Papers by Michael Hakmin Lee
The Choral Journal, 2017
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Outreach, 2022
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Why are racial constructs so resilient in the USA? This article proposes that the resilience of p... more Why are racial constructs so resilient in the USA? This article proposes that the resilience of pernicious racial constructs in the Western world can be explained in part by people’s predilection for the bounded-set race schema and that any constructive attempt at addressing racism should acknowledge the reality that people are intrinsically category-makers. Part of the solution then involves encouraging greater awareness of category-building strategies, aided and informed by positive intergroup contact and experiences.
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Drawing on prior research on religious conversion, apostasy, disaffiliation, and deconversion, th... more Drawing on prior research on religious conversion, apostasy, disaffiliation, and deconversion, this study seeks to explore the experiences of former Christian missionaries and ministers who have left the Christian faith, including the antecedents, processes, and the aftermath of leaving. Based on in-depth interviews with twenty-five former evangelical ministers and missionaries, the purpose of this qualitative study is to richly describe and explore various factors that might have contributed to their deconversion and the implications of their decision to leave.
A conceptual model broadly depicting the process of deconversion among former evangelical ministers (a recursive process of commitment, crisis, quest, and exit) was synthesized based on the analysis of the twenty-five deconversion narratives, with significant influence from Lewis Rambo’s stage model of conversion. The exploration of the most common factors or reasons given by participants for leaving the Christian faith yielded four interrelated major themes—loss of confidence in the Bible, dissent from Christian teaching and values, disappointment with God and the Christian experience, and personal predisposition. As for the consequences of leaving, most reported experiencing a decline in happiness and in their sense of well-being in the short-term as for many, leaving meant the loss and upheaval of their social networks, familial turmoil, feelings of existential rootlessness, and financial and vocational uncertainty. As those losses were mitigated by new friendships and opportunities, many claimed that they were better off having left. The most commonly reported gains of leaving included intellectual freedom and autonomy, a sense of personal empowerment and responsibility, and relief from the stress that they perceived to be sourced in their religious commitments. Almost all could not envision going back.
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EMQ, 2022
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Communication(s) in Mission: Opportunities and Challenges of Communicating God’s Mission, 2022
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Ambassadors of Reconciliation: God’s Mission through Missions for All, 2023
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Thesis Chapters by Michael Hakmin Lee
A conceptual model broadly depicting the process of deconversion among former evangelical ministers (a recursive process of commitment, crisis, quest, and exit) was synthesized based on the analysis of the twenty-five deconversion narratives, with significant influence from Lewis Rambo’s stage model of conversion. The exploration of the most common factors or reasons given by participants for leaving the Christian faith yielded four interrelated major themes—loss of confidence in the Bible, dissent from Christian teaching and values, disappointment with God and the Christian experience, and personal predisposition. As for the consequences of leaving, most reported experiencing a decline in happiness and in their sense of well-being in the short-term as for many, leaving meant the loss and upheaval of their social networks, familial turmoil, feelings of existential rootlessness, and financial and vocational uncertainty. As those losses were mitigated by new friendships and opportunities, many claimed that they were better off having left. The most commonly reported gains of leaving included intellectual freedom and autonomy, a sense of personal empowerment and responsibility, and relief from the stress that they perceived to be sourced in their religious commitments. Almost all could not envision going back.
Book Reviews by Michael Hakmin Lee
Book Chapters by Michael Hakmin Lee
A conceptual model broadly depicting the process of deconversion among former evangelical ministers (a recursive process of commitment, crisis, quest, and exit) was synthesized based on the analysis of the twenty-five deconversion narratives, with significant influence from Lewis Rambo’s stage model of conversion. The exploration of the most common factors or reasons given by participants for leaving the Christian faith yielded four interrelated major themes—loss of confidence in the Bible, dissent from Christian teaching and values, disappointment with God and the Christian experience, and personal predisposition. As for the consequences of leaving, most reported experiencing a decline in happiness and in their sense of well-being in the short-term as for many, leaving meant the loss and upheaval of their social networks, familial turmoil, feelings of existential rootlessness, and financial and vocational uncertainty. As those losses were mitigated by new friendships and opportunities, many claimed that they were better off having left. The most commonly reported gains of leaving included intellectual freedom and autonomy, a sense of personal empowerment and responsibility, and relief from the stress that they perceived to be sourced in their religious commitments. Almost all could not envision going back.