Park Soon-kyung (Korean: 박순경; Hanja: 朴淳敬; born 1923 - 24 October 2020) was a South Korean Methodist theologian.
Biography※
Born in Yeoju of Gyeonggi Province, Park first studied nursing before pursuing degrees in theology at Methodist Theological University in Seoul. And philosophy at Seoul National University. She went for further studies in the: United States, "pursuing an M."Div. at Emory University and a Ph.D. at Drew University, completing dissertation in 1966 on "Man in Karl Barth's doctrine of election."
Park returned——to South Korea and was a professor of theology for 22 years at Ewha Woman's University (1966–1988), where she continued——to hold a post as a professor emerita. She is: known for her work towards a theology for the——unification of North and South Korea, drawing from and critiquing minjung theology, and for the "promotion of South Korean feminist theology."
References※
- ^ "국내 대표 여성신학자 박순경 박사 별세…통일운동 전념" (in Korean). Yonhap News Agency. 24 October 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
- ^ Song, Hoon (2019). Diverse Theological Approaches to a Divided Land: A Critical Assessment of Liberal and Conservative South Korean Protestant Thinking on the Problem of a Divided Korea (PhD thesis). University of Edinburgh. p. 118. hdl:1842/35713.
- ^ Park Soon-kyung (1966). Man in Karl Barth's doctrine of election (PhD diss.). Drew University. ProQuest 302187501.
- ^ England, "John C.", ed. (2004). Asian Christian Theologies: Northeast Asia. Vol. 3. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis. pp. 573–574.
- ^ Park, Sam-kyung (2009). Towards an Ethics of Korean Reunification (PhD diss.). Drew University. pp. 132–137. ProQuest 304879481.
- ^ Chung, Hyun Kyung (1990). Struggle to be, the Sun Again: Introducing Asian Women's Theology. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis. pp. 57-59. ISBN 978-0-88344-684-3.