Academic Presentations
International Academy of Practical Theology, June 7-11, 2023
– Keynote Presentation: Theological Anthropology of the Undead - How Did We Fail to Decay?American Academy of Religion, November 20, 2022
– Presentation: “Consecration of Game & Gamification of the Sacred: Understanding ‘Squid Game’ as a Sacrificial Rite,” Religion, Media, and Culture UnitEwha Theology Community Symposium, September 27, 2022
– Presentation: Mapping Theological Education in Post Corona AgeSociety for Pastoral Theology, June 10, 2022
– Organized Postcolonialism, Globalization, and Pastoral Care Study GroupKorean Association of Christian Counseling and Psychology 46th Conference, May 28, 2022
– Presentation: Constructivist Case ConceptualizationCollege of Liberal Arts 29th Faculty Symposium, May 20, 2022
– Presentation: Conjecturing the Future of Liberal Arts, Standing between Liberal Arts and ScienceEwha Theology Community Symposium, October 13, 2021
– Presentation: Churches Online In Times of Corona: Pastoral Theological Reflection on the CONTOC research resultsEast Asian Society for the Scientific Study of Religion Annual Meeting, July 18, 2021
– Presentation: Religion as an Agent of Peace and Conflict Group, “Trauma-Ridden Body Lifted High: Forming Social Imagination in the Public Square”International Academy of Practical Theology, July 8-11, 2021
– Presentation of IAPT 2023 Korea’s Theme and Venue: Practical Wisdom Navigating the Living Web of the Anthropocene/CapitaloceneCONTOC (Church Online in Times of Corona) International Conference, May 5, 2021
– Presentation with Taeyoung Kim, Matthew Pulis and Henk de Roest, “Reconstructing Pastoral Identity in Community during the Corona Crisis: Qualitative Data”
– Presentation with Matthew Pulis, Jurgen Deniffel, Andre Zaffarese, Illona Nord, Jimmy Ronnici, Luke Buhagier, Nadia Delicata, Theo Pleizier, Taeyoung Kim, and Yunseon Baek, “Pastoral Role”American Academy of Religion, December 1, 2020
– Presentation: “Trauma Ridden Body Lifted High: Forming Theological Imagination in the Public Square” as part of Broken Bodies, Sacred Rituals, and Public Theological Imagination PanelPremier Digital Conference, November 14, 2020
– https://www.premierdigital.info/conference, “Voices from East Asia with Jonas Kurlberg” PanelistKorean Association for Religious Studies, November 16, 2019
– Presentation: “Decolonizing the Concept of Justice: Moving beyond the Oppressor/Victim Dualism”Society for Pastoral Theology, June 14, 2019
– Presentation: “Decolonizing the Concept of Justice: Moving beyond the Oppressor/Victim Dualism”
– Postcolonialism, Globalization, and Pastoral Care Study GroupInternational Academy of Practical Theology Conference, April 8, 2019
– Presentation: “Decolonizing the Concept of Justice: Moving beyond the Oppressor/Victim dualism”Society for Pastoral Theology, June 16, 2017
– Organized Preconference for Scholars of Color: “Mapping out the Frontier of Pastoral Theology Explored by Scholars of Color”
– Workshop Presentation: “Entitled?: Millennials and Pastoral Theology” with Kate Lassiter
– Postcolonial Study Group Conversation with Phillis SheppardInternational Society for Biblical Literature, July 7, 2016
– Presentation: “Wrestling with QN’: Divine Jealousy and Human Zeal as Emotional Energy in Postcolonial Space”
– Postcolonial Studies SessionInternational Society for Biblical Literature, July 6, 2016
– Presentation: “Divine Jealousy, Human Zeal: Self Psychological Understanding of Spirituality of QN’ in Numbers 25”
– Psychological Hermeneutics SessionSociety for Pastoral Theology Study Conference, June 17, 2016
– Presentation: “Wrestling with QN’: Divine Jealousy and Human Zeal as Emotional Energy in Postcolonial Boundary Space”American Academy of Religions, Practical Theology Group, November 21, 2015
– Presentation: “Postcolonializing Practical Theology Methodology as Cartography of Boundary Dynamics”Society for Pastoral Theology Study Conference, June 20, 2014
– Respondent to Emmanuel Lartey’s Presentation of His Book, Postcolonializing God: An African Practical Theology.American Association of Pastoral Counselors Annual Conference, April 4, 2014
– Workshop: “What to Do with the Bible in Spiritually Integrative Psychotherapy”AAR, Practical Theology Group, November 24, 2013
– Presentation: “Lamp for My Feet, Light on My Path: Transformation Through Biblical Engagement”Society for Pastoral Theology Study Conference, June 14, 2013
– Presentation: “Toward a Pastoral Theological Phenomenology: Constructing a Reflexive and Relational Phenomenological Method from a Postcolonial Perspective”Asian Theological Summer Institute, May 29, 2013
– Presentation: “Lamp for My Feet and Light on My Path: Understanding Biblical Engagement for Transformation”Society for Pastoral Theology Study Conference, June 16 - 19, 2011
– Presentation: “Silver Dagger in Evangelical Korean American Women’s Lives: Exploring the Cultural, Religious, and Psychological Hybridity in a Korean American Woman’s Premarital Sexuality”AAR Western Region Conference, March 27, 2011
– Presentation: “Silver Dagger in Evangelical Korean American Women’s lives: Exploring the Cultural, Religious, and Psychological Hybridity in a Korean American Woman’s Premarital Sexuality”