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Sung Deuk Oak 옥성득 玉聖得
Dongsoon Im and Mija Im Endowed Chair
Associate Professor of Korean Christianity
234A Royce Hall
Department of Asian Languages and Cultures
UCLA
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1540
oak@humnet.ucla.edu
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Academic Appointments
2011-now UCLA Im Endowed Chair of Korean Christianity, Associate Professor
2012 Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, KHK Visiting Fellow
2007-11 UCLA Im Scholar of Korean Christianity, Assistant Professor
2005-07 UCLA Adjunct Assistant Professor of Korean Christianity
2002-05 UCLA Henry Luce Postdoctoral Fellow, Visiting Assistant Professor
Education
2002 D. Th. Boston University School of Theology, History of Christianity
1994 M. Th. Princeton Theological Seminary, History of Christianity
1993 M. Th. Presbyterian Theological Seminary, History of Christianity
1991 M. Div. Presbyterian Theological Seminary, History of Christianity
1988 B. A. Seoul National University, Korean History
1986 B. A. Seoul National University, English Literature and Language
Award
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Book Awards
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Dec. 2020 The best book in theology/ministry, Kukmin Daily (Seoul)
July 2020 King Sejong Academic Book in Religion,
Publication Promotion Agency of Korea
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Korea Christian Publishers Association
Dec. 2016 The best book in the history of Christianity,
Christianity Today Korea (Seoul)
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the International Bulletin of Missionary Research (New Haven)
Dec. 2013 “Book of the Year” by the editor of the Books and Culture (Chicago)
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Korea Christian Publishers Association (Seoul)