Meehyun Chung (Korean: 정미현; born 1963) is a professor of the United Graduate School of Theology in Yonsei University and serving as the first female chaplain of Yonsei University. She was the editor of Korean Journal of Systematic Theology (ISSN 1226-3656).[1]
Meehyun Chung
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Professor Meehyun Chung in September 2018
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| Nationality | South Korean |
| Education | B.A., M.A., Th.D. (1993) |
| Alma mater | Basel University |
| Occupation(s) | Professor, Yonsei University |
| Known for | Karl Barth, Systematic theology |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 정미현 |
| Revised Romanization | Jeong Mihyeon |
| McCune–Reischauer | Chŏng Mihyŏn |
| IPA | [t͡ɕʌŋ.miʝjʌn] |
She is a constructive theologian working at the intersection of systematic theology, gender theory, ecumenism and sustainable development. Her research interests focus on the relationship between European theology and theology from the Global South, or the relationship between the Reformed tradition and feminist ideas regarding critical reflection on power, spirituality and social justice. She published several books in German: one of her books, Reis und Wasser: Eine Feministische Theologie in Korea, where she examines and critiques the Korean culture and the adaptation reformed tradition in Korean theology and churches. She recently published some other books in Korean: Theological Inquiry of the Czech Tradition (Seoul: Yonsei University Press, 2015); Lillias Horton Underwood (Seoul: Yonsei University Press, 2015).
Born and raised in South Korea, Meehyun Chung received her B.A. in German Language and Literature and M.A. in systematic theology from Ewha Woman's University in Seoul, Korea and her Dr. theol. in Systematic Theology from The University of Basel. In 1993 she received a doctor's degree in Basel, her thesis being on Karl Barth, Josef Lukl Hromadka and Korea.
In 2006 she was awarded the Karl-Barth prize of the Union of Protestant Churches within the EKD (Evangelische Kirche Deutschland) for her doctoral thesis and other articles.[2] She also received Marga Buehrig prize in 2013. She named one of ten key Reformed theologians by the World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) in 2017.
She is an ordained minister of the Presbyterian Church in the Republic of Korea (PROK). She served as Vice president between 2001-2006 for the Ecumenical Association of Third World Theologians. (EATWOT) She also served as the Head of Women and Gender desk of mission 21 in Basel, Switzerland. Before she took this position, she taught undergraduate and graduate courses in theology and Christianity at Ewha Woman's University. Since March 2013 she has been teaching as Professor of Yonsei University and serving as the first female chaplain of Yonsei University. She has published several articles on contemporary theological issues in the Global South and North in Korean, German, and English. In her work, she seeks to stage critical conversations among global North and South, and Reformed traditions on contemporary issues.
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