n.kang@tcu.edu
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Namsoon Kang is Associate Professor of World Christianity and Religions at Brite Divinity School, Texas Christian University, USA. She taught at Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge, UK, and Methodist Theological Seminary, Seoul Korea. She has been actively involved in global ecumenical and peace movement. She studied theology in Korea, Germany, and the US with her Ph.D from Drew University, USA. She is currently the vice-president of WOCATI (World Conference of Associations of Theological Institutions), and co-moderator of CATS (Congress of Asian Theologians). She has published three books on feminist theological discourses in Korean, and a number of articles in English including the most recent article, "Toward Healing and Reconciliation of Regardless: Radicalizing Christian Mission for Today" and "Who/What is Asian?: A Postcolonial Theological Reading of Orientalism and Neo-Orientalism."
1993 Drew University, Madison NJ. USA Ph.D
1991 Drew University M.Phil
1982 Methodist Theological Seminary, Seoul-Korea Th.M
1979 Methodist Theological Seminary, Seoul-Korea B.Th
United Methodist Church
books and articles
"Toward Healing and Reconciliation of Regardless: Radicalizing Christian Mission for Today." International Review of Mission. Vol. 94. No. 376 (July 2005).
"The Centrality of Gender Justice in Prophetic Christianity and the Mission of the Church Reconsidered." International Review of Mission. Vol. 94. No. 375 (April 2005).
"Who/What is Asian? : A Postcolonial Theological Reading of Orientalism and Neo-Orientalism." Postcolonial Theologies. Divinity, Hybridity, and Empire. Eds. Catherine Keller, Michael Nausner, Mayra Rivera. St. Louis, MO: Chalice Press, 2004.
Comprehensive Bibliography
Courses
research interests
Dr. Kang is currently researching Asian Feminist Theology in an Era of Globalization (Oxford University Press) and Theology of Homelessness (Equinox Publishing).
suggested reading
Lamin Sanneh and Joel A. Carpenter, eds. The Changing Face of Christianity: Africa, the West, and the World. New York & Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005.

Sharon Welch. After Empire: The Art and Ethos of Enduring Peace. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2004.

Peter Phan. Being Religious Interreligiously. Maryknoll:Orbis, 2004.