Publications
ISAAC is committed to connecting and resourcing leaders to better equip them for education, career and ministry. Linked below are some resources that have been published by our community of AA faith leaders or that are about the work that our community has been doing. These resources can be used for classes in your local church, university, or denominational coursework, using citations for the work.
Books for and by the Asian American Christian Community
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The transformation of patriarchal church culture begins with gender equality in the pulpit. For too long, the Christian pulpit has been monopolized by men. This pattern is especially pronounced in evangelical Asian American and Latinx congregations, where women’s voices are marginalized and male dominance is reinforced in the church as well as the family. Making academic hermeneutical work accessible for the pulpit, A Biblical Study Guide for an Equal Pulpit reappropriates a gendered approach to biblical texts. Among the perspectives investigated, Kay Higuera Smith’s “Two Mothers—Two Promises” takes a perspective-shifting look at Sarah and Hagar; Eunny P. Lee’s "Valorous and Wise: Women Who Build Up the House of God” depicts Ruth and the woman of Proverbs 31 as builders of the household; and Sophia Magallanes-Tsang’s “Listening for Your Voice; Let Me Hear It: The Prophetic Feminine Voice in Songs 8” interprets the Song of Songs as a prophetic female voice.
This book expresses a quest for inclusion amid feminist, womanist, and mujerista discourses. Hertig’s yinist spirituality is a novel attempt to lift up the voices of female, Asian American voices in Christian ecological theology. She coined the term yinist in the 1990s to “name the nameless Asian American feminism.” The term yin refers to the feminine energy of Taoism, in contrast to the male yang. This book will be a valuable resource for the academy, churches, and denominational leaders.
Have you ever felt alone, facing the challenges life presents? Have you ever felt like you were parachuted onto an unpredictable path of leadership, with no road map? Then join us! Mirrored Reflections arose from the alienating experiences of a group of evangelical Christian women leaders known as AAWOL (Asian American Women On Leadership), who formed a community with the motto "Never Alone Again." Reflecting on how the stories of select biblical characters mirror their own stories, AAWOL core sisters reframe these biblical stories through a Yinist lens and envision fresh, powerful leadership principles. Reflection questions at the end of each chapter guide readers to discover and articulate their own stories and imagine how their own parallel those of the biblical characters. Read and be nourished, finding mirrored reflections of your own broken or unvoiced story--both female and male--and enjoy the redemptive nature of the stories' multivocality.
ChristianityNext
ChristianityNext, the journal of Innovative Space for Asian American Christianity (ISAAC), offers a platform for scholars, practitioners, and church leaders to explore issues related to cutting-edge Asian American Christianity; faith and justice, mental health; church leadership; gender construction and performance; and spiritual, cultural, and social issues in Asian American Christianity. Readership consists of academic, ecclesial leaders, and field practitioners.
Identity, Visibility, & Invisibility
People of color live between two or more cultures which results in fragmented identity. Identity issues for people of color affect all aspects of their lives. The uprootedness from migration on the one hand, and dislocated white-centric educational curriculum on the other put them in a liminal space. Considering that ministry flows out of one’s being, reclaiming one’s individual and collective identities matter.
Gender & Ecojustice
This issue alerts Asian American Christians and the wider community to our responsibilities for the tender care of God’s creation.
Trauma & Resilience: Neurobiology, Race, Faith
Provides resources on navigating: trauma from transplants and dislocation, suicide, double minority identity, and anti-Asian American assaults. Trauma & Resilience: Neurobiology, Race, Faith Provides resources on navigating: trauma from transplants and dislocation, suicide, double minority identity, and anti-Asian American assaults.
Women and Biblical Traditions
Provides resources on gender inclusive pulpits through gender inclusive hermeneutics/exegesis.
Asian Americans and Evangelicals
Negotiating Difference
Highlights the historical relationship between Asian Americans and evangelicalism, while painting a portrait of the contemporary climate of this intersection.
