Ways of Being, Ways of Reading is a collection of essays that address biblical interpretation and the Bible's role from an Asian North point of view. Beginning with the history of biblical interpretation in Asian countries and cultures, this impressive collection by noted contemporary scholars, address issues and themes such as cultural hermeneutics, the politics of identity, and what constitutes Asian American theology. Contributors include: Devadasan N. Premnath, John Yueh-Han Yieh, Samuel Cheon, Philip P. Chia, Andrew Yueking Lee, Lai Ling Elizabeth Ngan, Uriah Yong-Hwan Kim, Jean K. Kim, John Ahn, Mai-Anh Le Tran, Sze-Kar Wan, Gale A. Yee, Frank M. Yamada, Mary F. Foskett, and Henry W. Morisada Rietz
Mary F. Foskett is associate professor of religion at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She is the author of A Virgin Conceived: Mary and Classical Representations of Virginity (2002) and a contributor to The Bible in Asian America (2002).
Jeffrey Kah-Jin Kuan is associate professor of Old Testament at Pacific School of Religion and the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California. Originally from Malaysia, he is an associate editor of The New Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible and the author of Neo-Assyrian Historical Inscriptions and Syria-Palestine (1995).
