Chung Hyun Kyung
South Korean theologian (*1956)
Chung Hyun Kyung (born May 15, 1956) is a South Korean Christian theologian. She is a lay theologian of the Presbyterian Church of Korea, and is also an Associate Professor of Ecumenical Theology at Union Theological Seminary in the United States.
Her teaching and research interests include feminist and ecofeminist theologies and spiritualities from Asia, Africa and Latin America; Christian–Buddhist interfaith dialogue; disease and healing in varied religious backgrounds; mysticism and revolutionary social change; as well as the history and critical issues of various Asian Christian theologies.
Early life and education
Chung Hyun Kyung was born in Gwangju, South Korea, May 15, 1956.
Chung graduated from Ewha Womans University in Seoul with a B.A. (1979) and an M.A. (1981). She holds an M.Div. from the Claremont School of Theology (1984), a diploma from the Women's Theological Center in Boston (1984), and a Ph.D. from Union Theological Seminary (1989).
Struggle to Be the Sun Again
In 1990, Chung introduced Asian women's theology with her book Struggle to Be the Sun Again: Introducing Asian Women's Theology. In it, she responds to the emerging liberation theology which argues for Christianity's preferential option for the poor. She interprets the Gospel through her experience as an Asian woman:
"Doing theology is a personal and a political activity.
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