Yii-Jan Lin
@janjancl.bsky.social
Associate Professor of New Testament • Yale Divinity School • biblical texts in immigration, borders, apocalypse, textuality, biological metaphors
• 她/she • not always here • http://yiijanlin.com
• 她/she • not always here • http://yiijanlin.com
Two important and timely panels at #AARSBL co-sponsored by Poverty in the Biblical World with Minoritized Criticism & Biblical Interpretation and Latino/a/e & Latin American Biblical Interpretation respectively: The Bible, Poverty, & Minoritized Peoples and Engaging the Legacies of Gustavo Gutiérrez
November 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Two important and timely panels at #AARSBL co-sponsored by Poverty in the Biblical World with Minoritized Criticism & Biblical Interpretation and Latino/a/e & Latin American Biblical Interpretation respectively: The Bible, Poverty, & Minoritized Peoples and Engaging the Legacies of Gustavo Gutiérrez
Come to my book review panel at #AARSBL2025 ! A cross-organization, interdisciplinary joint session, Sat. Nov 22 @ 1-3:30 Hynes Convention Center 201 -- if not for me, then to hear one of these fabulous panelists! @jaxhidalgo.bsky.social @elprofebarba.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Come to my book review panel at #AARSBL2025 ! A cross-organization, interdisciplinary joint session, Sat. Nov 22 @ 1-3:30 Hynes Convention Center 201 -- if not for me, then to hear one of these fabulous panelists! @jaxhidalgo.bsky.social @elprofebarba.bsky.social
Something I’ve written about: how cuteness, silliness, and humor strengthen protest. theconversation.com/pikachu-prot...
October 8, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Something I’ve written about: how cuteness, silliness, and humor strengthen protest. theconversation.com/pikachu-prot...
From The Guardian www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
September 26, 2025 at 5:08 PM
From The Guardian www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
He does have a particular set of skills
August 23, 2025 at 10:27 PM
He does have a particular set of skills
Look who’s speaking on the Antichrist.
August 22, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Look who’s speaking on the Antichrist.
I will be lecturing in Seoul at Yonsei University May 8 and Ewha Womans University May 12! Come join us if you are in the area
April 29, 2025 at 1:22 PM
I will be lecturing in Seoul at Yonsei University May 8 and Ewha Womans University May 12! Come join us if you are in the area
A conversation for this deadly and apocalyptic time: this Saturday, hosted by @citylightsbooks.bsky.social - online and free, registration link: citylights.com/events/patho...
April 15, 2025 at 1:43 PM
A conversation for this deadly and apocalyptic time: this Saturday, hosted by @citylightsbooks.bsky.social - online and free, registration link: citylights.com/events/patho...
This is funny but actually there _was_ a group chat in Lord of the Rings via the palantirs, and an unintended rando joining the group chat did lead to some fatal errors.
March 26, 2025 at 11:18 PM
This is funny but actually there _was_ a group chat in Lord of the Rings via the palantirs, and an unintended rando joining the group chat did lead to some fatal errors.
Spotted Immigration and Apocalypse in a bookstore today. More relevant now than ever for understanding how we got to this point through use of the Bible and apocalypticism.
March 20, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Spotted Immigration and Apocalypse in a bookstore today. More relevant now than ever for understanding how we got to this point through use of the Bible and apocalypticism.
We're at the intersection of Xianity, death, anti-immigrant hate, & betrayals of the constitution. Historic City Lights bookstore is hosting an online event featuring me, Kyle Smith, & Jonathan Rauch: "Pathologies of Faith" April 19, free: citylights.com/events/patho... @citylightsbooks.bsky.social
March 18, 2025 at 3:47 PM
We're at the intersection of Xianity, death, anti-immigrant hate, & betrayals of the constitution. Historic City Lights bookstore is hosting an online event featuring me, Kyle Smith, & Jonathan Rauch: "Pathologies of Faith" April 19, free: citylights.com/events/patho... @citylightsbooks.bsky.social
No cheating. Post the last photo of your pet.
March 16, 2025 at 2:53 AM
No cheating. Post the last photo of your pet.
In The Federalist today: "Cultural similarities mean it's easier for some foreigners to become American than others. Our immigration policy should reflect that." Closer circling of the white supremacist wagons 🚨🚨🚨
March 11, 2025 at 10:02 PM
In The Federalist today: "Cultural similarities mean it's easier for some foreigners to become American than others. Our immigration policy should reflect that." Closer circling of the white supremacist wagons 🚨🚨🚨
Call for Papers for Society of Biblical Literature Nov. annual meeting in Boston, deadline Mar 25! We need to hear your voice in times like these.
March 3, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Call for Papers for Society of Biblical Literature Nov. annual meeting in Boston, deadline Mar 25! We need to hear your voice in times like these.
Give us this day our jalapeño cheddar bread.
March 1, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Give us this day our jalapeño cheddar bread.
Remembering when my 2016 NAPS conference flyer came inside a Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. Genius marketing. I refuse to think it was just accidental shuffling of the mail.
February 21, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Remembering when my 2016 NAPS conference flyer came inside a Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. Genius marketing. I refuse to think it was just accidental shuffling of the mail.
Bibliographic category error or preparing the youth for eventual future?
January 31, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Bibliographic category error or preparing the youth for eventual future?
Immigration & Apocalypse book event at Yale, where I'll be in conversation with Dan-el Padilla Peralta. It's not lost on us that this is after inauguration and MLK day. Please come if you're in the area! Open to the public.
January 6, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Immigration & Apocalypse book event at Yale, where I'll be in conversation with Dan-el Padilla Peralta. It's not lost on us that this is after inauguration and MLK day. Please come if you're in the area! Open to the public.
Taipei breakfast of champions.
Hot soy milk and youtiao (fried dough sticks).
Hot soy milk and youtiao (fried dough sticks).
December 28, 2024 at 10:19 PM
Taipei breakfast of champions.
Hot soy milk and youtiao (fried dough sticks).
Hot soy milk and youtiao (fried dough sticks).
I consider this one-star review a badge of honor. But if there are any blessed readers who have actually _read_ the book who feel inclined to write a review on Am*zon on Immigration and Apocalypse, I would be grateful!
December 14, 2024 at 1:13 AM
I consider this one-star review a badge of honor. But if there are any blessed readers who have actually _read_ the book who feel inclined to write a review on Am*zon on Immigration and Apocalypse, I would be grateful!