Emerging Scholars Blog

InterVarsity's Emerging Scholars Network

J. Nathan Matias

Do Christians Care About Social Justice? 500 Years of the Brown Church

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Are Christianity and social justice incompatible? Or are they deeply integrated in ways that many Americans have forgotten or ignored? According to Robert Chao Romero, author of the new book Brown Church, Christians have much to learn from a 500 year history of Latina/o social justice, theology, and identity that even many Latina/os are unfamiliar with. Speaking today at the Emerging Scholars Network is Dr. Robert Chao Romero (@ProfeChaoRomero), author of The Brown Church: Five Centuries of Latina/o Social Justice, … [Read more...] about Do Christians Care About Social Justice? 500 Years of the Brown Church

Migration as the Manifold Grace of God: Robert Chao Romero

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How does God use the migration process to extend His grace in its many forms? I'm here at InterVarsity's Northeast Faculty Retreat, hearing from  professor  Robert Chao Romero  (@ProfeChaoRomero), a Chinese-Latinx American historian and immigration lawyer at UCLA. He's the author of  The Chinese in Mexico, 1882-1940  , winner of the Latin American Studies Association's Latina/o Studies Section Book Award. Robert opens up by pointing to I Peter 2:11-12, which argues that as followers of Jesus, we are exiles and … [Read more...] about Migration as the Manifold Grace of God: Robert Chao Romero

15 Posts on Mission, Justice, and the University from Urbana 2015

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What does it mean to be part of a global religion, and how can we make sense of the diverse missions, values, and politics of that belonging? How can we as Christians better understand what it means to follow Jesus in a world that is more connected than ever before? After four days in St Louis for the Urbana conference, I feel closer to the heart of those questions than ever before. … [Read more...] about 15 Posts on Mission, Justice, and the University from Urbana 2015

Why Might Christians Be Involved in Nonviolent or Violent Protests? Lessons from Ukraine’s Euromaidan Protests at Urbana

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How can Christians decide when to be involved in conflict, and how can they know when to stop? In the past two years, Christians in Ukraine have faced all of these. How have they responded? From Dec 27 - Jan 1, volunteers with our network of early career Christian academics are liveblogging seminars at the Urbana conference, a mission-focused student gathering of 16,000 Christians from across North America and the world. This post was written by Nathan Matias and Galina Pylypiv … [Read more...] about Why Might Christians Be Involved in Nonviolent or Violent Protests? Lessons from Ukraine’s Euromaidan Protests at Urbana