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APA Religions 101
by Axis Mundi Media + APARRI
An introduction to Asian and Pacific American religions through interviews with experts and practitioners, host Dr. Bradley Onishi speaks with APA scholars about:* Asian American Catholicism* Asian American Buddhism before and beyond Whiteness* Fighting racism with the wisdom of Sikh teachings* Doing Muslim theology as a Vietnamese American* Asian American evangelicals in the MAGA Age* The challenges of creating Filipino religious communities* Race, Jim Crow, and the origins of modern yoga* Caste privilege in the United States and India* Asian Americans and Affirmative Action* Racialized Capitalism* Being Jewish, Japanese, queer and clergyThis series is a joint venture between APARRI and Axis Mundi Media. The series producer is Dr. Bradley Onishi: @bradleyonishi and the audio engineer and musician is Scott Okamoto: @rsokamoto. For more information about research-based media by Axis Mundi Media visit: www.axismundi.us ( https://www.axismundi.us/ ). Funding for this series ha
Episodes
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Japanese, Jewish, Queer, and Clergy with Rev. Laura Cheifetz
Japanese, Jewish, Queer, and Clergy with Rev. Laura Cheifetz Bradley Onishi interviews Reverend Laura Mariko Chaffetz, discussing her experiences as a multiracial queer Asian American Christian minister with Jewish heritage. They examine how APA religious communities navigate the black-white…
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Caste Privilege in the United States and India with Dr. Himanee Gupta
Brad speaks with Dr. Himanee Gupta, Professor in the Department of Historical Studies at SUNY Empire State and the author of "Muncie, India(na): Middletown and Asian America," about howt South Asians in the United States who grew up in the Hindu faith are caste-privileged or savarna (which means...
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Beyond Whiteness: Conservatism and Fascism in Asian American Evangelical and Catholic Communities with Drs. Jane Hong and Adrian De Leon
Many wonder how and why religious minorities in the USA adopt conservative – and even fascist – political identities when it seems that the American Right is anti-immigrant and in many cases explicitly racist. Scholars Dr. Jane Hong (Occidental) and Dr. Adrian de Leon (USC/NYU) argue that Asian...
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Asian Americans and Affirmative Action with Dr. Janelle Wong
In June 2023, the SCOTUS ruled that race cannot be used in the college admissions process. Many in and outside of the Asian American community see the ruling as positive for Asian American students who are supposedly disadvantaged by affirmative action policies. Brad talks with Dr. Janelle Wong…
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Between Mother India and Jim Crow with Philip Deslippe
Brad speaks with journalist and scholar Philip Deslippe about the origins of yoga in the United States as a response to the precarity of South Asian lives in the 20th century America. "A century ago, students of yoga in the United States, like many practitioners today, believed that they were...
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Filipino Theology Between Asian America and the United States with Dr. Gabriel Catanus
Brad speaks with Dr. Gabriel Catanus, Affiliate Assistant Professor of Theology at Fuller Seminary and Director of the Filipino American Ministry Initiative, about the challenges and joys of doing Filipino American theology and ministry and how they fit - and stand out - from other Asian American...
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Fighting Racism with the Wisdom of the Sikh Tradition with Dr. Simran Jeet Singh
Brad speaks with Dr. Simran Jeet Singh , Executive Director for the Aspen Institute’s Religion & Society Program and author of The Light We Give: How Sikh Wisdom Can Transform Your Life. As a boy growing up in South Texas, Simran Jeet Singh and his brothers confronted racism daily: at school, in...
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A Vietnamese American Muslim Theologian at a Catholic Funeral with Dr. Martin Nguyen
Brad speaks with Dr. Martin Nguyen, who explains how his personal story impacts his understanding race, theology, culture, and heritage. As he explains, "t is difficult for me to imagine doing theology, then, without also considering who I am—my being Vietnamese, Asian, American, once Catholic…
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Before and Beyond Whiteness: Asian American Buddhists - with Dr. Funie Hsu and Chenxing Han
Brad speaks with Dr. Funie Hsu and Chenxing Han about race, heritage, and Asian American Buddhisms. They discuss the ways Asian American Buddhists are often misunderstood in the United States due to the incomplete representation of Buddhism in American culture and the contemporary predominance of...
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An introduction to Asian and Pacific American religions through interviews with experts and practitioners. Host Dr. Bradley Onishi speaks with APA scholars about: Asian American Catholicism Asian American Buddhism before and beyond Whiteness Fighting racism with the wisdom of Sikh teachings Doing...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
An introduction to Asian and Pacific American religions through interviews with experts and practitioners, host Dr. Bradley Onishi speaks with APA scholars about:* Asian American Catholicism* Asian American Buddhism before and beyond Whiteness* Fighting racism with the wisdom of Sikh teachings* Doing Muslim theology as a Vietnamese American* Asian American evangelicals in the MAGA Age* The challenges of creating Filipino religious communities* Race, Jim Crow, and the origins of modern yoga* Caste privilege in the United States and India* Asian Americans and Affirmative Action* Racialized Capitalism* Being Jewish, Japanese, queer and clergyThis series is a joint venture between APARRI and Axis Mundi Media. The series producer is Dr. Bradley Onishi: @bradleyonishi and the audio engineer and musician is Scott Okamoto: @rsokamoto. For more information about research-based media by Axis Mundi Media visit: www.axismundi.us ( https://www.axismundi.us/ ). Funding for this series ha
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