Heup Young Kim is a former professor of Systematic Theology at Kangnam University, South Korea, and a former dean of the College of Humanities and Liberal Arts and the Graduate School of Theology. He received his BSE degree from Seoul National University, M.Div. and Th.M. from the Princeton Theological Seminary, and Ph.D. from the Graduate Theological Union. He is a fellow (a founding member) of the International Society for Science and Religion and was a president of the Korean Society of Systematic Theology and a co-moderator of the Congress of Asian Theologians, an ecumenical network for theologians in Asia. Professor Kim was a recipient of Graduate Theological Union's 2009 Alum of the Year Award and has published numerous works in the areas of interfaith dialogue, comparative theology, East Asian constructive theology (theology of Dao), and religion and science.