Namsoon Kang is Professor of World Christianity and Religions at Brite Divinity School, Texas Christian University, USA. Before she joined Brite in 2006, she taught at Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge, UK, and Methodist Theological University, Korea. She has been actively involved in various international ecumenical organizations and movements, and was a plenary speaker at the WCC 9th Assembly in Porto Alegre, Brazil in 2006. She has given lectures and speeches in Hong Kong, Thailand, Jamaica, India, Korea, Japan, Philippine, Indonesia, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Germany, Greece, South Africa, Brazil, Canada, and the US. She studied in Korea, Germany, and the USA with her Ph.D. from Drew University and is currently the president of WOCATI (World Conference of Associations of Theological Institutions). Writing in both Korean and English, her most recent publications include Handbook of Theological Education in World Christianity (Co-edited), ”Whose/Which World in World Christianity?,” and ”Towards a Cosmopolitan Theology: Constructing Public Theology from the Future. ”
B.Th., Methodist Theological Seminary, Seoul, KOREA
Th.M., Methodist Theological Seminary, Seoul, KOREA
M.Phil., Drew University, Madison NJ, USA
Ph.D., Drew University, Madison NJ, USA
United Methodist Church