Helen Jin Kim
@helenjinkim.bsky.social
Associate professor of American religious history at Emory, author of Race for Revival: How Cold War South Korea Shaped the American Evangelical Empire (OUP 2022)
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Most Americans weren’t paying attention to the fact that Korean democracy was startlingly challenged less than a year ago when the president at the time (President Yoon) declared martial law and tried to have his political enemies arrested.. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
003: South Korea: K-Pop Demon Hunters IRL
Podcast Episode · American Unexceptionalism: Global Lessons on Fighting Religious Nationalism · 11/06/2025 · 1h 12m
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1 year ago today, ex-president Yoon declared martial law in South Korea.
How did Koreans protect democracy? What role did religion play? How does an authoritarian past haunt?
@matthewdtaylor.bsky.social, Susie Hayward, Ray Kim & I chat on this podcast + see @chanheeheo.bsky.social’s op-ed
How did Koreans protect democracy? What role did religion play? How does an authoritarian past haunt?
@matthewdtaylor.bsky.social, Susie Hayward, Ray Kim & I chat on this podcast + see @chanheeheo.bsky.social’s op-ed
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We also discussed @helenjinkim.bsky.social ‘s Race for Survival: How #ColdWar South #Korea Shaped American #Evangelical Empire!
📣we have a new episode - the very first Shicha episode in English!📣
@tingguowrites.bsky.social talks to Myung-Sahm Suh on the global Christian right, religion and modern Korea!
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@tingguowrites.bsky.social talks to Myung-Sahm Suh on the global Christian right, religion and modern Korea!
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#20 全球基督教右翼 & 宗教與現代韓國｜Global Christian Right & Religion and Modern Korea
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December 10, 2025 at 9:53 PM
We also discussed @helenjinkim.bsky.social ‘s Race for Survival: How #ColdWar South #Korea Shaped American #Evangelical Empire!
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Full house for Sharon Suh’s edited volume Emergent Dharma: #Asian American #Feminist #Buddhists on Practice, #Identity, and #Resistance
#aarsbl25 #aarsbl #sblaar
#aarsbl25 #aarsbl #sblaar
November 22, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Full house for Sharon Suh’s edited volume Emergent Dharma: #Asian American #Feminist #Buddhists on Practice, #Identity, and #Resistance
#aarsbl25 #aarsbl #sblaar
#aarsbl25 #aarsbl #sblaar
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also enjoying this open-access paper from Myung-Sahm Suh: Vacillating between the Cold War and the Culture War: The Contemporary Predicament of the Korean Evangelical Right www.kci.go.kr/kciportal/la...
December 10, 2025 at 9:24 PM
also enjoying this open-access paper from Myung-Sahm Suh: Vacillating between the Cold War and the Culture War: The Contemporary Predicament of the Korean Evangelical Right www.kci.go.kr/kciportal/la...
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If you or someone you know is a scholar of color who studies religion, here's a great opportunity:
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First Book Grant for Scholars of Color - Louisville Institute
First Book Grant for Scholars of Color assists early career, non-tenured religion scholars of color to complete a major research project with grants up to $55,000..
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December 5, 2025 at 2:29 PM
If you or someone you know is a scholar of color who studies religion, here's a great opportunity:
louisville-institute.org/programs-gra...
louisville-institute.org/programs-gra...
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How have religious food movements from the early nineteenth century have to do with America’s MAHA health agenda today?
@adriennekrone.bsky.social, author of FREE-RANGE-RELIGION, dives into the history in this recent blog post ⤵️
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@adriennekrone.bsky.social, author of FREE-RANGE-RELIGION, dives into the history in this recent blog post ⤵️
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How Religious Food Movements Paved the Way for MAHA - UNC Press Blog
The following is a guest blog post by Adrienne Krone, author of Free-Range Religion: Alternative Food Movements and Religious Life in the United States which is now available wherever books are sold. ...
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November 19, 2025 at 10:29 PM
How have religious food movements from the early nineteenth century have to do with America’s MAHA health agenda today?
@adriennekrone.bsky.social, author of FREE-RANGE-RELIGION, dives into the history in this recent blog post ⤵️
uncpressblog.com/2025/11/19/h...
@adriennekrone.bsky.social, author of FREE-RANGE-RELIGION, dives into the history in this recent blog post ⤵️
uncpressblog.com/2025/11/19/h...
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Thrilled to announce my new project: my friend @sohayward.bsky.social & I have a new podcast series!
AMERICAN UNEXCEPTIONALISM: Global Lessons on Fighting Religious Nationalism
We ask experts in democracy & religious nationalism around the globe to guide us.
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AMERICAN UNEXCEPTIONALISM: Global Lessons on Fighting Religious Nationalism
We ask experts in democracy & religious nationalism around the globe to guide us.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/0...
001: It's Time to Leave American Exceptionalism Behind
Podcast Episode · American Unexceptionalism: Global Lessons on Fighting Religious Nationalism · 10/23/2025 · 31m
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October 23, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Thrilled to announce my new project: my friend @sohayward.bsky.social & I have a new podcast series!
AMERICAN UNEXCEPTIONALISM: Global Lessons on Fighting Religious Nationalism
We ask experts in democracy & religious nationalism around the globe to guide us.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/0...
AMERICAN UNEXCEPTIONALISM: Global Lessons on Fighting Religious Nationalism
We ask experts in democracy & religious nationalism around the globe to guide us.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/0...
Reposted by Helen Jin Kim
Latest episode of American Unexceptionalism by @matthewdtaylor.bsky.social @sohayward.bsky.social is out- this time they talk to folks about the South Korean martial law attempt by then President Yoon. For the real ones- Che Ahn mentioned! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
003: South Korea: K-Pop Demon Hunters IRL
Podcast Episode · American Unexceptionalism: Global Lessons on Fighting Religious Nationalism · 11/06/2025 · 1h 12m
podcasts.apple.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Latest episode of American Unexceptionalism by @matthewdtaylor.bsky.social @sohayward.bsky.social is out- this time they talk to folks about the South Korean martial law attempt by then President Yoon. For the real ones- Che Ahn mentioned! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
1 year ago today, ex-president Yoon declared martial law in South Korea.
How did Koreans protect democracy? What role did religion play? How does an authoritarian past haunt?
@matthewdtaylor.bsky.social, Susie Hayward, Ray Kim & I chat on this podcast + see @chanheeheo.bsky.social’s op-ed
How did Koreans protect democracy? What role did religion play? How does an authoritarian past haunt?
@matthewdtaylor.bsky.social, Susie Hayward, Ray Kim & I chat on this podcast + see @chanheeheo.bsky.social’s op-ed
Most Americans weren’t paying attention to the fact that Korean democracy was startlingly challenged less than a year ago when the president at the time (President Yoon) declared martial law and tried to have his political enemies arrested.. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
003: South Korea: K-Pop Demon Hunters IRL
Podcast Episode · American Unexceptionalism: Global Lessons on Fighting Religious Nationalism · 11/06/2025 · 1h 12m
podcasts.apple.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:32 AM
1 year ago today, ex-president Yoon declared martial law in South Korea.
How did Koreans protect democracy? What role did religion play? How does an authoritarian past haunt?
@matthewdtaylor.bsky.social, Susie Hayward, Ray Kim & I chat on this podcast + see @chanheeheo.bsky.social’s op-ed
How did Koreans protect democracy? What role did religion play? How does an authoritarian past haunt?
@matthewdtaylor.bsky.social, Susie Hayward, Ray Kim & I chat on this podcast + see @chanheeheo.bsky.social’s op-ed
Reposted by Helen Jin Kim
Applications for the 2025–2027 Young Scholars in American Religion cohort close in just one week on Monday, May 19, 2025. All application materials, including completed letters of recommendation, must be submitted by the deadline.
Learn more and submit: raac.indianapolis.iu.edu/programs/you...
Learn more and submit: raac.indianapolis.iu.edu/programs/you...
May 12, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Applications for the 2025–2027 Young Scholars in American Religion cohort close in just one week on Monday, May 19, 2025. All application materials, including completed letters of recommendation, must be submitted by the deadline.
Learn more and submit: raac.indianapolis.iu.edu/programs/you...
Learn more and submit: raac.indianapolis.iu.edu/programs/you...
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Lee Ok-sun, a survivor of the Japanese military‘s wartime sexual slavery system known as “comfort women,” has died at the age of 97. Her death leaves only six registered survivors of the officially recognized victims.
일본군 ‘위안부’ 피해 이옥선 할머니 별세…생존자 6명 뿐
일본군 ‘위안부’ 피해자인 이옥선 할머니가 건강 악화로 별세했다. 향년 97. 여성가족부는 11일 이 할머니가 이날 저녁 8시께 성남의 한 요양병원에서 세상을 떠났다고 밝혔다. 경기 광주시 나눔의집에서 생활해오던 이 할머니는 지난해 3월부터 건강 문제로 요양병원에서 지
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May 11, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Lee Ok-sun, a survivor of the Japanese military‘s wartime sexual slavery system known as “comfort women,” has died at the age of 97. Her death leaves only six registered survivors of the officially recognized victims.
Reposted by Helen Jin Kim
Collabs w/ @smgonzalezwi.bsky.social are the best! Here’s another one and special thnx to @dissentmag.bsky.social !
So proud of this co-written piece, put together with my compa @elprofebarba.bsky.social, in the latest edition of @dissentmag.bsky.social. We review the history of the sanctuary movement and what it means for faith-based migrant justice movements today.
May 5, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Collabs w/ @smgonzalezwi.bsky.social are the best! Here’s another one and special thnx to @dissentmag.bsky.social !
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In this Off The Page episode, host Leslie Hickman and author Seungsook Moon discuss her new book CIVIC ACTIVISM IN SOUTH KOREA. buff.ly/xQdmiUN @NewBooksNetwork
May 2, 2025 at 9:57 PM
In this Off The Page episode, host Leslie Hickman and author Seungsook Moon discuss her new book CIVIC ACTIVISM IN SOUTH KOREA. buff.ly/xQdmiUN @NewBooksNetwork
Reposted by Helen Jin Kim
Reposted by Helen Jin Kim
On a quieter note, on this anniversary of the end of the American war in Viet Nam, I think back to our arrival fifty years ago at Fort Indiantown Gap and then Harrisburg, PA. 1/3
April 30, 2025 at 5:23 PM
On a quieter note, on this anniversary of the end of the American war in Viet Nam, I think back to our arrival fifty years ago at Fort Indiantown Gap and then Harrisburg, PA. 1/3
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Don't forget to submit your application for the 2025–2027 Young Scholars in American Religion cohort!
All application materials must be received by the deadline of May 19.
Learn more and apply here: raac.indianapolis.iu.edu/programs/you...
All application materials must be received by the deadline of May 19.
Learn more and apply here: raac.indianapolis.iu.edu/programs/you...
April 29, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Don't forget to submit your application for the 2025–2027 Young Scholars in American Religion cohort!
All application materials must be received by the deadline of May 19.
Learn more and apply here: raac.indianapolis.iu.edu/programs/you...
All application materials must be received by the deadline of May 19.
Learn more and apply here: raac.indianapolis.iu.edu/programs/you...
Reposted by Helen Jin Kim
Congrats to @judithweisenfeld.com on the publication of Black Religion in the Madhouse!
Earlier this month we had a conversation with Judith and other leading scholars, find the conversation on many different platforms and check out some resources for learning/teaching these interesting topics!
Earlier this month we had a conversation with Judith and other leading scholars, find the conversation on many different platforms and check out some resources for learning/teaching these interesting topics!
April 29, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Congrats to @judithweisenfeld.com on the publication of Black Religion in the Madhouse!
Earlier this month we had a conversation with Judith and other leading scholars, find the conversation on many different platforms and check out some resources for learning/teaching these interesting topics!
Earlier this month we had a conversation with Judith and other leading scholars, find the conversation on many different platforms and check out some resources for learning/teaching these interesting topics!
“White evangelicals (56%) are also ‘the only religious group with majority support for militarized encampments for undocumented immigrants.’ Let that sink in.” 🤦🏻♀️ They need a real lesson in Ethnic Studies. Oh wait, they want to ban that.
It’s been a tumultuous first 100 days, to say the least. What do white evangelicals make of all this?
To no one’s surprise, 3 in 4 white evangelicals (76%) approve of the job Trump is doing as president.
This is exactly what they voted for.
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To no one’s surprise, 3 in 4 white evangelicals (76%) approve of the job Trump is doing as president.
This is exactly what they voted for.
open.substack.com/pub/kristind...
Democracy at a Crossroads
Trump's First 100 Days
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April 29, 2025 at 1:54 PM
“White evangelicals (56%) are also ‘the only religious group with majority support for militarized encampments for undocumented immigrants.’ Let that sink in.” 🤦🏻♀️ They need a real lesson in Ethnic Studies. Oh wait, they want to ban that.
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So delighted for my brilliant advisee @chanheeheo.bsky.social and the fantastic group of postdocs starting at the @ctrrelpol-washu.bsky.social this fall!
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John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics Awards Three Postdoctoral Fellowships for 2025-2026 - John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics
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April 15, 2025 at 3:24 PM
So delighted for my brilliant advisee @chanheeheo.bsky.social and the fantastic group of postdocs starting at the @ctrrelpol-washu.bsky.social this fall!
rap.wustl.edu/news/jpostdo...
rap.wustl.edu/news/jpostdo...
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The best part of having a dog for the first time is learning that downward dog is literal!
April 25, 2025 at 1:37 AM
The best part of having a dog for the first time is learning that downward dog is literal!