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Globalism, colonialism, and consumerism have caused unjust suffering (han), for the earth's exploited peoples and the exploited lands. To reverse this tragedy, we need to work for a safer, sustainable planet and renew our inspiration from God as the transforming Spirit who gives, sustains and empowers life to all.
- Sales Rank: #2557779 in eBooks
- Published on: 2013-04-18
- Released on: 2013-04-18
- Format: Kindle eBook
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"This is a wake-up call to change and reimagine our theology, our views of the environment and one another, and our very life styles as greedy consumers of a capitalist society if we are to avoid a catastrophe we are about to bring on ourselves by greed, domination, and exploitation. Kim, one of the most prolific and insightful members of a new generation of Asian American theologians, has issued a plea to all in this lucid, moving synthesis of political economy, theology, and spirituality." - Anselm K. Min, Maguire Distinguished Professor of Religion, Claremont Graduate University, USA
"Is Kim's a prophetic voice crying out in the wilderness where East meets West, conservatives meet progressivists, and the rich meet the poor? If her book is ignored will it be because the prophets of late modernity are unwelcome in their hometown, which is our globalizing world? Read this book & decide for yourself." - Amos Yong, J. Rodman Williams Professor of Theology, Regent University School of Divinity, Virginia Beach, Virginia
"Kim's concise book is a valuable contribution to the literature on theology and globalization. Her astute socio-cultural analysis of colonialism, globalization, and consumerism is followed by an engaging theological response. Kim perceptively draws on the Asian concept of han to illumine the pain and suffering of people and the earth, and eloquently reimagines the erotic power of the Spirit to transform our lives and rebuild the earth." - Pamela K. Brubaker, Professor Emerita of Religion, California Lutheran University, USA, Author, Globalization at What Price?
'Grace Ji-Sun Kim is concerned that fair-minded Christians, often unaware of their damaging lifestyles, are colluding with the postcolonial globalized world, bloated with consumption and injustices. Kim brings to light new and insidious forms of sin and suffering - han together with her deep appreciation for the Spirit who gives, sustains, empowers and transform lives. With theological strength, Kim weaves Christian insights, traditions, and liberation theologies into an inspiring vision that offers a new perspective for our lives, our spiritual goals, and the planet's life community. This book will motivate and embolden Christians to live for a viable and just future for all people and the planet.' - Heather Eaton, Full Professor, Saint Paul University, Canada; Author, Introducing Ecofeminist Theologies
About the Author
Grace Ji-Sun Kim is an Associate Professor of Theology at Earlham School of Religion, USA. She is the author of The Holy Spirit, Chi, and the Other (Palgrave Macmillan, 2011).
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
Much of what Rev. Dr. Kim says makes me want to tear my hair out. I dispute her conclusion on colonialism. I dispute her vision
By John Kenyon
Rev. Dr. Grace Ji-Sun Kim is the most articulate, gentle and diplomatic feminist theologian I know. Colonialism, Han and the Transformative Spirit, however, is not about feminism. In our global era, defined as it is by many great debates, if the public wants to learn how one faction of Christianity is coming down amidst the cacophony of voices vying for attention on the world stage, then this book should be in their library.
Much of what Rev. Dr. Kim says makes me want to tear my hair out. I dispute her conclusion on colonialism. I dispute her vision on transformation. Moreover, it makes me want to write an articulate, gentle and diplomatic book in response. This is the highest compliment I can pay to her as a writer.
Much of what you read elsewhere on this topic is poetry disguised as scholarship--expressions of fear and anger and depression and bargaining; voices of grief from the underground in need immediate relief. Kim somehow manages to combine music and scholarship into an element that is as near to a hypostatic union as one can get short of being divinely created. It is an offer of relief than engages serious “medical” minds in the treatment of the disease.
Colonialism, Han and Transformative Spirit also speaks to intelligent people outside of the academy. I suspect this may be attributed to her experience as an ordained Minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), one mindful that congregations unschooled in the rigors of academic theology nevertheless are not stupid. That guy in the middle pew that sells used Toyotas certainly knows more about economic relations between the USA and China than probably anyone else in the church. He should read this book, too.
And just about the time we begin to think that different life experiences, languages and cultures make our common humanity a pipe dream, Kim introduces the Asian term “han” into the theological discussion of the North Atlantic academy. She has already introduced the Asian term ”chi” into it. Now the really, really smart people can say “praxis” and “heteropatriarchal” and “apophatic” and “han” and “chi” while we English speaking local yokels are stuck with saying “doing things” and “testosterone” and “not that” and “suffering” and “spirit”.
Finally, it warms my heart to know that here in the dark heart of the evil empire Rev. Dr. Grace Ji-Sun Kim enjoys the full rights of United States citizenship, the right of free speech, and can sell her books in the free neo-liberal market place. I hope this book sells a million copies. It makes me want to rise to my feet and sing our national anthem.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
This is what theology is really about.
By B. Marold
What does Theology have to do with MacDonald's, wheat, and exploitive labor? If you read this book, you will discover that theology is in earnest about problems of today and tomorrow, such as Global warming, demon hybrid corn, and trade which keeps us fat and poor countries starving. Although this is not the primary object of the book, it shows how misdirected anti-religious thought can be, since it tends to be directed at things modern theology packed away in the attic decades, if not centuries ago.
Consistent with the object of this Palgrave series, this book is introductory, more for the lay reader than the professional; however there are many pointers to where one can go for more and deeper thinking on these subjects.
I confess, I cannot review this book for you, because I am an officially credited research assistant / editor for the book. So, my review would be so some extent about my own work. Not exactly objective. But, I can give you a really good summary of the content. Here are notes I made (not Dr. Kim's words which appear in the book) on the subject of each of the four major chapters:
Chapter 1 Empire, Colonialism, and Globalization. The new tool of economic imperialism is culture and technology. A country such as Nigeria is a far bigger market for our culture if they speak English and get a steady diet of Hollywood, Nashville, and TV. The new battle over Nigeria, sub-Saharan Africa, and the Philippines has become a contest between Christianity and Islam. And, amazingly enough, in Africa as a whole, Christianity is winning. Post-colonialism has no interest in being ecumenical with the Imams. They have no interest in native Nigerian art and music. We love the fact that Nigeria has a rich English literature. It is annoying that the country has three large ethnic blocks, and dozens of small ones. Not good for business. What we need is for them to like what we sell, and only what we sell. What a better view of the world asks for is to celebrate differences, and expect them, and to nurture them. It is natural that former colonies of Britain would adopt much from that land, so we cannot erase the colonist's culture. Just as the world benefits from hybrid wheat, it benefits from a rainbow of cultures, which inevitably add the kind of value on which you cannot place a price tag. The danger of suppressing hybridization is all too familiar to us, based on our experience of apartheid in South Africa. When we accept diversity, we may be less inclined to see the other as a resource and more like people.
Chapter 2: Consumerism and Overconsumption. Technology has proven Thomas Malthus wrong in the short run, and food production, especially for the great Asian lands of India and China, has grown geometrically. Irrigation, crop rotation, pesticides, fertilizers, and new hybrids have removed the risk of famines by natural causes. But our growth in agricultural productivity may be reaching a limit, and the lure of overconsumption may create widening famine by unchecked greed, the disappearance of conscientious living epitomized by the Protestant Ethic. Since laws and morality seems to stop at a nation's borders, globalism takes on the visage of a bandit economy, where the only way the poor can escape is by emigration, or by rebellion. The true value of our theologians has been forgotten, replaced by consumerism, misplacing value on acquisition. Then, when the creed of consumerism spreads to new wealthy lands, the poverty of the exploited lands increases, since they and their country are regarded only as a disposable commodity, now that the disappearance of the Cold war makes the political value of these countries nil. All that is left is their economic value. We no longer have any reason to help countries like Nigeria economically, to keep them out of the Communist sphere of influence. Now, it seems our main interest is their oil.
Chapter 3: Nature and Han. As we have become lax in what some consider true Christian values, we sit through long services and chalk that up to virtue, while the most meaningful Christian values of stewardship and the ministering to those who suffer, especially those who suffer from despair. Values from our immigrant forefathers, from numerous countries, rested on enterprise, patience, temperance, and frugality. We remember the will to acquire, but we forget the instructions for simplicity and charity. We look down our noses at all those rules in the Torah, but we forget the ones which amplify the notion that we are to love our neighbor as ourselves, as we give tithes for the relief of those who have no means to sustain themselves. We overlook the beautiful acts of sharing which may be found in some of the most primitive customs which bind their people to the land, such as the northwest American Indian custom of Potlatch. Fading fears of nuclear holocaust and dwindling resources have lead us to adapt the confidence game as the model of our international financial dealings. It's ok to bribe and to use graft. No one can catch us, since national laws don't reach beyond 12 miles of our shores. We commonly cheat and extort, leaving the anger, the pain, the frustration, the desperation of those who we have cheated experience much of what our native Indians may have felt, the sense of Han. The difference is that those who feel this at our hands are not unarmed, and not harmless.
Chapter 4: Transformative Power of the Spirit We may be under the illusion that we are in a zero sum game (see below) with the earth, where our object is to leach from it as much wealth as we possibly can, with the assumption that the bank from which we withdraw that wealth has unlimited cash. The fact is, our relation to the earth is far more like a Monopoly® game where the rules prohibit adding any more money to the $15,140 provided with the game. There is a second illusion that God has given us a blank check to perform this despoiling, and we have no responsibility for keeping things on an even keel. We have been charged with being the hands and minds which are the stewards of the world we have been granted. God's role is to provide the Spirit, both the wisdom to harvest and distribute justly, and the motive to make this our task, just as it has been our actions which have depleted our bank. God was not speaking to keep his Hebrew scribes employed when he proclaimed laws for fairness and generosity to both the Israelites and their beasts, and anyone who should happen by and be in need of a meal. As the ELCA motto proclaims, "God's Work, Our Hands." If we are perplexed about climate change, we should look in the mirror. "We have met the enemy, and it is us."
You didn't know Pogo was a theologian, did you? (That last quote was from a 1970 Walt Kelly cartoon promoting ecology and preventing litter.)
A connection between MacDonald's and theology is that some years back, Macdonald's replaced Styrofoam containers with ones made of cardboard, which are easily recycled and are biodegradable, unlike Styrofoam.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
A Call for Change
By John A. Giurin
Grace Ji-Sun Kim's book "Colonialism, Han and the Transformative Spirit" is a challenging, inspiring and at times troubling read. Grace lays out a clear picture of the world and society as it stands today, with all of its unfairness, destructiveness and sinfulness. This is the troubling part of the book for anyone that claims to love this planet and all that lives upon. The ways we have preyed upon it and our neighbours is embarrassing and shameful.
Grace, however, does not present this picture in order to frighten or cajole the reader into action; rather, it is a statement of fact. By making clear the current global social, political, economic and environmental situation, Grace helps us understand where humanity stands. As she makes her case, Grace challenges the Christian with the Godly vision of creation, a vision that is clearly not being reflected by the large part of humanity. Here she begins to challenge the reader. By making a theological case for the preservation and enjoyment of creation, as well as the fair, just and Christ-like treatment of all human beings and, indeed, all living things, she helps us envision a new way of practicing what God preaches and being people of faith.
John is the Pastor at St. James Presbyterian Church, Chatham, Ontario.
You can find him at: http://jandlsblog.wordpress.com/
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