Editorial Board
Dr. Chung previously served as Associate Professor at the School of Theology and Director of General Education at Azusa Pacific University where she gained experience working with missions in researching the relationship between ethnicity and religion while in India, Thailand, Japan, and China.
An accomplished author and Associate Editor of Missiology: An International Review, the American Society of Missiology journal, Chung will take on the role of editor for the International Bulletin of Mission Research next year.
Chung graduated from Boston University School of Theology (2018) with a PhD in World Christianity and received a Master of Divinity degree from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (2012) as well as a Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies from the University of Virginia (2008).
Easten’s research focuses on lived theology, religious pluralism, and public life in the context of contemporary China, the Global East, and the larger Sinophone world. He completed his doctorate in theological and religious studies from Georgetown University in 2020 examining how Chinese Christian faith is experienced, negotiated, and expressed in everyday life across cultural and religious boundaries. Easten also earned an M.Div. at Wesley Theological Seminary, and an M.A. in Intercultural Studies at Wheaton College. He is currently pursuing ordination in the American Baptist Church.
Easten has published articles and co-edited special issues on the intersections between theology, qualitative research, world Christianity, and interreligious learning in journals like The Journal of World Christianity and Theology Today. He is co-editor, with Alexander Chow, of Ecclesial Diversity in Chinese Christianity (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021) and is currently revising his dissertation for publication with Penn State University Press.
Byung Ho Choi is a PhD candidate in the Department of History and Ecumenics, specializing in World Christianity and the History of Religions. He holds a BA in global management from Handong Global University (Pohang, South Korea), a MDiv from the Presbyterian University and Theological Seminary (Seoul, South Korea), and a ThM from Princeton Theological Seminary. His current research focuses on the indigenous expressions of Christianity found in Southeast Asia, particularly as found in the archipelagic nation of Indonesia. His dissertation project examines Toraja Christianity that is practiced by the Toraja ethnic group that resides in the highlands of South Sulawesi, Indonesia. His methodological approach interlaces ethnographic and historical methodologies, closely analyzing how Toraja Christians have intricately woven their faith into the tapestry of indigenous practices—especially through their widely recognized funeral rituals. In a broader scope, his research and teaching interests include history of Christianity, issues of conversion and social identity, inter-religious (Christian–Muslim) dialogue, ecumenism, interculturality, anthropology of Christianity, and World Christianity.
Associate Editors
George Hunsberger
Western Theological Seminary
Cathy Ross
Church Mission Society, UK
Roger Schroeder, SVD
Catholic Theological Union at Chicago
Contributing Editors
J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu
Trinity Theological Seminary, Ghana
John Azumah
The Sanneh Institute, Ghana
Stephen B. Bevans, S.V.D.
Catholic Theological Union, USA
William R. Burrows
Orbis Books, USA
Ruth Padilla DeBorst
Western Theological Seminary, USA, and INFEMIT
Angelyn Dries, O.S.F.
Saint Louis University, USA
J. Samuel Escobar
Baptist Seminary of Madrid, Spain Palmer Theological Seminary, USA
John Flett
Pilgrim Theological College, University of Divinity, Australia
Robert Eric Frykenberg
University of Wisconsin, USA
Daniel Jeyaraj
Liverpool Hope University, UK
Paul Kollman, CSC
University of Notre Dame, USA
Anne-Marie Kool
Baptist Theological Seminary, Budapest
Steve Sang-Cheol Moon
Charis Institute for Intercultural Studies, South Korea
Joon-Sik Park
Methodist Theological School in Ohio, USA
Dana L. Robert
Boston University School of Theology, USA
Brian Stanley
University of Edinburgh, UK
Scott W. Sunquist
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, USA
Muthuraj Swamy
Cambridge Centre for Christianity Worldwide, UK
Tite Tiénou
Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, USA
Anastasios Yannoulatos
Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Albania, Albania
Gina Zurlo
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, USA
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