ICAS Bulletin
Institute for Corean-American Studies, Inc.
Young Chan Ro
Professor of Religious Studies
Director of Liberal Studies
George Mason University
to address
The Korean Immigrant Church
and its Culture in the Societal Context: Issues and Prospects
ICAS Summer Symposium: The Korean Diaspora
August 14, 2004 Saturday
Venue* (*tba)
Dear Friend:
We
are pleased to share with you that Young Chan Ro will address at the ICAS Summer Symposium:
The Korean Diaspora.
Young-chan Ro was born and raised in South Korea and graduated
from Yonsei University and he holds a Master of Theology degree from Union Theological
Seminary (Richmond, Virginia) and a Ph.D. in Religious Studies from the University
of California at Santa Barbara. Young has authored The Korean Neo-Confucianism of
Yi Yulgok (State University of New York Press) and co-authored The Four-Seven Debate:
An Annotated Translation of the Most Famous Controversy in Korean Neo-Confucian
Thought (State University of New York). He has written numerous articles in the
areas of comparative religion, Korean Confucianism, Korean religions, and Korean
Christianity. Young was Co-Chair of the Korean Religions Group in the American Academy
of Religion and the President of the Association of Korean Christian Scholars in
North America. He is a professor of Religious Studies and director of Liberal Studies
at George Mason University.
Sincerely,
Sang Joo Kim / signed
Sr. Fellow & Executive Vice President
ICAS
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