As a social scientist and pastor, Lin is fascinated by connections between individual belief and communal life. He often analyzes real-world interactions from a theological perspective and is committed to the work of translating academic scholarship for a general audience through news outlets, blogs, and popular writings. His work has been featured in The Atlantic Monthly, The Washington Post, LatinoUSA, WNYC, and other media outlets.

Opinion and Book Reviews

White Supremacy and the Latino Vote – A review of Paola Ramos’ Defectors: The Rise of the Latino Far Right and What It Means for America. May 2025

Can We Save Democracy in the United States? in Christian Century, November 2024 issue. (Disponible en Español). Post election follow up conversation about this article available on Christian Century’s YouTube channel

Latino Churches and the Rise of Right-Wing Politics in Sojourners Magazine, September/October 2024

A Permanent Foreigner – A review of Grace Loh Prasad’s The Translator’s Daughter in Christian Century, August 2024.

A Refugee’s Lonely Heart – A review of Beth Nguyen’s Owner of a Lonely Heart: A Memoir in Christian Century, March 2024.

Domestic Poverty and Who it Serves – A review of Matthew Desmond’s Poverty, by America in Christian Century, August 2023.

Cheap Grace in South Africa – A review of Eve Fairbank’s The Inheritors: An Intimate Portrait of South Africa’s Racial Reckoning. Simon & Schuster, 2022 in Christian Century April 2023

Why I left the Taiwanese American Church 20 years ago – Originally published for Princeton Theological Seminary’s Center for Asian American Christianity. January 4, 2023 but since removed

We Can Only Dream Together – Currents. November 17, 2021

Making America Dream Again – UNC Press Blog. October 28, 2020

The Faithful Shall Not be Deterred – UNC Press Blog. September 28, 2020

Like “Green Book,” the new Charleston church shooting documentary is troubling – Washington Post. June 21, 2019. 

The New Tax Law Poses a hidden threat to American Democracy – Washington Post. January 8, 2018.

When Children Pray – The Presbyterian Outlook. November 21, 2018. 

Podcasts

Latino Americans and the Popularity of the Prosperity Gospel Pentecostalism on The Revealer at The Center for Religion and the Media at NYU

Prosperity Gospel on Open Plaza at the Hispanic Theological Initiative

Meatpacking America on Open Plaza at the Hispanic Theological Initiative

Christ in the Heights on Open Plaza at the Hispanic Theological Initiative

The Unjust Steward on Open Plaza at the Hispanic Theological Initiative

The Translator’s Daughter on Open Plaza at the Hispanic Theological Initiative

Speaking

Various sermons in Spanish available on the Iglesia del Buen Vecino’s Facebook page