“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;… — Namsoon Kang Copy Share Image
“Walter Mignolo terms and articulates _critical cosmopolitanism, juxtaposing it with globalization, which is a process of "the homogeneity of the planet from above––economically, politically and culturally." Although _globalization from below_ is to counter _globalization from above_ from the experience and… — Namsoon Kang Copy Share Image
“I want to affirm that thinking and living, knowing and doing, theory and practice intersect.” — Namsoon Kang Copy Share Image
“Cosmopolitan theology affirms and radicalizes the belief that the Divine creates each and every human being as equal to every one else as a… — Namsoon Kang Copy Share Image
“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… — Namsoon Kang Copy Share Image
“the overall theme of theology can be twofold: the search for meaning and the responsibility one has to the others.” — Namsoon Kang Copy Share Image
“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_?… — Namsoon Kang Copy Share Image
“Cosmopolitanism emphasizes and is grounded in a _singular relationality between and among people” — Namsoon Kang Copy Share Image
“What does it mean to be human, to continue to live as human, to remain _faithful_ to the Divine while living in a cultural,… — Namsoon Kang Copy Share Image
“Whenever one comes to the the table for interreligous dialogue, there is what I would call an _ecumenical taboo_ that one has to comply… — Namsoon Kang Copy Share Image
“Religion is about hospitality, solidarity, and responsibility or it is nothing at all.” — Namsoon Kang Copy Share Image
“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… — Namsoon Kang Copy Share Image
“Cosmopolitanism has offered me an ethical perspective and a conceptual framework with which to read the _signs of our times_ as a theologian and… — Namsoon Kang Copy Share Image
“Teaching and learning _religious plurality often ends up privileging religious _texts_ over _practice_ and largely ignoring the social and historical contexts and the lived… — Namsoon Kang Copy Share Image
