
Centering is the Asian American Christian Podcast: conversations on Christ, the Christian life, and Asian American perspectives.
Through our podcast seasons, as well as specially presented content, we dive into the reality and beauty of living out Asian American Christian faith.
Centering is a production of the Center for Asian American Theology and Ministry at Fuller Theological Seminary.

Centering is the Asian American Christian Podcast: conversations on Christ, the Christian life, and Asian American perspectives.
Through our podcast seasons, as well as specially presented content, we dive into the reality and beauty of living out Asian American Christian faith.
Centering is a production of the <a href="http://fuller.edu/aac">Center for Asian American Theology and Ministry</a> at Fuller Theological Seminary.

Centering is the Asian American Christian Podcast: conversations on Christ, the Christian life, and Asian American perspectives.
Through our podcast seasons, as well as specially presented content, we dive into the reality and beauty of living out Asian American Christian faith.
Centering is a production of the <a href="http://fuller.edu/aac">Center for Asian American Theology and Ministry</a> at Fuller Theological Seminary.

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Centering is produced by Jason Chu, edited by Alexander Catedral, with music by Mark Redito
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Critical Race Theory and Our Nation’s Future
In this season’s final episode of Centering, the Asian American Christian podcast, Daniel and Alexander talk about the future of race in America: Where will conversations around race go? What will be the issues that continue to arise around race, power, and inequity? And how can the Christian church bear faithful witness amidst it all?… Read more »
+ ListenIn this season’s final episode of Centering, the Asian American Christian podcast, Daniel and Alexander talk about the future of race in America: Where will conversations around race go? What will be the issues that continue to arise around race, power, and inequity? And how can the Christian church bear faithful witness amidst it all? Listen now on Soundcloud Or search “Centering Asian American Christian” on your favorite podcast app or directory. Centering is produced by Jason Chu, edited by Alexander Catedral, with music by Mark Redito
+ ListenThis episode, Dr. Daniel D. Lee and Dr. Alexander Jun speak on critical race theory – and our churches. Does Critical Theory have a place in ethnic, Asian American, and multicultural churches? What are the dangers – and uses – of introducing these ideas into our spaces of worship and community? Listen now on Soundcloud, or search for “Centering Asian American Christian” on your favorite podcast app or directory. Centering is produced by Jason Chu, edited by Alexander Catedral, with music by Mark Redito
+ ListenThis week on our podcast, Dr. Daniel D. Lee and Dr. Alexander Jun speak about Critical Race Theory and the academy: how is history told, whose voices are included, and what does a “Christian” history mean? Listen now on Soundcloud, or search for “Centering Asian American Christian” on your favorite podcast app or directory. Centering is produced by Jason Chu, edited by Alexander Catedral, with music by Mark Redito
+ ListenWhat IS cancel culture, and how does – and doesn’t – it fit into a Christian imagination of justice? On today’s episode of Centering, Daniel and Alex speak about the roles of accountability, forgiveness, and power in the current conversation around “cancel culture”. Listen now on Soundcloud Or search for “Centering Asian American Christian” on your favorite podcast app or directory. Centering is produced by Jason Chu, edited by Alexander Catedral, with music by Mark Redito
+ ListenIn this episode, Dr. Daniel D. Lee and Dr. Alexander Jun speak on intersectionality, identity, and the Image of God: What is intersectionality? Why are social identities important to God, and to us? And how do we avoid idolizing social identity? Listen now on Soundcloud, or search for “Centering Asian American Christian” on your favorite podcast app or directory. Centering is produced by Jason Chu, edited by Alexander Catedral, with music by Mark Redito
+ ListenIs social justice a different gospel, a distraction from the gospel, or the Gospel itself? This week on Centering, Dr. Daniel D. Lee and Dr. Alex Jun talk about the various manifestations of justice and their relationship to the Christian Gospel. Centering is produced by Jason Chu, engineered by Alexander Catedral, with music by Mark Redito
+ ListenThis week on Centering, the Asian American Christian podcast, Dr. Daniel D Lee and Dr. Alexander Jun talk about sin, supremacy, and salvation. In the face of systems that harm and hurt God’s creation, how can Asian American Christians receive and share in a holistic salvation? Centering is produced by Jason Chu, engineered by Alexander Catedral, with music by Mark Redito
+ ListenWelcome back to Centering! This season is a series of conversations on “Race and Grace” between Dr. Daniel D. Lee and Dr. Alex Jun. We kick off this season with a conversation about Critical Race Theory: what is it, why does it make so many people so angry, and what do Asian American Christians need to know about it? Centering is produced by Jason Chu, edited by Alexander Catedral, with music by Mark Redito
+ ListenAs American society undergoes historic shifts of public identity and conversation, Evangelicalism is changing along with it. Is there space in contemporary Evangelicalism for Asian Americans? Professor Daniel D. Lee joins Tim and Jane for this season’s final episode to discuss the varied and complicated future of Asian American Christianity and its relationship with evangelicalism
+ ListenIn 1996, Helen Lee called the trend of 2nd-generation Korean Americans leaving their ethnic churches a “silent exodus”. This week, she joins us to discuss how many Asian Americans and their ethnic churches continue to wrestle with cultural, theological, and social tensions. (Ed. note: This podcast was prerecorded on 1/8/21)
+ ListenIn 1893, a group of White Americans forcibly overthrew the Kingdom of Hawaii. Today, the Hawaii Independence movement continues to resist US colonial occupation. Leon Siu, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Ke Aupuni O Hawaii (the Hawaiian Kingdom) and Director of Christian Voice of Hawaii joins Centering to speak on faith and freedom in Hawaii.
+ ListenSouth Asian Americans have a storied history of Christian faith. The Apostle Thomas brought the gospel to the southwestern coast of India in AD 52, and the Mar Thoma church continues as a source of faith and tradition for many diasporic Indian communities. This week, Sam George, Catalyst of the Lausanne Movement and Director of Global Diaspora Institute at Wheaton College BGC, joins Jane and Tim to talk about the ongoing experiences of South Asian American Christians.
+ ListenSince the 90s, Filipino Americans have been the 2nd largest Asian American population – but are often overlooked in the “Asian American” conversation. Asian American scholar Dr. Melissa Borja joins Jane and Tim to speak on the distinctive history and religious life of Filipino Americans.
+ ListenMany Vietnamese Americans did not make a choice to come to the US – they were forced to leave their country by US imperialism and its widescale displacement, destruction, and death. Dr. Phuong Nguyen joins Tim and Jane this week to speak about the experiences, identity, and faith of the Vietnamese community.
+ Listen100 years ago, Mabel Ping-Hua Lee rode a horse through the streets of New York, fighting for women’s right to vote. She was also a Christian leader who bought a Chinatown church and fought against racism and sexism in her denomination. Professor Grace May joins Tim and Jane to share about the life of this incredible Asian American Christian leader.
+ ListenBishop Roy Sano was incarcerated with other Japanese Americans during World War II, led the fight for a distinct Asian American voice in the United Methodist Church, and directed the groundbreaking work of PACTS, the Pacific and Asian American Center for Theologies and Strategies. This week, Bishop Sano joins Tim and Jane to share his lived insights on Asian American Christian history.
+ ListenActivist Yuri Kochiyama held Malcolm X as he died. A Sunday School teacher, American concentration camp survivor, and activist leader, she’s best known for her lifetime of work dedicated to justice and liberation. This week on Centering, ethicist Dr. Grace Kao joins Jane and Tim to reflect on how Yuri’s Christian upbringing grounded her organizing, and provides a model for Asian American Christians engaging in racial justice.
+ ListenWe’re back! This season, historians Dr. Tim Tseng and Professor Jane Hong are guiding us through several key topics drawn from Asian American Christian history. In this first episode, they start with a foundational question: why should anyone – whether Asian Americans or Christians – care about such a specific field?
+ ListenThis week, we’re exploring the #ChurchToo movement: How has the conversation around sexual harassment and assault impacted what the church is to people?
+ ListenAsian American worship: what does it look like, where does it start, and what’s our future?
+ ListenKevin and Daniel talk about the pressure for churches to be superficially “multi-ethnic”, the need for ethnic-specific Christian spaces, and how Asian American faith can paint “a portrait of heaven” just as much as an overtly multi-cultural church.
+ ListenThis week on Centering, the Asian American Christian podcast, we welcome our first guest: Cambodian-American minister Ken Kong, the founder of Southeast Asian Ministries (seasianministries.com).
+ ListenThis week on Centering, the Asian American Christian podcast, Pastor Kevin Doi and Professor Daniel D. Lee discuss how our relationship with our parents sets out a “script” for us – and how we deal with those expectations for the rest of our lives in marriage, child-raising, and church.
+ ListenThis week on Centering, the Asian American Christian podcast, Kevin Doi and Professor Daniel Lee of Fuller Seminary discuss: how can we fix the Asian American church?
+ ListenIn this episode, host Kevin Doi and Professor Daniel Lee of Fuller Seminary ask: Why do sermons die?
+ ListenThroughout this season, we’re addressing “the big questions.” In our third episode, host Kevin Doi and Professor Daniel Lee of Fuller Seminary ask: What is “Asian American”?
+ ListenFor our first season, we’re addressing “the big questions.” In our second episode, host Kevin Doi and Professor Daniel Lee of Fuller Seminary ask: do our stories matter to God?
+ ListenFor our first season, we’re addressing “the big questions.” In this episode, host Kevin Doi and Professor Daniel Lee of Fuller Seminary start by asking: why start an Asian American Christian podcast?
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