Sirisha Chen 6/16/26 Sirisha Chen 6/16/26

Laban: Only Jacob’s Villain or Also A Responsible Father?

When I first read about Jacob and his uncle Laban in Genesis, I did not see Laban as anything but a villain. But now, years later, as I reflect on my South Asian culture and the culture of Jacob’s time, I find that I have questions about who Laban is.

Fredric Schille 5/26/26 Fredric Schille 5/26/26

A Filipino American Perspective on Romans 12-13

I have carried these two perspectives, those of my tito and my classmates, with me for many years, trying to discern the right way to respond. The painful reality has been that biblical passages such as Rom. 13:1–7 have been used to justify the horrors of colonialism; by right of conquest, the imperial powers were granted the divine right to rule.

Denise Lee Yohn 5/5/26 Denise Lee Yohn 5/5/26

The Parable of the Talents and Asian American Work Ethic

We've inherited a vision of work that prizes achievement, esteem, and productivity above all else. But Scripture tells us something different. Work is about worship, service, and faithfulness. And the gap between those two visions is exactly what the Parable of the Talents in Matthew 25:14–30 invites us to reckon with.

Janette H. Ok 4/29/26 Janette H. Ok 4/29/26

Asian American Biblical Interpretation

Asian American biblical interpretation is committed to reading with, for, and about those who have been minoritized due to their Asian identity, while also offering them critique. It proposes a way forward toward greater justice and equality for Asian Americans.

Clark Fobes 4/21/26 Clark Fobes 4/21/26

Letter from the Editor:

Over the years, I’ve greatly benefited from the friendships I’ve made within AACC, especially as I’ve found other Asian American Christians pursuing a multi-faceted holistic discipleship—holism with the biblical view of the kingdom of God, and holism in integrating our Asian American identities with our faith.

Ilsup Ahn 3/4/25 Ilsup Ahn 3/4/25

Historical Reckoning and Asian American Political Theology

To become the church as it is called to be, the Asian American church should also engage in a historical reckoning of its own complicitous legacies, such as authoritarian and neoliberal complicity.

Daniel Harris 2/17/25 Daniel Harris 2/17/25

Book Review: The New Testament in Color

So then, can I, as an Asian American, trust Scripture? According to the wonderful contributors of The New Testament in Color, the answer to that question is “Yes!” Yet, not only I as an Asian American can trust Scripture, so too can African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Native Americans, and others.

Isaiah Hobus 12/28/22 Isaiah Hobus 12/28/22

Who is the Jesus of Advent?

The God of Advent is not a God of wealth, privilege, or status. The God of Advent is lowly–identifying with a forsaken place of our world.

Joshua E. Livingston 12/8/22 Joshua E. Livingston 12/8/22

Inhabiting the Hole of Advent: Transfiguring Asian American Futures

What if the problem is not our perceived foreignness at all, but our perpetual propensity to play the game? Maybe the way out of this perception is not ultimate economic empowerment, but a transfigured desire that perpetuates the possibility inherent in the empty space of Advent.

Bek Wright 2/1/22 Bek Wright 2/1/22

Why it Matters: The Need for Asian American Theological Scholarship

In “The Need for Asian American Theological Scholarship,” Chiwon Kim highlights how the domination of white male voices has shaped what has been accepted as “conventional theology.”

Isaiah Hobus 9/21/21 Isaiah Hobus 9/21/21

Resurrection in Tragedy: The Asian American Diaspora and The Lynching Tree

Joshua Huver 9/9/21 Joshua Huver 9/9/21

Cultivating an "Even If" Faith: An Interview with Mitchel Lee

Even if God's goodness to me didn't look the way that I thought it should, I'm going to worship him because he's worthy of worship.

Jessica Gracewski, Caren Lee, and Chris Lee 9/2/21 Jessica Gracewski, Caren Lee, and Chris Lee 9/2/21

More than "Biblical Manhood and Womanhood"?

The Bible has always showed me that I don’t necessarily need to adhere to the patriarchal structure of society and it was the Bible that helped me understand my value as a woman.

Michael Sugihara 8/31/21 Michael Sugihara 8/31/21

Lost in Someone Else’s Armor

The biblical story of David and Goliath has helped me to contextualize much of my life as a Japanese American: I’ve tried to convince myself that I could make someone else’s “armor” fit.

David Law and Joshua Wu 8/5/21 David Law and Joshua Wu 8/5/21

Stagecoach of God or Searching for Power—An AAPI Christian response to Jesus and John Wayne

So much of our experience as Asian Americans is the constant struggle to honor our own culture and experiences while being good citizens without losing what makes us unique.

AACC Editorial Team 6/22/21 AACC Editorial Team 6/22/21

Solidarity in Christ: Why AAPI Christians Must be Allies in the Pursuit of Justice

While Asian Americans may not fit neatly into the white-Black binary, we are not excluded from reckoning with the racial history of this country...Through remembrance, we take ownership of our history - even if none of us were there.