Grace Ji-Sun Kim, Ph.D.

I was born in Korea, was educated in Canada, and now teach in the United States. I am the author or editor of 26 books: Earthbound, When God Became White, Invisible, Hope in Disarray, and Keeping Hope Alive. I am a Series Co-Editor for Palgrave Macmillan Series, “Asian Christianity in the Diaspora,” and have served on the American Academy of Religion’s Board of Directors.”

I write for Good Faith Media, Baptist News Global, Sojourners, Faith and Leadership, and Wabash Center, and have published in TIME, The Huffington Post, Christian Century, US Catholic Magazine, and The Nation. I have appeared on MSNBC, PBS, and C-Span. I have been a guest on BBC Radio, Soul Search Radio, WBEZ Radio, and Keeping Hope Alive Radio.

I am the host of the Madang podcast, which is hosted by the Christian Century, and am an ordained Presbyterian Church (USA) minister. More of my writing and work can be found on my blog site, Loving Life, and follow me on Substack: Loving Life.

• American Academy of Religion (AAR)
• Society of Race, Ethnicity and Religion (SRER)
• Social Ethnics Network (SEN)
• Asian Pacific American Religions Research Initiative (APARRI)

Books:

• Feminist Theologies: The Basics 1st Edition, co-written with Susan Shaw, Routledge, 2025
• Earthbound: God at the Intersection of Climate and Justice, Orbis Books, 2025
• When God Became White, InterVarsity Press, 2024
• Surviving God, co-written with Susan Shaw, Minneapolis: Broadleaf Books, 2024
• Christianity In North America, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2023
• Spirit Life, London: Darton, Longman and Todd, 2022.
• Invisible: Theology and the Experience of Asian American Women, Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2021.
• Hope in Disarray: Piecing our Lives Together in Faith, Cleveland: The Pilgrim Press, 2020.
• Reimagining Spirit: Light, Wind and Vibration, Eugene: Cascade, 2019.
• Keeping Hope Alive: Sermons and Speeches of Rev. Jesse Jackson, Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 2019.
• Intersectional Theology: An Introductory Guide, with Susan Shaw, Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2018.
• The Homebrewed Christianity Guide to the Holy Spirit, Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2018.
• Healing Our Broken Humanity: Practices for Revitalizing the Church and Renewing the World, with Graham Hill, Westmont: IVP, 2018.
• Mother Daughter Speak: Lessons on Life, with Elisabeth Sophia Lee, Cleveland: FAR Press, 2017 (reprinted by Wipf and Stock, 2020).
• 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
• Making Peace with the Earth: Action and Advocacy for Climate Justice, Geneva: World Council of Churches Publications, 2016.
• Here I Am: Faith Stories of Korean American Clergywomen, Valley Forge: Judson Press, 2015.
• Christian Doctrines for Global Gender Justice, co-edited with Jenny Daggers, New York:  Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
• Embracing the Other: The Transformative Spirit of Love, Grand Rapids:  Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2015.
• Theological Reflections on “Gangnam Style”: A Racial, Sexual and Cultural Critique, with Joseph Cheah, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
• Contemplations from the Heart: Spiritual Reflections on Family, Community, and the Divine, Eugene: Wipf and Stock, 2014.
• Reimagining with Christian Doctrines: Responding to Global Gender Injustices, co-edited with Jenny Daggers, New York:  Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
• Colonialism, Han, and the Transformative Spirit, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
• The Holy Spirit, Chi, and the Other: A Model of Global and Intercultural Pneumatology, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
• The Grace of Sophia: A Korean North American Women’s Christology, Cleveland: The Pilgrim Press, 2002, (reprint Eugene: Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2010).

Selected Book Chapters:

• Afterword in Sunburnt Country, Sweeping Pains, Far Horizons, Graham Joseph Hill, Eugene: Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2022.
• “Korean American Women and the Church” in Cultural History of Women in
• Christianity, ed. Janet Wooten, London: Routledge, 2022.
• Foreword in Call to be Bless, Robert Cornwall, Eugene: Cascade Publishers, 2021, p. ix-xii.
• “Climate Justice is for All,” in Gathered in my Name: Ecumenism in the World Church, ed. Bill Cavanaugh, Eugene: Cascade, 2020, p. 140-154.
• Foreword in An Introduction to Postcolonial Theologies, Randy Woodley & Bo Sanders, Eugene: Wipf and Stock, 2020, p. vii-xi.
• Foreword in Holding Up Half the Sky, Graham Joseph Hill, Eugene: Cascade Books, 2020, p. xvii-xviii.
• Foreword in Salt, Light and a City, Second Edition, Introducing Missional Ecclesiology: Majority World Voices, Graham Hill, Eugene: Cascade Books, 2020, ix-xii.
• “Where Are You REALLY From?”:  Racism,” in Encountering the Sacred, ed. Grace
• Kao & Rebecca Todd Peters, London: T & T Clark, 2018: 75-88.
• “Constructive Theology,” in Theologians and Philosophers Using Social Media, ed. Thomas Jay Oord, Durham: SacraSage Press, 2017: 247-252.
• “Prayer,” in What did Jesus Ask?: Today’s Christian Leaders Illuminate the Words of Christ, ed. Elizabeth Dias, New York: Time, 2015: 177-180.
• “Asian American Liberative Theologies,” in Introducing Liberative Theologies, ed. Miguel De La Torre, Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 2015: 135-151.
• “Writing Publicly,” in Writing Theologically, ed. Eric Barreto, Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2015: 73- 86.
• “Proper 13 for Year A,” in Preaching God’s Transformative Justice, ed. Ron Lewis, Dale P. Andrews & Dawn Ottoni-Wilhelm, Louisville: WJK Press, 2013: 339-345.
• 2 Theological Commentaries, Wisdom of Solomon 1:16 – 2:1, 12-22 & Psalm 54, in Feasting on the Word, Year B: Proper 20, ed. David L. Bartlett & Barbara Brown Taylor, Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2012.
• “Jurgen Moltmann,” in Beyond the Pale, ed. Miguel De La Torre & Stacey M. Floyd-Thomas, Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2011: 245-253.

Selected presentations:

• Oct 2026         Speaker, “When God Became White”, Whitewater Presbytery, Indianapolis, IN
• July 2026        “Feminist Theologies”, American Academy of Religion, online conference
• June 2026        Retreat Speaker/Co-Leader, “What our Souls Long to Say”, Ghost Ranch, Abiquiu, NM
• May 2026        Greenfaith Climate Justice Conference, Seoul, Korea
• May 2026        Preacher at Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
• Apr 2026         “Earthbound”, Otterbein University, online
• Apr 2026         Workshop Leader, Lead(Her) Conference, Kansas City, MO
• Mar 2026        Spring 2026 Steelman Symposium on “The Future of Liberation Theologies” Wake Forest Divinity School, Winston-Salem, NC
• Feb 2026         Retreat Speaker, “How to Write”, Kirkridge Retreat Center, Bangor, PA
• Feb 2026         Speaker, “Healing Our Broken Humanity,” Trinity Church, NYC, NY
• Jan 2026          Speaker, Church Conference, Westwood United Methodist Church, Cincinnati, OH
• Nov 2025 Lecturer, “God and Whiteness,” Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea
• Nov 2025 Preacher, Seoul YMCA, Seoul, South Korea
• Nov 2025 Speaker, Freedom Rising Conference, Middle Church, NYC, NY
• Oct 2025         Speaker, Homebrewed Christianity, Theology Beer Camp, Minneapolis, MN
• Oct 2025         “Intersectionality – The Meeting Place of Diversity”, Christ Seminary,
• Graceland University in Independence, MO
• Oct 2025         Keynote Speaker, Leadership Institute, Resurrection UMC, KS
• Sept 2025        PAX Fellowship Speaker, When God Became White, online
• July 2025        Speaker & Preacher, Wild Goose Festival, Harmony, NC
• June 2025        Homebrewed Christianity Live Podcast Book Talk, Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Chapel Hill, NC
• June 2025        Preacher, Duke Divinity School, Durham, NC
• May 2025        4 Week Online Class, “Rediscovering the Holy Spirit,” Homebrewed Christianity
• May 2025        Speaker, Society of Pastoral Theology, Online Conference
• May 2025        Preacher and Book Talk, When God Became White, Church of the Village, Manhattan, NY
• May 2025        Hope in Disarray Book Talk, Flatsburgh United Methodist Church, online
• May 2025        Speaker, Creation Care Conference, Assisi, Italy
• May 2025        Speaker, “When God Became White,” Rethinking Religion Online Conference
• May 2025        Lecturer: “When God Became White,” University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
• April 2025       Homebrewed Christianity online class “The Many Faces of Christ Today”,
• Feminist Christology
• April 2025       Earthbound Book Talk, United Women of Faith, online
• April 2025       Speaker, East Asia Conference, Gordon Conwell Seminary, MA
• Mar 2025        Lenten Retreat Speaker, New York Annual Conference, United Methodist Church, NY
• Mar 2025        Hope in Disarray Book Talk, United Women of Faith, online
• Feb 2025         Britt Lecturer: “When God Became White”, United Methodist Church, Hawaii
• Nov 2024        Keynote Speaker, AWCA 44th Annual Gala, Pearl River, NJ
• Oct 2024         Lecturer: When God Became White, King’s University, London, Canada
• Oct 2024         Lecturer: When God Became White, Knox College, Toronto, Canada
• Oct 2024         Faith and Public Life: Webinar Lecture on ‘When God Became White’
• Sept 2024        Matthew Simpson, Lecturer: When God Became White, Simpson College, Indianola, Iowa
• July 2024        “Hybridity” & “Embracing the Other”, Uniting Theological College, Sydney, Australia.
• July 2024        Speaker, “When God Became White”, Wesley Centre, Melbourne, Australia
• July 2024        Lecturer, “Theology of Visibility,” Melbourne, Australia
• July 2024        Lecturer, “When God Became White,” Victoria Baptist Churches, Melbourne, Australia
• July 2024        Speaker, “Intercultural Ministry,” Queensland Synod, Brisbane, Australia
• July 2024        Cato Lecturer during the 17th Assembly of the Uniting Church, Sydney, Australia
• July 2024        Lecturer, ‘When God Became White’, United Theological College, Sydney, Australia
• July 2024        Keynote Speaker, School of Discipleship, Sydney, Australia
• June 2024        CPE Lecturer: Intersectional Theology
• June 2024        Book Talk, Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance of Florida, St. Petersburg, Florida
• May 2024         Paper, “Colonialism and Gaza,” Theology after Gaza Conference, Istanbul, Turkey
• May 2024        Speaker & Preacher, Festival of Homiletics, Pittsburgh, PA
• May 2024        Preacher, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, Pittsburgh, PA
• April 2024       United Methodist Korean Clergywomen: Intersectionality and Church Gender Dynamics, an online virtual event
• April 2024       Keynote Speaker: “Intergenerational Love,” Space for Grace Conference, King of Prussia, PA
• March 2024     Guest Lecturer at the Summit for Faith and Learning, Perkins School of Theology, Texas
• March 2024     Guest Preacher, Luther College, Iowa
• March 2024     Sihler Lecturer, Luther College, Iowa
• Feb 2024         Book Talk “Surviving God,” Central Seminary, Shawnee, KS