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January 2017

January 20, 2017

I’m just being a stereotypically boring academic today #Inauguration2017

There is a post for which I got a good deal of flak that I...

October 2016

October 13, 2016

I haven’t written for a while, I want to write about the elections, I have nothing to say to the multitude, I’m going to put my new chotki to use

I have not written for a while, and I suspect that some might be glad...

September 2016

September 19, 2016

Icons in my Asian American studies office

I haven't blogged for a little bit because I've been getting ready for the beginning...

July 2016

July 29, 2016

Does Being Catholic Change How I Write About Pope Francis?

I used to write about Pope Francis from the vantage point of a secular academic who...

July 21, 2016

ADDENDUM: stuff I remember reading in Catholic high school

This is an addendum post to the third post in a blog series tentatively titled (pending a...

July 21, 2016

Catholic school contorted my ‘conservatism’ because we had to read closely

This is the third post in a blog series tentatively titled (pending a better title)...

August 2015

August 21, 2015

To Josh Duggar, from a secular academic, on staying Christian

Dear Josh, We do not know each other, but as part of the reading and...

November 2014

November 30, 2014

We’re Awake

Advent is upon us. In the Gospel text (Mark 13.24-37), Jesus instructs his disciples, 'Keep...

May 2014

May 11, 2014

Why Don’t You Want to Build a Snowman?

When I gave the lecture on the Christian Right in my American Religion class, I...

May 03, 2014

#SourcesoftheSelfie, or my students taught me how to run a secular classroom

It's a cliché to say that one's students will teach a teacher more than a...

December 2013

December 31, 2013

Breaking the Curse of Academic (Dis)enchantment

As I prepare to move to Seattle, I am also saying goodbye to a place...

October 2013

October 26, 2013

The Private Consensus Is Unraveling, Part 1: an Asian American open letter and American religion

There are moments in the career of a young academic when choices have to be...

June 2013

June 25, 2013

Edward Snowden’s Right of Abode

On 23 June, Edward Snowden left Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) en route to...

June 24, 2013

Racial Diversity in the University as a Public Good

This morning, the United States Supreme Court handed down a series of decisions, the most...

June 22, 2013

Wired by the Law

If you look at the Who's Who of American High School Students in 2002, you'll...

June 21, 2013

Apologizing for the culture wars, moving toward secular sexualities

The apology of Exodus International's Alan Chambers toward LGBTQ+ populations yesterday and the Exodus board's...

June 12, 2013

Solutions for Asians in the property market? Give me a break.

Yesterday, the Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC) covered a panel at Metro Vancouver's Simon Fraser University...

April 2013

April 09, 2013

Academic Love and the Critical Space of Academia

I want to write a quick response to Churl's post yesterday on love in academia. ...

January 2013

January 25, 2013

Theological Education and the Public Pastor

On January 22, 2013, Barack Hussein Obama was inaugurated for a second term as President...

December 2012

December 04, 2012

A PhD Hermeneutic for a Few Pop Songs

Today is St. Francis Xavier Day, and in the spirit of engaging "the world" as...

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