Biography:Seung-Goo Lee

Short description: South Korean academic (born 1959)

Seung-Goo Lee
Lee in 2021
Born	(1959-02-01) February 1, 1959 South Korea
Nationality	South Korean
Occupation	Professor, Academic and Theologian
Known for	Reformed Theology, Modern Theology, Christianity, Calvinism
Title	Chair Professor of the Systematic Theology, Reformed Theology
Academic background
Education	Th.B., M.Ed., M.Div, M.Phil., Ph.D.
Alma mater	University of St. Andrews
Academic work
Institutions	Hapdong Theological Seminary

Seung-Goo Lee (Korean: 이승구; Hanja: 李承九; born February 1, 1959) is a professor of the Hapdong Theological Seminary in South Korea and currently teaches systematic theology. He was selected as one of the most influential scholars in the field of the Bible and theology in 2011. He was the president of the Korean Evangelical Theological Society (2020–2022). He was the president of the Korean Presbyterian Theological Society, and of the Korean Reformed Theological Society. He found the Korean Presbyterian Theological Society, the Korean Biblical Theological Society, the Korean kierkegaard Society, and the Peter Paul Johannes Beyerhaus Society for celebrating Peter Beyerhaus. He has published many books and translations. He has written two books in English and more than 20 books in Korean, and has translated 26 books from English to Korean. He interpreted lectures of many foreign scholars, and gave several presentations at the international conferences. He studied Christian Education (B.A.) at Chongshin University, Seoul National University Graduate School (Ethics Education, M. Ed.), Hapdong Theological Graduate University (M. Div.), and did his Ph.D. (1990) at the University of St Andrews under the supervision of Dr. Daphne Hampson. Between 1990 and 1992, he worked as a Research Fellow in Yale Divinity School.

Lee in 2020

Lee speaking at an event commemorating the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation (2017)

Career

• Professor of Systematic Theology, Westminster Graduate School of Theology (1992.1-1999.2.)
• Professor of Systematic Theology, International Graduate School of Theology (1999.3-2009.2)
• Professor of Systematic Theology, Hapdong Graduate School of Theology (2009,3-present)
• Visiting Scholar, Calvin College, Calvin Institute (Summer 2000)
• Visiting Scholar, Faculty of Theology, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam (fall 2006)
• president of the Korean Evangelical Systematic Theology Society (2000-2002), editor-in-chief of the Research Systematic Theology (2009)
• Auditor of the Korean Evangelical Theological Society (2004- 2006), Editor-in-Chief (2006)
• Secretary of the Korean Bible Theological Society (1997–present)
• General Secretary of the Korean Society for Reformation (2004-2006), Director of General Affairs (2008-2012)
• Secretary of the Korean Presbyterian Theological Society (2004-2006), Secretary (2008-present), Editor-in-Chief of Presbyterian Church and Theology (2009)
• President of the Korean Society of Kierkegaard (2005)
• Chairman of Education Committee, Christian Research Institute (2003-2005), Research Fellow (2001–present)
• Chairman of the Executive Committee for the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation (2011–present)
• Journal of Reformed Theology, Asian Editor (2006–Present)
• Vice-President, Korean Reformation Society (2012-2018)
• Member of Korean Academy of Christian Studies
• Senior Vice President, Korean Evangelical Theological Society (2018-2020)
• President of the Korean Presbyterian Theological Society (2016-2018)
• Vice-President, Korean Reformation Society (2012-2018)
• President of the Korean Reformation Society (2018-2020)
• Director and executive secretary of the Beyer House Society (2018-)

See also

• Hapdong Theological Seminary
• Bong-ho Son
• Yung-Han Kim