Andrew Sung Park is a Korean American Methodist theologian. Park teaches at United Theological Seminary in Trotwood, Ohio. He specializes in systematic theology, global theology, cross-cultural theology, Asian American liberation theology, Christian mysticism, and the relationship between religion and science. He has expanded the theology of emotional pain by exploring the Korean concept of han.
| Andrew S. Park | |
| Hangul | 박승호[1] |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization | Bak Seungho |
| McCune–Reischauer | Pak Sǔngho |
Personal life edit
Park was born in South Korea. His family emigrated from South Korea to the United States in 1973.[2] He lives in Beavercreek, Ohio with his wife Jane Myong, and has two children, Amos Park and Thomas Park.
Education and career edit
In 1973, Park received a B.A. at Methodist Theological Seminary. At Iliff School of Theology in 1978, he received M.Div. Then he attended Claremont School of Theology and obtained a M.A. in 1981. Park finally received a Ph.D. at Graduate Theological Union in 1985; his dissertation there discussed minjung theology.[3] He would go on to join United Theological Seminary in Ohio in 1992.[2]
Books edit
- Triune Atonement: Christ's Healing for Sinners, Victims, and the Whole Creation, Westminster John Knox, 2009, ISBN 0-664-23347-3
- From Hurt to Healing: A Theology of the Wounded, Abingdon Press, 2004, ISBN 0-687-03881-2
- The Other Side of Sin, Co-editor with Susan Nelson, State University of New York Press, 2001, ISBN 0-7914-5042-2
- Racial Conflict and Healing: An Asian-American Theological Perspective, Orbis Books, 1996, ISBN 1-57075-078-5
- Korean Family Devotions, Co-Author with Brandon Cho, K. Samuel Lee, and Heisik Oh. Upper Room Books, 1994, ISBN 0-8358-0712-6
- The Wounded Heart of God: The Asian Concept of Han and the Christian Doctrine of Sin, Abingdon Press, 1993, ISBN 0-687-38536-9
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "신간 안내 - 박승호 교수의 '삼위일체적 구속'", Korean United Methodist Church, 2010-01-07, archived from the original on 2012-04-01, retrieved 2011-09-30
- ^ a b Thomas, Stacey M. Floyd; Pinn, Anthony B. (2010), Liberation theologies in the United States: an introduction, NYU Press, p. 228, ISBN 978-0-8147-2764-5
- ^ Park, Andrew Sung (1985), Minjung and P'ungryu theologies in contemporary Korea : a critical and comparative examination, Ph.D. dissertation, Graduate Theological Union, OCLC 14507504
Further reading edit
- Espinosa, Gastón (2011), "Response to Andrew Sung Park", in Recinos, Harold Joseph (ed.), Wading Through Many Voices: Toward a Theology of Public Conversation, Rowman and Littlefield, pp. 174–177, ISBN 978-1-4422-0583-3