Speaker: Jin Young Choi, PhD

 Living in the neoliberal world order, how should Christians respond to global crises such as economic inequality, international migration, and climate change? Through this lecture, we will reread the Gospel of Mark, which illustrates the mystery of Jesus’ broken body embodying the divine economy while disrupting the imperial presence. Dr. Choi will invite us to perceive the presence of the mystery amidst our life together in solidarity with those invisible, voiceless, and displaced in today’s world.

Jin Young Choi, PhD, is professor of New Testament and Christian Origins at Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School. By weaving biblical narratives together with diverse interpretative threads, her work focuses on the intersection of race/ethnicity, gender/sexuality, class, and empire. Choi is the author and co-editor of numerous books, including Postcolonial Discipleship of Embodiment: An Asian and Asian American Feminist Reading of the Gospel of Mark. Attuned not only to the local church but also to the life of global Christianity, Choi has also authored bible study books and lectionary resources for the church.

Free Admission.

* FRIDAY LUNCHEON: Students and faculty at the GTU, UC Berkeley (and all bay area universities) are also invited to an lunch conversation with Dr. Choi on Friday, April 21, 2023, from 1-3 p.m at the GTU Library.*  Register HERE

Co-sponsored by New College Berkeley and First Presbyterian Church of Berkeley. This annual lectureship, established in honor of the Reverend Earl F. Palmer, brings the lens of biblical scholarship to issues of concern to the university, the seminary, and the church.