Diversity Resources

Wheaton College is committed to enhancing, honoring, and celebrating Kingdom (biblical) diversity, inclusion, justice, and unity. We invite you to learn more about the unique experiences of different ethnic groups through the recommended resources listed below.

These listed resources do not necessarily reflect specific views of Wheaton College. However, they do provide context for contemporary perspectives on race and diversity—perspectives our students will encounter in society and should be able to evaluate from the vantage point of biblical truth and evangelical conviction.

Scriptures

Diversity

Inclusion

Justice

Unity

Mindfulness and Mental Health

Anxiety and Depression Association of America: adaa.org
Identity and Cultural Dimensions: nami.org
Videos: Therapy Assistance Online
Mindful.org: Getting Started
Mindfulness Resources in French: selspace.ca
Mindfulness Resources in Spanish: bilingualmindfulness.com
Mindfulness Resources in Japanese: Mindful Heart Center

Ethnic and Racial Awareness

The New York Times: Responding to Microaggressions
W.E.B. Dubois: Double Consciousness
The New York Times: Race/Related Newsletter
Mortenson, T. G. (2010). Family income and educational attainment, 1970-2009. Postsecondary
Opportunity: Public Policy Analysis of Opportunity for Postsecondary Education, 221, 1-16.
Gilmer, M., Littles, M., & Bowers, R. (2008). Momentum: Sustaining efforts to improve life
outcomes among African-American males. New York: Ford Foundation.
Azziz, R. (2016). Why Measuring Diversity Matters. Academic Impressions. Retrieved from academicimpressions.com
Chambliss, D. F. (2014). Learn your students’ names. Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved
from insidehighered.com

Dr. Vincent Bacote

Bacote, V., McConnell, J. M., Davis, E. B. Fort, C., et al (2021). Including Multiculturalism, Social Justice, and Peace within the Integration of Psychology and Theology: Barriers and a Call to Action. Journal of Psychology and Theology, 49(1), 5-21
Erasing Race: Racial Identity and Theological Anthropology, Black Scholars in White Space, Vincent Bacote, 2015

Dr. Johann Buis

Music and Dance Make Me Feel Alive: From Mandela's Prison Songs and Dances to Public Policy, Torture: Quarterly Journal on Rehabilitation of Torture Victims and Prevention of Torture. 2013.

Dr. Christin Fort

Fort, C. (2018). Intersectionality, intersubjectivity & integration: A two person therapy. Journal of Psychology and Theology, 46(2), 116-121.

Fort, C., Eriksson, C. B., Gottuso, D-A., & Wilkins, A. (2017). Posture in Relation to God and Ethnic Background: A Qualitative Analysis of Urban Youth Ministry Workers’ Responses to Crisis. Journal of Psychology and Theology
Fort, C., McConnell, J. M., Bacote, V., Davis, E. B., et al (2021). Including Multiculturalism, Social Justice, and Peace within the Integration of Psychology and Theology: Barriers and a Call to Action. Journal of Psychology and Theology, 49(1), 5-21

Dr. Theon Hill

Sanitizing the Struggle: Obama, Selma, and Civil Rights Memory, Communication Quarterly
Hill, T. E., 2017 view more
Dialoguing difference in joint ethnographic research: Reflections on religion, sexuality, and race, Cultural StudiesCritical Methodologies
Hill, T. E., & Holyoak, I. C., 11(2): 187-194. 2011
Prison Power: How Prison Influenced the Movement for Black Liberation, Quarterly Journal of Speech

Hill, T. E., 2018 view more
The Forgotten Prophet: Bishop Henry McNeal Turner and the African American Prophetic Tradition, Rhetoric & Public Affairs

Hill, T. E., 2015 view more

Dr. Muhia Karianjahi

“Worldviews and Rethinking Africa’s Development” in Religion, Identity & Values: Rethinking Africa’s Development, 2020.
“Are rites of passage out of step? A Kenyan Christian perspective.” (2008). Lausanne World Pulse, online Magazine. lausanneworldpulse.com.

Recommended Resources

Brooks, F.E. and Starks, G.L. (2015). African American student’s guide to college success. Santa Barbara CA: ABC-CLIO LLC.

Commodore, F. Baker, D.J. and Arroyo, A.T. (2018). Black women college students: A guide to student success in higher education. New York, NY: Routledge.

Curry, J.R., & Shillingford, M.A. (Eds.) (2015). African American students’ career and college readiness: The journey unraveled. Lanham Maryland: Lexington Books.

Negro College Fund (UNCF) (uncf.org) A minority higher education assistance organization that provides support for undergraduate education, as well as students pursuing masters and doctoral degrees. The site includes various resources and information for students and colleges.

Northwestern University, Task Force on the Black Student Experience (2016). Final Report of the Northwestern University Task Force on The African American/Black Student Experience. Retrieved from northwestern.edu.

Smith, W.A., Allen, W.R., & Danley, L.L. (2007). “Assume the position...You fit the description” Psychosocial experiences and racial battle fatigue among African American male college students. Sage Journals: American Behavioral Scientist, 51(4), 551-578.

W.E.B. Dubois: Double Consciousness

Dr. Henry H. Kim

'America' in Colonial Korea: A Vantage Point for Capitalist Modernity, Positions: Asia Critique 26.4
Kim, Hanmee Na, November 2018
The Meanings of America in Modern Korea: A Study of Korean Diplomatic, Cultural, and Intellectual Engagements with America, 1852-1945, UCLA, 2014
How the Model Minority Thesis Became a Transcendent Meaning, Christian Scholar's Review
Kim, Henry H. 2014.
Asian Americans, Encyclopedia of Immigrant Health,
Kim, Henry H. 2012.

Dr. Karen An-Hwei Lee

2018 “Thirteen Ways of Looking at Kombucha and Xenophobia" & "Dear Tokubetsu, or the Octopus Jar as a Broken Heart." Cosmonauts Avenue. Web. 2018 “Dear Millennium, a Nocturne of Questions.” Third Coast. Western Michigan University. Print.

2017 “Blue Soliloquy vs. Xenophobia.” Meridians: feminism, race, transnationalism 16.1: 37. Smith College. Northampton, Massachusetts. University of Indiana Press. Print.

2017 "X is not for Xenophobia in Mandarin" and "A Wind Machine for Oranges Up North." 8-West Press. Web.

2014 “X is for Xenophobia.” The Missouri Review. Poem of the Week. 14 April 2014. University of Missouri. Web.

2013 “Dear Xenophobia,” “Dear Sor Juana,” “On the Autobiographical Injunction of Persimmons,” “Kafka Faces up to His Old Flames,” and “On Lilies and Cyclamen.” So To Speak: A Feminist Journal of Language and Art Summer 2013: 26-31. George Mason University. Print.
2008 “Lines from Here to Asia.” Blue Mesa Review 20: 40. University of New Mexico. Print.

Dr. Michael Hakmin Lee

Interdisciplinary Reflections on the Resilience of Racial Constructs, Missiology 44 (2): 194-206. Lee, Michael Hakmin. 2016.
Lee, Michael Hakmin. The Exchange Blog with Ed Stetzer. October 3, 2017. https://www.christianitytoday.com/edstetzer/2017/september/understanding-worldview-and-flag.html
Lee, Michael Hakmin. The Exchange Blog with Ed Stetzer. July 10, 2017. https://www.christianitytoday.com/edstetzer/2017/july/race-and-ethnicity.html
Lee, Michael Hakmin. The Exchange Blog with Ed Stetzer. May 26, 2017. https://www.christianitytoday.com/edstetzer/2017/may/prejudice-and-discrimination-why-we-cant-keep-covering-them.html

Dr. Yousaf Sadiq

The Contextualized Psalms (Punjabi Zabur)
A Precious Heritage of the Global Punjabi Christian Community
2020.
Psalms as bridge-building between Christians and Muslims, Evangelical Quarterly, 2019
Jesus’ Encounter with a Woman at the Well: A South Asian Perspective, Missiology: An International Review, 2018
A Precious Gift: The Punjabi Psalms and the Legacy of Rev. Dr. Imam-ud-Din Shahbaz, International Bulletin of Missionary Research, 2014

Bible Translation in Pakistan, The Oxford Encyclopedia of South Asian Christianity, 2010

Recommended Resources

Ms. Lani Wendt Young: Afakasi Woman
Ms. Yoshika Uchida: The Invisible Thread
Mr. Epeli Hau’ofa: Tales of the Tikongs
Ms. Ellen D. Wu: The Color of Success: Asian Americans and the Origins of the Model Minority
Mr. Frank Wu: Yellow: Race in America Beyond Black and White
Ms. Kristiana Kahakauwila: This is Paradise
Ms. Erika Lee: The Making of Asian America: A History
Ms. Grace Ji-Sun Kim: Embracing the Other: The Transformative Spirit of Love

Dr. Jordan J. Ryan

Articles

Jordan J. Ryan, "The Underclass Myth and Taking Our Rightful Place at the Foot of the Table". To access the article, Click Here.
Jordan J. Ryan, “No Model Minority,” Part I. To access the article, Click Here.
Jordan J. Ryan, “No Model Minority,” Part II. To access the article, Click Here.

Recommended Resources

Articles

Gabriel J. Catanus, “Is Filipino American Theology Asian American Theology?”. To access the article, Click Here.

Yanan Melo, “Coming Home to the River: On Baptism, Displacement, and the Filipino/a Migrant Experience". To access the article, Click Here.

Colton Bernasol (a recent Wheaton graduate!), “Between Plainfield and Barrio Three”. To access the article, Click Here.

Joyce del Rosario, “Joyce del Rosario: Did you eat? What Filipino/a/x American theology brings to the table”. To access the article, Click Here.

Books

America Is in the Heart by Carlos Bulosan
Letters to a Brown Girl by Barbara Jane Reyes
Little Manila Is in the Heart by Dawn Bohulano Mabalon
Toward a Theology of Struggle by Eleazar Fernandez

Dr. M. Daniel Carroll Rodas

"Latino/Latina Biblical Interpretation", Scripture and its Interpretation: An Ecumenical, Global Introduction to the Bible, M. Daniel Carroll R., 2017.
"The Bible and Hispanic Immigration", The Hispanic Evangelical Church in the United States: History, Ministry and Challenges, M. Daniel Carroll R., 2016.
"Diaspora and Mission in the Old Testament", Scattered and Gathered: A Global Compendium of Diaspora Missiology, M. DanielCarroll R., 2016.
"Once a Stranger, Always a Stranger? Immigration, Assimilation, and the Book of Ruth", International Bulletin of Missionary Research, M. Daniel Carroll R., 2015.
"Welcoming the Stranger: Toward a Theology of Immigration in Deuteronomy", For Our Good Always: Studies on the Message and Influence of Deuteronomy in Honor of Daniel I. Block, M. Daniel Carroll R., 2013.

Dr. Nathan Cartagena

Dr. Cartagena's Website

No Context, No Gospel, Word Outspoken Magazine

Nathan Luis Cartagena, September 2021. view more

I Found Christ's Liberating Spirit in Critical Race Theory, Sojourners Magazine
Nathan Luis Cartagena, September 2021. view more

What Christians Get Wrong about Critical Race Theory: Part Three, Faithfully Magazine
Nathan Luis Cartagena, June 2020
An essay on CRT's origins and its adherents' conceptions of gender, intersectionality, and racism. view more

What Christians Get Wrong about Critical Race Theory: Part Two, Faithfully Magazine
Nathan Luis Cartagena, May 2020
An essay on CRT's origins and its adherents' conceptions of law and race. view more

What Christians Get Wrong about Critical Race Theory, Faithfully Magazine
Nathan Luis Cartagena, February 2020
An essay on Christian treatments of Critical Race Theory. view more

Suffering Our Forefathers' Sins: A Latino's Reflection on White Supremacy, Mere Orthodoxy
Nathan Luis Cartagena, August 12, 2019
An essay in response to the El Paso shooting. view more

Dr. Carlos Sosa Siliezar

Journal Articles

"The Use of the New Testament in Latin American Ecclesiologies: Critique and Dialogue between the Proposals of Leonardo Boff and René Padilla." Journal of Latin American Theology 16 (2021): 19-64.
"Scripture's Impact on Bartolomé de las Casas' Theology: Lessons for the Interpretation of Key Johannine Themes." Revista Bíblica 82 (2020): 419-436.
"Tres rostros de Dios en el Cuarto Evangelio." Gregorianum 94 (2013): 727-737.

Book Chapters

"Ecclesiology in Latin America: A Biblical Perspective." The Church from Every Tribe and Tongue: Ecclesiology in the Majority World. Edited by Gene L. Green, Stephen T. Pardue and K. K. Yeo. Carlisle: Langham, 2018. Reprinted: Majority World Theology: Christian Doctrine in Global Context. Downers Grove: IVP Academic, 2020.
"A Threefold Testimony to Jesus’ Universal Significance in the Gospel of John." El Evangelio de Juan: Origen, contenido y perspectivas. Edited by Bernardo Estrada and Luis Guillermo Sarasa. Bogotá: Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, 2018.
"Preguntas críticas al texto de 1 Tesalonicenses." Lecturas bíblicas desde América Latina: Homenaje a Gary R. Williams. Edited by Carlos Sosa Siliezar and M. Daniel Carroll R. Guatemala: Kairós, 2016.

Books

English

Savior of the World: A Theology of the Universal Gospel. Waco: Baylor University Press, 2019
Creation Imagery in the Gospel of John. London: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2015, 2018

Spanish

Exégesis bíblica: Métodos y modelos. Buenos Aires: Asociación Bíblica Argentina, 2019
La condición divina de Jesús: Cristología y creación en el Evangelio de Juan. Salamanca: Sígueme, 2016

Edited volume

Lecturas bíblicas desde América Latina: Homenaje a Gary R. Williams. Edited with M. Daniel Carroll R. Guatemala: Kairós, 2016
"Ecclesiology in Latin America: A Biblical Perspective." The Church from Every Tribe and Tongue: Ecclesiology in the Majority World. Edited by Gene L. Green, Stephen T. Pardue and K. K. Yeo. Carlisle: Langham, 2018. Reprinted: Majority World Theology: Christian Doctrine in Global Context. Downers Grove: IVP Academic, 2020.

Ecclesiastical Articles

“And Finally…” Expository Times 127.11 (2016).
“Las encrucijadas del trabajo teológico.” Signos de Vida 61 (2012).
“Las misiones y la creación: ¿Estamos hablando de lo mismo?” Etnos 2 (2009).

Dr. Néstor Iván Quiroa

A Review of the Indigenous Peoples of Mesoamerica and Central America: Their Societies, Cultures, and Histories by Robert M. Carmack, Quiroa, Nestor, IK: Other Ways of Knowing, vol. 4, Dec. 2018, pp. 181-184. PSU.edu.

The Popol Wuj, The Wiley Blackwell Companion to World Literature
Ed. Ken Seigneurie. (Forthcoming, Spring 2018)

Contextualizing the Popol Wuj from Friar Ximénez to the Digital Age. In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Latin American History. Oxford University Press. Article published November 2018. doi: Doi.org.

Friar Francisco Ximénez and the Popol Vuh: From Religious Treatise to a Digital Sacred Book., Ethnohistory 64:2 (April 2017): 64:2.

Missionary Exegesis of the Popol Vuh: Maya-K'iche' Cultural and Religious Continuity in Colonial and Contemporary Highland Guatemala., History of Religions. 53:1 (August 2013): 66-97

El "Popol Wuj" en la versión de Francisco Ximénez (1701-1702), Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes 2012. view more

Revisiting the Highland Guatemala Tίtulos: How the Maya-Quiché Lived and Outlived the Colonial Experience., Ethnohistory. 58:2 (Spring 2011) 294-321.

The Popol Vuh and the Dominican Religious Extirpation in Highland Guatemala: Re-contextualizing Friar Ximénez’s Text, Prologues, and Annotations., The Americas: 67:4 (April 2011): 467-494.

“Francisco Ximénez and the Popol Vuh: Text, Structure, and Ideology in a Prologue,”, CLAHR: Colonial Latin American Historical Review 11:3 (2002): 279-300.

Recommended Resources

Harris, A. L., & Tienda, M. (2012). Hispanics and the Texas top 10% law. Race and Social Problems 4(1): 57-67.
Mindfulness Resources in Spanish: www.bilingualmindfulness.com
Gleeson, S., & Gonzales, R. G. (2012). When do papers matter? An institutional analysis of 27 undocumented life in the United States. International Migration, 50(4). DOI.org
Cuellar, M. (2018). Understanding Latinx college student diversity and why it matters. Higher Education Today. Retrieved from
highertoday.org
Gonzalez, K. P., Marin, P., Perez, L. X., Figueroa, M. A., Moreno, J. F. & Navia, C. N. (2001). Understanding the nature and context of Latino doctoral student experiences. Journal of College Student Development, 42, 563-579.
Robertson, R.V., Bravo, A. & Chaney, C. (2016). Racism and the experiences of Latina/o college students at a PWI (Predominantly White Institution). SAGE Journals: Critical Sociology, 42(4-5), 715-735.
Lopez, I. H. (2006). White by law: The legal construction of race (Rev. and updated). New York: New York University Press.
Delgado, R. & Stefancic, J. (2012). Critical race theory: An Introduction. New York: New York University Press.
Garcia, E. E. (2001). Hispanic education in the United States: Raices y alas. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.
Lopez, I. H. (2014). Dog whistle politics: How coded racial appeals have reinvented racism and wrecked the middle class. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Diversity Resources