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Asian Americans Book Reviews Politics Race Racial Capitalism Theology

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This amazing Political Theology Network symposium on my book brought together amazing scholars raising excellent questions and my detailed response, allowing us to collectively inch the conversation on race and racism forward.

Jonathan TranFebruary 17, 2022

Asian Americans Book Reviews Race Racial Capitalism Whiteness

The Durability of Whiteness: A Review by Candace Jordan

Check out this star-turning review by Princeton’s Candace Jordan, an up-and-comer who’s clearly arrived. Originally published through the Political Theology Network Throughout Asian Americans and the Spirit of Racial Capitalism (Oxford University Press, 2021), Jonathan Tran asks, “What is racism for?” In an effort to uncover what…

Jonathan TranJanuary 27, 2022

Asian Americans Book Reviews Church Race Theology

The Healing Ecology of Rooted Church: A Review by Joshua Livingston

There are reviews and there are reviews. The good ones teach us about the book. The bad ones teach us about the reviewer. The best ones teach us about the book and through it, ourselves. This one by Josh Livingston teaches us about ourselves. …

Jonathan TranJanuary 27, 2022

Asian Americans Book Reviews Racial Capitalism

Rev. Janna Louie’s review of Asian Americans and the Spirit of Racial Capitalism

A book review from Janna Louis through Christians for Social Action: "Is it truly possible to focus on subverting dominance and exploitation in political economy as antiracist work? Is it my cynicism that assumes we are too far gone in our current discourse on racial…

Jonathan TranJanuary 14, 2022

Anthropology Book Reviews Christianity

Review of Joel Robbins’s book on Anthropology and Christianity

Jonathan Tran reviews an amazing new book about anthropology and Christianity by Professor Joel Robbins of Cambridge University: “Initially, I had a hard time wrapping my mind around it, so radical is the idea.” (The review was originally published through New Directions in the Anthropology…

Jonathan TranJanuary 1, 2022

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The Durability of Whiteness: A Review by Candace Jordan

The Healing Ecology of Rooted Church: A Review by Joshua Livingston

Rev. Janna Louie’s review of Asian Americans and the Spirit of Racial Capitalism

Review of Joel Robbins’s book on Anthropology and Christianity

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