Dr. Grace Ji-Sun Kim Keynotes WCU’s Sixth Spirituality and Sustainability Colloquium
On Thursday, April 24, professor and Korean author Dr. Grace Ji-Sun Kim will lecture
on “Earthbound: Theology at the Intersections of Climate and Justice” for West Chester
University’s Sixth Spirituality and Sustainability Colloquium. All are welcome to
attend this free event at 6 p.m. in Mitchell Hall, Room 102 (675 South Church Street).
The event will close with a Q&A session.
This year’s colloquium centers on democracy, sustainability, and spirituality aligning with Dr. Kim’s expertise. The program is part of the University’s celebration of Earth Week.
Dr. Kim is a professor of theology at Earlham School of Religion in Indiana as well as an ordained Presbyterian Church (USA) minister. She has authored or edited 24 monographs exploring intersectional themes of gender, religion, and politics. She writes for Baptist News Global, Sojourners, Faith and Leadership, and the Wabash Center with publications in TIME, The Huffington Post, Christian Century, US Catholic Magazine, and The Nation. Dr. Kim is also the host of the “Madang” podcast owned by the Christian Century, where she discusses Christianity, religion, and culture.
One of the volumes she co-edited is Planetary Solidarity: Global Women’s Voices on Christian Doctrine and Climate Justice, which brings together leading Latina, womanist, Asian American, Anglican American, South American, Asian, European, and African woman theologians on the issues of doctrine, women, and climate justice. Because women make up the majority of the world’s poor and tend to be more dependent on natural resources for their livelihoods and survival, the authors state, they are more vulnerable when it comes to climate-related changes and catastrophes.
She published two books in 2024: When God Became White (InterVarsity Press) and Surviving God, co-written with Susan Shaw (Minneapolis: Broadleaf Books). The latter highlights the voices of sexual abuse survivors while rethinking key Christian beliefs.
The Sixth Spirituality and Sustainability Colloquium is co-sponsored by the WCU Office of Sustainability, the Philosophy Department, the Women and Gender Studies Department, and the Asian and Comparative Philosophy Reading Group of the Greater Philadelphia Philosophy Consortium.
Contact Jea Sophia Oh, Philosophy Department, at joh@wcupa.edu or Calli Lambard in the Office of Sustainability at clambard@wcupa.edu.