Timothy Shin

Timothy Shin is a PhD student in the History of Christianity track at the Boston University School of Theology. He grew up in Japan as a missionary kid from South Korea before coming to the United States. Tim received a BA in sociology and political science at Gordon College, MDiv and MA in Biblical Languages at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, and a ThM at Boston College School of Theology and Ministry. At BCSTM, he wrote a ThM thesis exploring the Jesuit missionary enterprise in Japan with the focus on Alessandro Valignano’s implementation of his policy of adaptation, or inculturation, to the Japanese culture and society in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. His research interests include: history of Protestant missions since the nineteenth century, Asian Christianity, the impact of Pentecostal and charismatic movements in Japan, the interplay between of faith and culture in the mission field in Japan, and ecumenism. Email: tshin88@bu.edu