Chung Hyun Kyung (c. 1955- )
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“I think in order to really heal the world we
need the ‘wisdom of darkness’. This can be the Third World, dark
people, women or our shadows…all the things we do not want to confront
within ourselves, so we project them onto others and call them
terrorists.”
Chung Hyun Kyung is a Korean Christian theologian and an Associate
Professor at Union Theological Seminary in the U.S.
In 1990 she introduced Asian women’s theology in
her book Struggle to be the Sun Again. She interprets the Gospel
in it as a Korean woman saying she’s in search of what it means to
struggle for wholeness and interpreting her people’s historical fight
for freedom.
In 1991 she spoke at a World Council of Churches
gathering and was accused of syncretism, combining Christian teachings
with elements of other traditions. Her retort included a challenge
to Western values imposed on the Third World. Her research and teachings
include feminist theologies and spiritualities from Asia, Africa
and Latin America, Christian-Buddhist dialogue, revolutionary social
change as well as the history of various Asian Christian theologies.
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