APA Religions 101
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 clergy
Start with Episode 1:
Episode 1: Introduction
Episode 2
Before and Beyond Whiteness: Asian American Buddhists - with Dr. Funie Hsu and Chenxing Han
Episode 3
Filipino Theology Between Asian America and the United States with Dr. Gabriel Catanus
Episode 4
Fighting Racism with the Wisdom of the Sikh Tradition with Dr. Simran Jeet Singh
Episode 5
A Vietnamese American Muslim Theologian at a Catholic Funeral with Dr. Martin Nguyen
Episode 6
Between Mother India and Jim Crow with Philip Deslippe
Episode 7
Japanese, Jewish, Queer, and Clergy with Rev. Laura Cheifetz
Episode 8
Caste Privilege in the United States and India with Dr. Himanee Gupta
Episode 9
Beyond Whiteness: Conservatism and Fascism in Asian American Evangelical and Catholic Communities with Drs. Jane Hong and Adrian De Leon
Episode 10
Asian Americans and Affirmative Action with Dr. Janelle Wong
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Additional Show Information
This 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. Funding for this series has been generously provided by the Henry Luce Foundation.
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