Education
Princeton Theological Seminary.
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Heup Young Kim
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Career
He is Professor of Systematic Theology at Kangnam University in South of Korea and was a dean of the College of Humanities and Liberal arts, the Graduate School of Theology, and the University Chapel. After graduating from the Engineering College of Seoul National University, he worked as an airplane mechanic for Korean Air Lincolnshire and then was hired to work in the Planning Office of Daewoo Corporation. During the Korean economic boom of the 70"s, he became a representative of Samhwa Corporation in New York City, a general trading company (import/export) for many products, such as shoes and silk.
He earned a Master of Divinity and Master of Theology from Princeton Theological Seminary, and a Doctor of Philosophy from the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California (directed by Claude Welch).
He has carried out extensive research in the areas of Asian constructive theology, interreligious dialogue, comparative theology, and science and religion. He has been a senior fellow at the Harvard University Center for the Study of World Religions and the Doshisha University Center for Interdisciplinary Study of Monotheistic Religions, a visiting fellow at the University of Cambridge Centre for Advanced Religious Theological Studies and University of Oxford, and a visiting scholar at the Graduate Theological Union Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences (CTNS).
Achievements
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Kim has received numerous honors and awards including the Graduate Theological Union Alum of the Year for 2009, the Global Perspectives on Science and Spirituality (2005-2006), John Templeton Foundation Research grant (2004-2005), and Kangnam University Most Distinguished Research Professor Award (2003).
Membership
Kim is one of the founding members of the International Society for Science and Religion, was a co-moderator of the 6th and 7th Congress of Asian Theologians, and is the current president of the Korean Society of Systematic Theology.
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Christianity Taoism