both but belonging entirely to
neither. Thus, their marginality can best be understood in terms of
their experience of living "in-between" two cultures, that of the
immigrant and that of the dominant group, and being "in-both" of
these cultures-and, ultimately, being "in-beyond" the two cultures
altogether. Coming from different parts of the Far East and
nourished by diverse Christian traditions, the contributors to
Journeys at the Margin bring to their work richly divergent
perspectives, resources, and methods. More than an anthology of
personal stories, this collection of essays develops the emerging
theological themes (including the contributors' visions of a new
America) out of their experience. What binds these highly varied
essays is their authors' common journeys at the margin. As the
United States becomes increasingly multiethnic and multicultural at
the threshold of a new millennium, Journeys at the Margin offers
useful suggestions on how to meet the challenge of cultural
diversity in both Church and society. Articles and their
contributors are "An Asian-American Theology: Believing and
Thinking at the Boundaries," by Peter C. Phan; "Five Stages Toward
Christian Theology in the Multicultural World," by Choan-Seng Song;
"A Life In-Between: A Korean-American Journey," by Jung Young Lee;
"The House of Self," by Julia Ching; "A Japanese-American
Pilgrimage: Theological Reflections," by Paul M. Nagano; "A Path of
Concentric Circles: Toward an Autobiographical Theology of
Community," by David Ng; "'But Who Do You Say That I Am?' (Matt
16:15): A Churched Korean American Woman's Autobiographical
Inquiry," by Jung Ha Kim; "Betwixt and Between: Doing Theology with
Memory and Imagination," by Peter C. Phan; "From Autobiography to
Fellowship of Others: Reflections on Doing Ethnic Theology Today,"
by Anselm Kyongsuk Min; and "Church and Theology: My Theological
Journey," by Andrew Sung Park.
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