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Overview
Sunkyo is a final year PhD student researching under the supervision of Professor Peter Scott. His current research engages with the political ideology of division and peace theology in South Korea. The project is largely concerned with proposing theological discourses to assess the political ideology of division in South Korea and addressing challenges which are occurred by the ideology. And also it would suggest an alternative theological discourse to overcome the division of the Korean peninsula.
Sunkyo is a graduate of Hanshin University (Theology) and Graduate School of Theology (M.Div.) in South Korea and completed a Master’s degree at the University for Peace (UN-mandated University, International Peace Studies) in Costa Rica.
He is an ordained minister of the Presbyterian Church in the Republic of Korea (PROK) and served as an assistant minister for the Kyungdong Presbyterian Church in Korea. And he also worked as a programme coordinator of Global Ecumenical Theological Institute (GETI) for the 10th Assembly of the World Council of Churches (WCC) and participated in the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI) by the WCC.
He is a recipient of Lincoln Theological Institute’s International Doctoral Studentship and the Mark Gibbs Doctoral Studentship (2021-2024).
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 1 No Poverty
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SDG 2 Zero Hunger
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SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
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SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals
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Research output
- 2 Article
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Discourse and Far-Right Political Rallies in South Korea
Park, S., 7 Mar 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: International Journal of Asian Christianity. 8, 1, 63-83.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Political Grief and the South Korean Church
Park, S., 1 May 2025, In: Religions. 16, 5, 541.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Thesis
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A Critical and Theological Assessment of Protestant Churches’ Contribution to the Political Ideology of Division in South Korea from 1948 to 2022
Park, S. (Author), Scott, P. (Main Supervisor) & Hoelzl, M. (Co Supervisor), 28 Nov 2025Student thesis: Phd
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