Grace Y. Kao

Grace Yia-Hei Kao (born 1974) is an ethicist who specializes in human rights and animal welfare, ecofeminism, reproductive ethics, and Asian American Christianity. Kao earned her Bachelor of Arts (philosophy & religious studies) and Masters of Arts degrees (philosophy) from Stanford University. She also earned her PhD in the Study of Religion at Harvard University.[1] She is a Professor of Ethics at Claremont School of Theology and was the first Asian American woman to receive tenure there.[2][1] She has been appointed the inaugural Bishop Roy I. Sano and Kathleen A. Thomas-Sano Endowed Chair in Pacific and Asian Theology.[3] Kao was also the co-founding director of the Center for Sexuality, Gender, and Religion (CSGR).[4]

Kao's most recent book is My Body, Their Baby: A Progressive Christian Vision for Surrogacy, which was published in 2023 by Stanford University Press; this book won a 2024 Choice Award for Outstanding Academic Title and the silver medal in theology for the 2024 Illumination Book Awards.[5] Kao is also the author of Grounding Human Rights in a Pluralist World, published in 2011,[6][7] and co-editor, with Ilsup Ahn, of Asian American Christian Ethics: Voices, Methods, Issues, published in 2015 and of Encountering the Sacred, Feminist Reflections on Women's Lives, published in 2018 with Rebecca Todd Peters.[8][9][10] She received the faculty teaching award at Claremont School of Theology in 2011 and 2017.[1]

Work

  • Kao, Grace Y. Grounding Human Rights in a Pluralist World. Georgetown University Press, 2011. ISBN 9781589017337
  • Kao, Grace Y. and Ilsup Ahn, eds. Asian American Christian Ethics. Baylor University Press, 2015. ISBN 9781481301756
  • Kao, Grace Y. and Rebecca Todd Peters, eds. Encountering the Sacred: Feminist Reflections on Women's Lives. T&T Clark, 2018. ISBN 9780567683007
  • Kao, Grace. My Body, Their Baby: A Progressive Christian Vision for Surrogacy (Encountering Traditions). Stanford University Press, 2023. ISBN 9781503635975

References

  1. ^ a b c "Bishop Roy I. Sano and Kathleen A. Thomas-Sano Endowed Chair in Pacific and Asian American Theology". CST Claremont School of Theology. Retrieved November 14, 2021.
  2. ^ "'They correct themselves when they become aware of things they need to change'". Presbyterian Mission Agency. Retrieved November 14, 2021.
  3. ^ "Grace Yia-Hei Kao". CST Claremont School of Theology. Retrieved November 14, 2021.
  4. ^ "Center For Sexuality, Gender And Religion". CST Claremont School of Theology. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
  5. ^ My Body, Their Baby | Stanford University Press. August 15, 2023. ISBN 978-1-5036-3597-5.
  6. ^ Barnett, Barbra (January 1, 2013). "Grace Y Kao, Grounding Human Rights in a Pluralist World". The Journal of Religion. 93 (1): 110–112. doi:10.1086/669839. ISSN 0022-4189.
  7. ^ Calo, Zachary R. (2013). "Review of Grounding Human Rights in a Pluralist World; Christianity and Human Rights: An Introduction". Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics. 33 (2): 187–189. ISSN 1540-7942. JSTOR 23563102.
  8. ^ McCarty III, James W. (January 18, 2019). "Asian American Ethics and Identity". The Marginalia Review. Retrieved November 14, 2021.
  9. ^ Mikulich, Alex (2017). "Asian American Christian Ethics: Voices, Methods, Issues eds. by Grace Y. Kao and Ilsup Ahn". Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics. 37 (2): 215–216. doi:10.1353/sce.2017.0056. ISSN 2326-2176.
  10. ^ bloomsbury.com. "Encountering the Sacred". Bloomsbury. Archived from the original on February 18, 2025. Retrieved December 1, 2025.


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