Kim Young Han

Kim Young-han (Korean: Younghan Kim/Kim Young-han; October 18, 1946 -) is a professor, theologian, and former Minister of Economic Affairs of the Republic of Korea. He is a famous scholar in Korea. He founded the Korean Reformed Theological Society in 1996 and served as its first, second and third president. He established the Department of Christian Studies at Soongsil University and served as the first, second, third, fifth and sixth director. He served as a professor in the Department of Systematic Theology and Christian Philosophy at Soongsil University for 34 years. He is the founder of Christiana College and has served as its president since 1988. He founded the civic organization Sharona Buni in 2010 and has been its chairman since then. He has contributed more than 30 articles in the "Korean Evangelical Theological Society" (Bible and Theology) column. He has published more than 20 books on systematic theology and Christian philosophy, and he has researched and contributed to the fields of catechism, modern theology, hermeneutics, Christian culture, and Christian spirituality. He is the president of the Korean Evangelical Theological Society, the Korean Hermeneutical Association (2004-2006), the Christian Philosophical Association (2006-2012), and the Korean Reformed Theological Society.