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Chung Hyun Kyung
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. So, I think that we need 'endarkenment' for a while, not enlightenment, to heal the world.
—Chung Hyun Kyung
Known For: Writer, Associate Professor of Ecumenical Studies at Union Theological Seminary
Faith: Christianity
Country: United States
About
An Associate Professor of Ecumenical Studies at Union Theological Seminary in New York City, Chung Hyun Kyung is a lay theologian of the Presbyterian Church of Korea.
Academically, Chung is concerned with feminist and eco-feminist theologies, mysticism and revolutionary social change, interfaith peacemaking, and ecumenical theologies.
In 2006, she successfully invited the Dalai Lama to Riverside Church to speak at a Union Theological Seminary-sponsored event Peace is Possible! Her other efforts include the International Interfaith Peace Council and Peacemakers in Action.
For Korean Public T.V., she produced the eight-part series “The Power of Women in World Religions,” which garnered much acclaim in the nation.
Chung’s best known work is Struggling to be the Sun Again: Introducing Asian Women’s Theology but other writings include In the End, Beauty Will Save Us All: A Feminist Spiritual Pilgrimage, Vols. I and II, published in Korean, Letter from The Future: The Goddess-Spell According to Hyun Kyung, published in Korean, and Hyun Kyung and Alice’s Fabulous Love Affair with God, written in conjunction with American author Alice Walker who famously penned The Color Purple.
Currently, Chung is concentrating on Muslim women’s involvement with peace-making efforts in 16 different Muslim nations and hopes to extend this knowledge to provide a base for dialogue for Christian feminists and the Islamic world.
