Hope in Disarray: Piecing Our Lives Together in Faith

by Grace Ji-Sun Kim

Overview

"In difficult times, we can only run on hope."

With practicality and vulnerability, author and public theologian Grace Ji-Sun Kim reflects on the practice of sustaining hope during turbulence and injustice. Hope in Disarray is a collection of essays that invite a conversation on culture and faith, creation and identity, as the author appeals to readers to engage life’s troubles with the conviction of God’s goodness.

Hope in Disarray takes the world’s pain seriously in order to ignite our intentional, revolutionary, and integrated living.

Foreword by Mitri Raheb. Afterword by Elizabeth Hinson-Hasty.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780829821154
Publisher:	Pilgrim Press, The/United Church Press
Publication date:	12/04/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	413 KB

About the Author

Grace Ji-Sun Kim is an ordained minister of word and sacrament within the PC (USA) denomination. She received her MDiv from Knox College (University of Toronto) and her PhD from the University of Toronto. She is Professor of Theology at Earlham School of Religion and is the author or editor of 19 books, most recently, "Reimagining Spirit," and "Keeping Hope Alive." Englewood Review of Books" listed "Reimagining Spirit" as one of the Best Theology Books of 2019 and Intersectional Theology co-written with Susan Shaw as one of the Best Theology Books of 2018. Kim served on the Board of Directors for the American Academy of Religion as an At-Large Director. She served on the American Academy of Religion’s (AAR) “Research Grants Jury Committee” and was co-chair of AAR’s steering committee, “Women of Color Scholarship, Teaching and Activism Group.” She sits on the editorial board for the Journal for Religion and Popular Culture and is a referee for 3 journals: "Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Religion," "Journal of Religion and Popular Culture," and "The Global Studies Journal." She is an Advisory Board Member for the Center for Reconciliation at Duke Divinity School. She is honored to be included in the Englewood Review of Book’s list of “Ten Important Women Theologians That You Should Be Reading” and to be included in their list of books to read under “Our God is Too White? Diversifying our Theology”.

Table of Contents

Foreword Rev. Dr. Mitri Raheb ix

Acknowledgments xv

Introduction xix

Living in the Church

Waiting in Hope-Advent 5

The Hope of Christmas 9

Church Life 13

Your Kingdom Come 17

Seeing Is Believing 20

Living in God's Grace-Lent 23

Jesus and the Cross-Good Friday 27

Reimagining-Easter 32

Spirit Filled-Pentecost 36

Living in Culture

The Racialization of Beauty 43

The Asian American "Butterfly" 48

Removing the Shame of Sexual Assault 52

Memory Has No Statute of Limitations 57

Loving Our Neighbors 61

Climate Change and the Economy 65

Deep Wounds 69

Care for the Whole Creation 72

Listening to Indigenous Voices 77

Living in Relationship

Building Healthy Relationships 87

Vulnerability and Parenthood 90

Walking Hand in Hand 95

What Taylor Swift's Breakups Teach Us 100

Uncovering Bill Cosby's Feet of Clay 104

Count Your Losses 108

Longing for Peace 112

Seeing Myself in the Eyes of a North Korean 116

Beckoning for Peace in Unrest 120

Final Thoughts 125

Afterword Rev. Dr. Elizabeth Hinson-Hasty 129

About the Author 131