Park Soon-kyung

Born in Yeoju of Gyeonggi Province, Park first studied nursing before pursuing degrees in theology at Methodist Theological University in Seoul and philosophy at Seoul National University.^[2] She went for further studies in the United States, pursuing an M.Div. at Emory University and a Ph.D. at Drew University, completing a dissertation in 1966 on "Man in Karl Barth's doctrine of election."^[3]

Park returned to South Korea and was a professor of theology for 22 years at Ewha Woman's University (1966–1988), where she continued to hold a post as a professor emerita.^[4] She is known for her work towards a theology for the unification of North and South Korea, drawing from and critiquing minjung theology,^[5] and for the promotion of South Korean feminist theology.^[6]