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The book Ron Charles called “difficult to put down”

Rev. Dr. Sam D. Kim

Harvard
Yale
180 Church NYC
“Difficult to put down… as funny as it is touching and wise.”

Ron Charles — The Washington Post Book Club

A Holy Haunting
Rev. Dr. Sam D. Kim

“Faith is the echo and eternity is the origin.”

From A Holy Haunting
Featured Book — 2023

A Holy Haunting

Why Faith Isn’t a Leap but a Series of Staggers from One Safe Place to Another

Publishers Weekly — Inaugural Grand Prize, Spirituality
Washington Post — Book Club Selection
Kirkus Reviews — “GET IT” Verdict
4.32 ★ on Goodreads · 208 pages · Morgan James Faith
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The invitation of the gospel is a promise of safe harbor for all those who doubt and weep.

A Holy Haunting

At the heart of God there are no liberals or conservatives. He sees only Lost and Found.

A Holy Haunting

It was far easier for God to remove the stone guarding Jesus’ tomb than the pride guarding my own heart.

A Holy Haunting

The Person
Behind the Work

Harvard-trained bioethicist. Yale research fellow. White House invitee on DACA policy under Obama. Co-founder of 180 Church, Manhattan. Born in Seoul, raised on the Upper West Side.

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Critical Reception

“Eschews platitudes in favor of a multilayered conversation about faith… What sets Kim’s work apart is its depth, intelligence, and flair.”

Publishers Weekly — BookLife Prize Review

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At the place where faith meets
the lecture hall, the hospital, the public square

From Harvard Medical School lectures to Sunday sermons at Union Square — Sam moves between worlds that rarely speak to each other, and makes both better for it.