Grace Ji-Sun Kim (born May 4, 1969) is an American

theologian Theology is the study of religious belief from a religious perspective, with a focus on the nature of divinity. It is taught as an academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itself with the unique content of ...

and Professor of Theology at

Earlham School of Religion Earlham School of Religion (ESR), a graduate division of Earlham College, located in Richmond, Indiana, is the oldest graduate seminary associated with the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). History ESR was founded in 1960 by Wilmer Coop ...

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. She is best known for books and articles on the social and religious experiences of Korean women immigrants to

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Early life

Kim was born on May 4, 1969, in

Seoul, South Korea Seoul, officially Seoul Special Metropolitan City, is the capital city, capital and largest city of South Korea. The broader Seoul Metropolitan Area, encompassing Seoul, Gyeonggi Province and Incheon, emerged as the world's List of cities b ...

. She immigrated with her family to

London, Ontario London is a city in southwestern Ontario, Canada, along the Quebec City–Windsor Corridor. The city had a population of 422,324 according to the 2021 Canadian census. London is at the confluence of the Thames River (Ontario), Thames River and N ...

in 1975.

Academic life

Kim earned a B.Sc. in Psychology from

Victoria University Victoria University may refer to: * Victoria University (Australia), a public research university in Melbourne, Australia * Victoria University, Toronto, a constituent college of the federal University of Toronto in Canada * Victoria University of ...

at the

University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public university, public research university whose main campus is located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park (Toronto), Queen's Park in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was founded by ...

, a

Master of Divinity For graduate-level theological institutions, the Master of Divinity (MDiv, ''magister divinitatis'' in Latin) is the first professional degree of the pastoral profession in North America. It is the most common academic degree in seminaries and ...

degree from

Knox College, University of Toronto Knox College is a Colleges of the University of Toronto, postgraduate theological college of the University of Toronto located at the University of Toronto#St. George campus, St. George campus in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was founded in 1844 as ...

in 1995, and a Ph.D. in Systematic Theology from St. Michael's College, University of Toronto in 2001. Kim served on the faculty of

Moravian Theological Seminary Moravian University is a private university in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The institution traces its history to girls' and boys' schools opened in 1742 by Moravians, descendants of followers of the Bohemian Reformation under John Amos Comenius. ...

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from fall 2004 to July 2013. During her time at Moravian, she was promoted to Associate Professor in 2010 and served two terms as Director of the MATS program. Kim was ordained in the

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on November 13, 2011. She is currently Professor of Theology at

in Richmond, Indiana. Kim received a sabbatical grant for researchers from the Louisville Institute in 2020. Currently, Kim is Professor of Theology at the Earlham School of Religion. She is the author or editor of over 20 books, most recently, Hope in Disarray; Keeping Hope Alive; Reimagining Spirit and Intersectional Theology co-written with Susan Shaw. She is the co-editor of the book series 'Asian Christianity in the Diaspora', published by

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Personal life

Kim is currently the host o
https://www.christiancentury.org/madang Madang podcast
which is hosted by

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Selected publications

*2020: ''Hope in Disarray: Piecing our Lives Together in Faith,'' Cleveland: The Pilgrim Press. * 2019: ''Reimagining Spirit: Light, Wind and Vibration,'' Eugene: Cascade. *2019: ''Keeping Hope Alive: Sermons and Speeches of Rev. Jesse Jackson,'' Maryknoll: Orbis Books. * 2018: ''Intersectional Theology: An Introductory Guide,'' with Susan Shaw, Minneapolis: Fortress Press. *2018:''The Homebrewed Christianity Guide to the Holy Spirit: Hand-Raisers, Han, and the Holy Ghost,'' Fortress Press * 2018: ''Healing Our Broken Humanity: Practices for Revitalizing the Church and Renewing the World''. InterVarsity Press. *2017: ''Planetary Solidarity: Global Women’s Voices on Doctrine and Climate Justice'', co-edited with Hilda Koster, Minneapolis: Fortress Press. *2017: ''Intercultural Ministry: Hope for a Changing World,'' co-edited with Jann Aldredge-Clanton, Valley Forge: Judson Press. *2017: ''Mother Daughter Speak: Lessons on Life.'' FAR Press. *2016: ''Making Peace with the Earth: Action and Advocacy for Climate Justice,'' Geneva: World Council of Churches Publications. *2015: ''Embracing the Other: The Transformative Spirit of Love.'' Grand Rapids: W.B. Eerdmans. *2015: ''Christian Doctrines for Global Gender Justice,'' co-edited with Jenny Daggers, New York: Palgrave Macmillan. *2015: ''Here I Am: Faith Stories of Korean American Clergywomen,'' Valley Forge: Judson Press. *2014: ''Reimagining with Christian Doctrines: Responding to Global Gender Injustices,'' co-edited with Jenny Daggers, New York: Palgrave Macmillan. *2013: ''Colonialism, Han, and the Transformative Spirit, A Palgrave Pivot Book '' * 2013: ''Proper 13 for Year A, in Preaching God's Transformative Justice: A Lectionary Commentary, With 22 Holy Days of Justice,'' edited by Ron Lewis, Dale P. Andrews & Dawn Ottoni-Wilhelm (Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press) * 2012: ''Proper 13 for Year C, in Preaching God's Transformative Justice: A Lectionary Commentary, With 22 Holy Days of Justice, edited by Ron Lewis, Dale P. Andrews & Dawn Ottoni-Wilhelm (Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press) '' * 2012: ''A Perspective on Ezra, Global Perspectives on the Bible, edited by Mark Roncace & Joseph Weaver (Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall) () '' * 2012: ''Uriah, Dictionary of the Bible and Western Culture, co-edited by Michael Gilmour & Mary Ann Beavis (Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix Press) () '' * 2011: ''The Holy Spirit, Chi, and the Other: A Model of Global and Intercultural Pneumatology '' : * 2011: ''Jürgen Moltmann, in Beyond the Pale: Reading Christian Theology from the Margins, edited by Miguel De La Torre & Stacey M. Floyd-Thomas (Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press) '' * 2011: ''Feasting on the Word, Year A,: Season After Pentecost 2, contributor'' : * 2011: ''Proper 13 for Year B, in Preaching God's Transformative Justice: A Lectionary Commentary, With 22 Holy Days of Justice, edited by Ron Lewis, Dale P. Andrews & Dawn Ottoni Wilhelm (Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press) (contributor) '' * 2011: ''Three Theological Commentaries on 1 Thessalonians 2:1–8, 1 John 3:1–3 & 1 Thessalonians 2:9–13 in Feasting on the Word, Year A: Season After Pentecost 2, Volume XII, edited by David L. Bartlett & Barbara Brown Taylor (Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press) (contributor) '' * 2010: ''The Grace of Sophia: A Korean North American Women's Christology '': * 2010: ''Asian American Feminist Theology, in Liberation Theologies in the United States: An Introduction edited by Anthony Pinn & Stacey M. Floyd-Thomas (New York: New York University Press, 2010), 131–148 '' * 2008: ''What Forms Us: Multiculturalism, the Other and Theology, in Feminist Theology With A Canadian Accent: Canadian Perspectives on Contextual Theology, edited by Mary Ann Beavis, Elaine Guillemin & Barbara Pell (Ottawa: Novalis), 78–99 (contributor) '' * 2007: ''Literary Commentary on Bread for the Journey, by Henri Nouwen, in Masterplots II: Christian Literature, edited by John K. Roth (Pasadena: Salem Press), 215–217 (contributor)'' *2002: ''The Grace of Sophia: A Korean North American Women's Christology,'' Cleveland: The Pilgrim Press.

References

External links

Kim's personal blog with links to books and academic site

Madang Podcast on SpotifyMadang Podcast on Apple
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Taste of Seminary

Book Page on Amazon.com

AAR Women of Color Scholarship

AAR Status of Women in the Professions

AAR Comparative theology Group

Korean Immigrant Women's Leadership

Blog in Feminism and Religion

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