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> [“Who are theologians? What kind of self-identity could or should a theologian claim? Should a theologian be a defender or transmitter of Christian \_tradition\_? What if the \_tradition\_ itself carries a dark side, implicitly or explicitly, bounded by religious or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/namsoon-kang/who-are-theologians-what-kind-of-self-identity-could-or-should-a/)

[Namsoon Kang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/namsoon-kang/)

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> [“Although I believe identity politics '"produces limited but real empowerment for its participants," it is important to note that it contains significant problems: first, its essentialist tendency; second, its fixed \_we-they\_ binary position; third, its homogenization of diverse social oppression;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/namsoon-kang/although-i-believe-identity-politics-produces-limited-but-real/)

[Namsoon Kang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/namsoon-kang/)

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## Other authors on Identity politics

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-greg-gutfeld-39360.jpg) Greg Gutfeld 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/identity-politics/greg-gutfeld/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-milo-yiannopoulos-1925.jpg) Milo Yiannopoulos 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/identity-politics/milo-yiannopoulos/)

## More by Namsoon Kang

> [“I want to affirm that thinking and living, knowing and doing, theory and practice intersect.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/namsoon-kang/i-want-to-affirm-that-thinking-and-living-knowing-and-doing-theory/)

[Namsoon Kang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/namsoon-kang/)

> [“Cosmopolitan theology affirms and radicalizes the belief that the Divine creates each and every human being as equal to every one else as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/namsoon-kang/cosmopolitan-theology-affirms-and-radicalizes-the-belief-that-the/)

[Namsoon Kang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/namsoon-kang/)

> [“I believe theology should be about one's way of life, a kind of gaze into onesself and others, and a mode of one's profound…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/namsoon-kang/i-believe-theology-should-be-about-one-s-way-of-life-a-kind-of-gaze/)

[Namsoon Kang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/namsoon-kang/)

> [“the overall theme of theology can be twofold: the search for meaning and the responsibility one has to the others.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/namsoon-kang/the-overall-theme-of-theology-can-be-twofold-the-search-for-meaning/)

[Namsoon Kang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/namsoon-kang/)

> [“Who are theologians? What kind of self-identity could or should a theologian claim? Should a theologian be a defender or transmitter of Christian \_tradition\_?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/namsoon-kang/who-are-theologians-what-kind-of-self-identity-could-or-should-a/)

[Namsoon Kang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/namsoon-kang/)

> [“Cosmopolitanism emphasizes and is grounded in a \_singular relationality between and among people”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/namsoon-kang/cosmopolitanism-emphasizes-and-is-grounded-in-a-singular/)

[Namsoon Kang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/namsoon-kang/)

> [“What does it mean to be human, to continue to live as human, to remain \_faithful\_ to the Divine while living in a cultural,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/namsoon-kang/what-does-it-mean-to-be-human-to-continue-to-live-as-human-to-remain/)

[Namsoon Kang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/namsoon-kang/)

> [“Whenever one comes to the the table for interreligous dialogue, there is what I would call an \_ecumenical taboo\_ that one has to comply…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/namsoon-kang/whenever-one-comes-to-the-the-table-for-interreligous-dialogue-there/)

[Namsoon Kang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/namsoon-kang/)

> [“Religion is about hospitality, solidarity, and responsibility or it is nothing at all.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/namsoon-kang/religion-is-about-hospitality-solidarity-and-responsibility-or-it-is/)

[Namsoon Kang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/namsoon-kang/)

> [“One should regard one's religious or denominational affiliation as a point of departure, a point of entry, not the point of arrival because on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/namsoon-kang/one-should-regard-one-s-religious-or-denominational-affiliation-as-a/)

[Namsoon Kang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/namsoon-kang/)

> [“Cosmopolitanism has offered me an ethical perspective and a conceptual framework with which to read the \_signs of our times\_ as a theologian and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/namsoon-kang/cosmopolitanism-has-offered-me-an-ethical-perspective-and-a/)

[Namsoon Kang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/namsoon-kang/)

> [“Teaching and learning \_religious plurality often ends up privileging religious \_texts\_ over \_practice\_ and largely ignoring the social and historical contexts and the lived…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/namsoon-kang/teaching-and-learning-religious-plurality-often-ends-up-privileging/)

[Namsoon Kang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/namsoon-kang/)

> [“Cosmopolitanism starts from the \_singular\_ individual rather than the \_faceless\_ collective”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/namsoon-kang/cosmopolitanism-starts-from-the-singular-individual-rather-than-the/)

[Namsoon Kang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/namsoon-kang/)

> [“Cosmopolitan theology is a theology for \_the impossible\_.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/namsoon-kang/cosmopolitan-theology-is-a-theology-for-the-impossible/)

[Namsoon Kang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/namsoon-kang/)

> [“Theologians are to look to the \_beyond\_-community–– \_beyond\_ nationality; skin-color, gender; sexual orientation, citizenship, religious affiliation––because God, the Divine, who is the primary frame…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/namsoon-kang/theologians-are-to-look-to-the-beyond-community-beyond-nationality/)

[Namsoon Kang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/namsoon-kang/)

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