11/29 - Asian American Churches

PREPARE by reading The Boomerang Effect: The generation of the 'silent exodus' has now started coming back (2014) by Helen Lee
and 'Silent Exodus' from Korean American Churches As Younger Parishioners Find Community Elsewhere (2018) by Paulina Cachero

Categories from Russell Jeung's book, Faithful Generations: Race and New Asian American Churches (2004)

Asian American Ethnic church
Panethnic Asian American Evangelical church
Panethnic Asian American Mainline church
Asian American-led Multi-ethnic church

12/6 - Community for Asian American Women

In “Being Community”, Season Four of Centering, Hmong American minister Der Lor and Indian American therapist Melba Mathew dive into the many ways Asian American Christian communities can be nurtured, built, and supported.

Asian Americans: “a variety of mutually-illuminating experiences” ~Der Lor

Guest of Episode 4: Kathy Moua, Hmong American minister, functioning 1.5 generation, child of refugee family, speaks on racism, patriarchy, and community.

PREPARE by listening to "4x04 - Community for Asian American Women" podcast [Spotify] [Apple]

12/13 - The Language of Asian American Christianity

In the final episode of their season, Der and Melba are joined by Hmong American pastor Second Yang to discuss the surprising and overlooked ways that language can have an impact on our faith, fellowship, and worshipping communities.

PREPARE by listening to "4x08 - The Language of Asian American Christianity" podcast [Spotify] [Apple]

12/20 - NO CLASS (OUTDOOR WORSHIP)

12/27 - Panethnicity and Asian American Church

PREPARE by listening to Tim Tseng on "Panethnicity and Asian American Church" [Spotify] [YouTube] [SoundCloud]

Tim Tseng’s Categories

Imposed Panethnicity (“orientals”; other stereotypes)
Assimilated Non-Ethnicity (“just American” or “just Christian”; model minority; white normativity)
Reformist Panethnicity (different ethnic groups choosing “Asian American” identity for purpose of coalition building)

1/3 - Is “Asian” a race?

PREPARE by reading: Official 2020 Census guide on how to answer race.

1/10 - Ancestral Religions and Christian Faith

PREPARE by listening to "4x06 - Ancestral Religions and Christian Faith" podcast [Spotify] [Apple}

1/17 - Decolonizing Worship for Asian Americans

PREPARE by listening to "2x01 - Decolonizing Worship for Asian Americans" podcast [Spotify] [Soundcloud]

1/24 - Do We Need Asian American Churches?

PREPARE by listening to "1x08 - Do We Need Asian American Churches?" podcast [Spotify] [Soundcloud]

1/31 - NO CLASS (OUTDOOR WORSHIP)

2/7 - What is “Asian American”?

PREPARE by listening to “1x03 - What is ‘Asian American’?” podcast [Spotify] [Soundcloud]
Slides on Asian American Quadrilateral (aka buckets and terms): [Slide Deck]

2/14 - Wrap Up

Bonus material

Listen to two local (San Francisco and Berkeley) Korean American Lead Pastors of Presbyterian Churches in “Ep. 10 - Breaking the ‘Stained Glass’ Ceiling” podcast [Spotify] [Apple]

Read Article on The Asian American Christian Collaborative’s efforts to confront anti-Asian racism in the church