RT Article
T1 Korean American Women and the Church: Identity, Spirituality, and Gender Roles
JF Feminist theology
VO 29
IS 1
SP 18
OP 32
A1 Kim, Grace Ji-Sun 1969-
LA English
PB Sage
YR 2020
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1731771207
AB Korean American women are the foundation of the Korean American church. We are devoted, contributing members in the church, but we are seldom given positions of leadership or power. From our subordinate role in the church and wider society, Korean American women have been perpetually subject to racial and gender injustice. To work toward equal empowerment, it is imperative to reimagine historical Christian teaching about God so that it liberates rather than oppresses. As we engage in theological reform, we can begin to experience the wholeness that comes from a Spirit God who embraces all people regardless of race, gender, sexuality, or social status. As a result, Korean American women can finally feel included and contributive to a society which has historically treated them as “perpetual foreigners.” They can also push for multicultural excellence rather than sustaining the dominant white criterion of value. As hybrid spaces proliferate in diversifying America, Korean American women can be an integral source of reimagining the places we inhabit, something that proves to be increasingly necessary to keep the church accessible and contemporary.
K1 Asian American
K1 Hybridity
K1 Immigration
K1 Postcolonialism
K1 Women
DO 10.1177/0966735020944893