Jaeshin Lee

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Jaeshin Lee (李在信) is a religious studies scholar specializing in Sino-Western cultural exchange and Jesuit mission history in East Asia. His research focuses on the transmission of Western learning (西學) in Ming–Qing China, with particular attention to Portuguese Jesuit Francisco Furtado (傅汎際) and the intellectual mediations of the early Jesuit mission. His doctoral dissertation, “From […]

Oh Ji-seok

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Oh Ji-seok is the Institute of Korean Christianity and Culture’s Vice Director and Associate Professor at Soongsil University. He served as the President of the Society of Korean Christian Social Ethics and the Education Director of the Society Of Korean-Chinese Philosophy. He is currently the Vice President of the Korea Society Of Hermeneutics. Dr. Oh […]

Jang Kyung-nam

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Jang Kyung-nam is the director of the Institute of Korean Christianity and Culture and Professor of Korean Literature at Soongsil University. He served as the executive director of the Institute of Korean Literary History and vice president of the Studies of Korean Literature. He is currently the vice president of the Society Of The Korean […]

Remembering Inus Daneel

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I met Inus Daneel in 1998 when I took his class on African Traditional Religion at Boston University. I had just spent two years living in West Africa and was trying to make sense of the significance of that experience for my own future. We quickly connected over our love of Africa and by the time I […]

CGCM Notes: September 2023

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As the fall begins in New England, students, faculty, and researchers gather in Boston. The new academic year always brings hope and excitement as people come from around the world, ready and eager to explore new ideas among a supportive community of fellow seekers and learners. The new academic year provides a welcome restart, as […]

Generosity & Trauma

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In her new book, Kemurahhatian & Trauma, Septemmy Lakawa (’11) argues that in the aftermath of religious communal violence in Indonesia, Christian mission practice should take the form of hospitality. Lakawa, the Associate Professor of Mission Studies at Jakarta Theological Seminary, received a grant to fulfill her wish: to have her dissertation first published in […]