Learning Our Names

Asian American Christians on Identity, Relationships, and Vocation

By: Sabrina S. Chan, Linson Daniel, E. David de Leon, La Thao

Narrated by: Sabrina S. Chan, Linson Daniel

What's your name?

Asian Americans know the pain of being called names that deny our humanity. We may toggle back and forth between different names as a survival strategy. But it's a challenge to discern what names reflect our true identities as Asian Americans and as Christians. In an era when Asians face ongoing discrimination and marginalization, it can be hard to live into God's calling for our lives.

Asian American Christians need to hear and own our diverse stories beyond the cultural expectations of the model minority or perpetual foreigner. A team from East Asian, Southeast Asian, and South Asian backgrounds explores what it means to learn our names and be seen by God. They encourage us to know our history, telling diverse stories of the Asian diaspora in America who have been shaped and misshaped by migration, culture, and faith. As we live in the multiple tensions of being Asian American Christians, we can discover who we are and what God may have in store for us and our communities.

©2022 InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA and Linson T. Daniel (P)2022 eChristian

Illuminating

Totally resonates. So much truth and wisdom in this book. As a middle-aged professional, I wish I had something like this book to guide me earlier in life. Very therapeutic for me for where I am now.

A book every Christian should read.

I'm not Asian American, but I have been a Christian for most of my life and a church goer from birth. I've seen many of the underlying problems that exist in the modern American Church; the problems most churches won't talk about. It's refreshing to hear so many different perspectives discussing these issues, not to ridicule, but to confront them and work towards real solutions. Any Christian (and non Christian) can read this book and find something that resonates with them concerning who we are and how we relate to others in Christ's Church.

Getting a Closer Look

This book gives its readers a great look into what it’s like to encounter racism on micro and macro levels and helps us become aware of when we participate in it, even in the church.