Sung Deuk Oak

Dongsoon Im and Mija Im Scholar
Assistant Professor of Korean Christianity

Dr. Oak received his Th. D. from Boston University in History of Christianity, Th. M from Princeton Theological Seminary, Th. M. & M. Div. from Presbyterian Theological Seminary, and B. A from Seoul National University. He is broadly interested in the encounters of Western cultures and religions with Korean religious cultures. He is completing two books on the rise of Korean Christianity, which investigate the Chinese and Manchurian connections with early Korean Protestantism and the indigenization of North American Christianity in Korea. He is completing 5 volume series of H. G. Underwood Papers, multi-volume series of Historical Documents of the Korean Bible Society, 3 volumes of History of the Korean Bible Society, and editing Sources of the Revival Movement in Korea. He published English Primary Sources of the Korean Revival in 2007 and Sources of Korean Christianity in 2004.

Courses Taught at UCLA:

Korean 60       Introduction to Korean Religions [to be offered 2008-09]
Korean 138      Encounter of Korea and West [to be offered 2008-09]
Korean 172      Topics of Korean Christianity
Korean 177      Introduction to Modern Korean Thought
Korean 272      Seminar: Korean Christianity [to be offered 2008-09]

Reference Project:

Online Archive of Korean Christianity at UCLA Center for Korean Studies

Mailing Address:

UCLA - Dept. of A.L.C.
Royce Hall 290
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1540

Campus Address:

Royce Hall 231-B
Tel: (310) 794-9650 (direct)
Tel: (310) 206-8235 (department)
Email: oak@humnet.ucla.edu

Links:

Center for Korean Studies