Jooyoung Hong

Doctoral Student in Religious Studies

My academic interests have been grounded in the study of World Christianity via historical analysis. I have examined the vitality and variance of Christian faith in the specific cultural contexts, in East Asia. As a neophyte scholar, I have developed my research fields in the juxtaposition of historical study, cultural study, East Asian study, and Theology.

Education
B.A., Theology, Yonsei University, South Korea (2013)
Th.M., World Christianity and Inter-cultural Studies, Yonsei University (2018)
M.Div., Vanderbilt University (2021)

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Student Religious Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

Recent Publications

God’s Forgotten Garden: The Role of Missionary Botany in Sino-European Exchanges

Journal Article Religions · January 1, 2025 This study explores how European botanical science, introduced by foreign missionaries, transformed the intellectual and environmental landscape of premodern China. By examining the transnational exchange of scientific ideas, the paper highlights the role ... Full text Cite

A Korean Witness in the Bible Belt: Race and Evangelicalism in Yun Ch’i-Ho’s Diary

Journal Article Expository Times · January 1, 2025 This study examines the experiences of Yun Ch’i-ho, a Korean intellectual and devout Christian, as a rare non-Western observer of Southern evangelicalism in the late 19th century. Through a close reading of his diary from his years at Vanderbilt University ... Full text Cite

MEDIATING CATHOLICISM: RELIGION AND MEDIA IN GLOBAL CATHOLIC IMAGINARIES. Edited by Eric HoenesDelPinal, Marc RoscoeLoustaum, and KristinNorget. New Directions in the Anthropology of Christianity, 1. London, New York, Dublin: Bloomsbury Academic, 2022. pp. xiii+245; plates, photos. Cloth, $115.00; paper, $39.95.

Journal Article Religious Studies Review · March 2024 Full text Cite

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