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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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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. ...

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...

19.11.2025 22:29 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œFor the real ones - Che Ahn is mentioned!” πŸ˜‚ … it’s a lot

04.12.2025 02:21 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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001: It's Time to Leave American Exceptionalism Behind Podcast Episode Β· American Unexceptionalism: Global Lessons on Fighting Religious Nationalism Β· 10/23/2025 Β· 31m

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...

23.10.2025 15:58 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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003: South Korea: K-Pop Demon Hunters IRL Podcast Episode Β· American Unexceptionalism: Global Lessons on Fighting Religious Nationalism Β· 11/06/2025 Β· 1h 12m

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...

06.11.2025 23:55 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

+ @sohayward.bsky.social @bradleyonishi.bsky.social just realized it’s been one year. Thx for doing this podcast together πŸ‘

04.12.2025 01:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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

04.12.2025 01:32 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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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...

12.05.2025 14:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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일본ꡰ β€˜μœ„μ•ˆλΆ€β€™ ν”Όν•΄ 이μ˜₯μ„  ν• λ¨Έλ‹ˆ λ³„μ„Έβ€¦μƒμ‘΄μž 6λͺ… 뿐 일본ꡰ β€˜μœ„μ•ˆλΆ€β€™ ν”Όν•΄μžμΈ 이μ˜₯μ„  ν• λ¨Έλ‹ˆκ°€ 건강 μ•…ν™”λ‘œ λ³„μ„Έν–ˆλ‹€. ν–₯λ…„ 97. μ—¬μ„±κ°€μ‘±λΆ€λŠ” 11일 이 ν• λ¨Έλ‹ˆκ°€ 이날 저녁 8μ‹œκ»˜ μ„±λ‚¨μ˜ ν•œ μš”μ–‘λ³‘μ›μ—μ„œ 세상을 떠났닀고 λ°ν˜”λ‹€. κ²½κΈ° κ΄‘μ£Όμ‹œ λ‚˜λˆ”μ˜μ§‘μ—μ„œ μƒν™œν•΄μ˜€λ˜ 이 ν• λ¨Έλ‹ˆλŠ” μ§€λ‚œν•΄ 3μ›”λΆ€ν„° 건강 문제둜 μš”μ–‘λ³‘μ›μ—μ„œ μ§€

Lee Ok-sun, a survivor of the Japanese militaryβ€˜s wartime sexual slavery system known as β€œcomfort women,” has died at the age of 97. Her death leaves only six registered survivors of the officially recognized victims.

11.05.2025 15:29 β€” πŸ‘ 45    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Collabs w/ @smgonzalezwi.bsky.social are the best! Here’s another one and special thnx to @dissentmag.bsky.social !

05.05.2025 20:54 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
New off the page episode. February 12,2025 hosted by Leslie Hickman. It includes the cover of Civic Activism in South Korea: The Intertwining of Democracy and Neoliberalism, by Seungsook Moon, and a graphic of a play interface. It offers a 20% discount with code NBN20 at cup.columbia.edu.

New off the page episode. February 12,2025 hosted by Leslie Hickman. It includes the cover of Civic Activism in South Korea: The Intertwining of Democracy and Neoliberalism, by Seungsook Moon, and a graphic of a play interface. It offers a 20% discount with code NBN20 at cup.columbia.edu.

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

02.05.2025 21:57 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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John Doe Chinaman β€” Harvard University Press A revelatory history of the laws that conditioned the everyday lives of Chinese people in the American Westβ€”and of those who negotiated, circumvented, and resisted discrimination.Legal discrimination ...

My next book. Out in September!
@harvardpress.bsky.social
www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...

30.04.2025 14:17 β€” πŸ‘ 98    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 1
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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

30.04.2025 17:23 β€” πŸ‘ 67    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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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...

29.04.2025 17:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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!

29.04.2025 14:31 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œWhite evangelicals (56%) are also β€˜the only religious group with majority support for militarized encampments for undocumented immigrants.’ Let that sink in.” πŸ€¦πŸ»β€β™€οΈ They need a real lesson in Ethnic Studies. Oh wait, they want to ban that.

29.04.2025 13:54 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Beautiful 🩷

28.04.2025 15:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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

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...

15.04.2025 15:24 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

The best part of having a dog for the first time is learning that downward dog is literal!

25.04.2025 01:37 β€” πŸ‘ 2831    πŸ” 65    πŸ’¬ 88    πŸ“Œ 8

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