Dr. Richard Park

A Crucial Move at a Pivotal Time

February 4, 2022

As has been discussed at our University and many other places besides, higher education is facing a critical juncture. Much of what will become of a given institution of higher learning will depend crucially on how it responds to a number of converging factors, factor which include (but certainly are not limited to) the following:…Read More

The Academy, Imagination Formation, and Social Media

January 23, 2020

On November 25, 2019, I had the privilege of presenting a paper titled “The Academy, Imagination Formation, and Social Media” at the American Academy of Religion (AAR) Annual Meeting. Held jointly with the Annual Meeting for the Society of Biblical Literature, each this conference brings together over 10,000 scholars and practitioners in the field of…Read More

Dr. Richard Park

Assistant Professor of Theology and Ethics

RICHARD S. PARK (D.Phil.) is assistant professor of theology and ethics at Vanguard University. He is also the founder and president of The Renaissance Group, a nonprofit organization aimed at helping people find their life’s calling. He has several academic publications, including: Constructing Civility (published by the University of Notre Dame Press); “Christian and Islamic Conceptions of Public Civility” in Pathways for Inter-Religious Dialogue in the Twenty-First Century (Palgrave MacMillan); and “Fragmented Knowledge Structures: Secularization as Scientization” (The Heythrop Journal). Dr. Park has spoken in countries around the world including Australia, Canada, England, Hong Kong, and the Philippines, and throughout the United States. He is deeply passionate about connecting calling, culture, and character. Dr. Park completed his doctorate in Theology & Religion at the University of Oxford. A southern Californian native, Dr. Park lives with his wife in Orange County, California.

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