Publishers Weekly Features Kao’s Book

Publishers Weekly Features Kao’s Book

Under the title “New Books Find Voices of Faith in Fraught Times,” Grace Kao’s  book, My Body Their Baby: A Progressive Christian Vision for Surrogacy was featured as one of two new books that discuss “in the public square…who...
Theological Education Between the Times

Theological Education Between the Times

Grace Kao is a Senior Fellow in a two-year “Theological Education Between the Times” (TEBT) Project (Director, Ted A. Smith) which is hosted by Candler School of Theology, Emory University. She is participating in Phase III of the project and their first...
Gender, Sexuality, and the Bible

Gender, Sexuality, and the Bible

Grace Kao participated on a panel at St. Mark’s Presbyterian Church in Newport Beach on how faithful Christians can be queer-friendly and (re)configure their congregations accordingly. She was joined by fellow panelists the Rev. Denyse Barnes, the Rev. Danny...
Vanderbilt Div School Class Visit

Vanderbilt Div School Class Visit

Grace Kao spoke to doctoral students of Prof. Melissa Snarr’s class about whether and how to do public-facing work as a “public scholar.” She shared how she made decisions expanding her media presence and public scholarship, how she has navigated the...
Visioning for Collective Liberation

Visioning for Collective Liberation

Dr. Kao participated in a 3-day gathering of human rights, reproductive justice, indigenous, and women’s rights scholars and activists in Las Vegas, Nevada. We had a wide-ranging discussion about the state of democracy in the U.S., how RJ activists might best do...