Jooyoung Hong

Journal Article Expository Times · September 1, 2025 Featured Publication This study examines the experiences of Yun Ch’i-ho, a Korean intellectual and devout Christian, as a rare non-Western observer of Southern evangelicalism in the late 19th century. Through a close reading of his diary from his years at Vanderbilt University ... Full text Cite

The Immanence of Evil: Yong-gi Cho's Theology and the Cultural Dynamics of Korean Pentecostalism

Journal Article Dialog · September 1, 2025 Featured Publication This article examines the complex theology of Yong-gi Cho (1936–2021), exploring his distinctive interpretation of evil within the broader context of Korean culture. Cho's theology, centered on the “threefold blessings”—salvation, health, and prosperity—em ... Full text Cite

THE GOSPEL OF CHURCH: HOW MAINLINE PROTESTANTS VILIFIED CHRISTIAN SOCIALISM AND FRACTURED THE LABOR MOVEMENT. By Janine GiordanoDrake. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2024. Pp. xi+310; tables and figures. Paper, $34.95.

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CATHOLICS IN CONTEMPORARY BRITAIN: FAITH, SOCIETY, POLITICS. By BenClements and StephenBullivant. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2022. pp. vi + 222; figures, tables. Cloth, $110.00.

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WHAT KIND OF CHRISTIANITY: A HISTORY OF SLAVERY AND ANTI‐BLACK RACISM IN THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH By WilliamYoo. Author. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2022. pp. ix + 224; plates. paper, $30.00

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God’s Forgotten Garden: The Role of Missionary Botany in Sino-European Exchanges

Journal Article Religions · January 1, 2025 Featured Publication This study explores how European botanical science, introduced by foreign missionaries, transformed the intellectual and environmental landscape of premodern China. By examining the transnational exchange of scientific ideas, the paper highlights the role ... Full text Cite

MEDIATING CATHOLICISM: RELIGION AND MEDIA IN GLOBAL CATHOLIC IMAGINARIES. Edited by Eric HoenesDelPinal, Marc RoscoeLoustaum, and KristinNorget. New Directions in the Anthropology of Christianity, 1. London, New York, Dublin: Bloomsbury Academic, 2022. pp. xiii+245; plates, photos. Cloth, $115.00; paper, $39.95.

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UNHOLY CATHOLIC IRELAND: RELIGIOUS HYPOCRISY, SECULAR MORALITY, AND IRISH IRRELIGION. By HughTurpin. Spiritual Phenomena, 6. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2022. pp. xii + 325; plates, photos, and figures. Cloth, $90.00; paper, $28.00.

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