Background
Chung, Chai-sik was born on July 14, 1930 in Wonju, Republic of of Korea. Son of Young-hun and Aedok (Hahn) Chung.
director professor sociologist
Chung, Chai-sik was born on July 14, 1930 in Wonju, Republic of of Korea. Son of Young-hun and Aedok (Hahn) Chung.
He studied under Walter George Muelder at the Boston University School of Theology, where he served as the Walter G. Muelder Professor of Social Ethics from 1990 to 2011. He also studied under the late Robert North. Bellah at Harvard Divinity School with whom he had been long associated.
Instructor social studies Emory University, Oxford, Georgia, 1962-1963. Assistant professor sociology Bethany College, West Virginia, 1963-1965. Assistant professor sociology Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton,1965-1966.
Assistant professor social science Boston University, 1966-1969.
Associate professor, department chairman sociology Heidelberg College, Tiffin, Ohio, 1969-1972, professor, department chairman, 1972-1980. Professor sociology Yonsei University, Seoul, 1980-1990, department chairman, 1984-1986, director Institute for Humanities, 1983-1987.
Walter G. Muelder professor social ethics, Boston University School Theology, 1990. Visiting scholar Center Japanese and Korean Studies, University of California, Berkeley, 1974, Koret visiting professor department sociology, 1986-1987.
Visiting professor Yonsei U. and Methodist Theological Seminary, Seoul, 1979.
Evaluator division public program National Endowment Humanities, 1978-1980. Boston University faculty research grantee, 1967-1969. Joint Committee on Korean Studies of America Council Learned Societies and Social Science.Research Council faculty research grantee, 1974.
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Member of American Sociological Association, Science Society Study Religion, Association Asian Studies, American Academy Religion, Society Christian Ethics.
Married Soon Ria Paik, June 10, 1937. Children: Eugene, Warren Euwon.