생명평화/비폭력 훈련과 실천/기독교평화운동

이 름: 박성용(Sung Yong Park)
email :ecopeace21@hanmail.net

활동분야: 생명평화관련 조직, 훈련 및 교육기획, 각종 비폭력 워크숍 진행

전공 분야: 종교학, 생태신학, 참여불교학, 기독교평화신학, 비폭력 실천


현직 - 비폭력평화물결 대표
         남북평화재단내 평화연구소 소장      
         감리교신학대학 외부교수
         한국비폭력대화센터 자문위원
         기독교대한감리회본부선교국 환경위원회 정책실장
         한국교회협의회(NCC) 정의 평화 위원회 위원
         기독교환경운동연대 집행위원장  
         동북아갈등해결센터(NARPI) 실행위원
     
전직: 유네스코/아시아·태평양국제이해교육원 시민사회실장
 
기타:  '삶을 변혁시키는 평화훈련 AVP" 한국 설립자 겸 진행자 (AVP practitioner)
         '비폭력 대화" 훈련가 (NVC practitioner)

학 력

1977년 2월 덕수상고 졸업
1985년 2월 감리교신학대학교(B.A) 졸업
1987년 2월 감리교신학대학교 대학원 (M.Th) 졸업
1993년 5월 Graduate Theological Union (Berkeley, California, USA) MA 졸업
2001년 9월 -12월 퀘이커 평화영성훈련센터, Pendlehill 에서 Visiting Scholar로 평화학 연구
2002년 2월 Temple University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA) 종교학부 (Ph.D) 박사과정 졸업
논문제목-"The Greening of Interreligious Dialogue between Christianity and Buddhism for the Florishing of the Oppressed Others: Focusing on Sallie McFague's Embodiment Theology and Joanna Macy's Engaged Darmology"

목회경력

1985년 7월-1991년 8월 동부연회 괴산지방 고사리교회 담임
1990년 3월 기독교대한 감리회 목사안수
1994년 2월-1995년 4월 미국 Maryland 주의 Baltimore Methodist Church 담임
1995년 9월-1999년 8월 미국 Pennsylvani주 The First Korean United Methodist Chruch of    Philadelphia
                                      교육목사
2006년 5월 - 현재 기독교대한감리회 청수교회 부목사

사회단체활동경력

1994.9월-2001.12월 북미주 자주평화통일 연합  필라델피아 지부장 및 실행위원
2001년 9월 - 12월 퀘이커 평화교육센터, Pendlehill(Wallingford, USA)에서 기독교평화 운동 연구
2003년 1월 - 2005년 12월  The United Religions Initiative-Korea 실행위원
2004년 5월 - 현재  기독교대한감리회 평화교육정책위원회 위원
2005년 3월 - 현재  기독교 환경연대 실행위원(2006년 4월이후-정책위원장)
2005년 4월 - 현재  기독교대한감리회 환경선교위원회 교육정책위원장
2002년 2월 - 2005년 5월 유네스코/아시아·태평양국제이해교육원 시민사회실장/사업조정자 역임
2006년 6월 - 현재  비폭력평화물결 대표/ 청년평화운동 푸름 지도위원
2007년 1월 - 현재  한국교회협의회 생명/윤리 위원회 위원
2007년 6월 - 현재  비폭력대화센터 자문위원
2009년 1월 - 현재  동북아갈등해결센터(NARPI; North-East Asia Regional Peace Institute) 실행위원
2010년 5월- 현재   남북평화재단내 남북평화연구소 소장
 
국제회의 조직경력

2002년 국제심포지엄 “Inter-religious Dialogue for Peace and Reconciliation in the Asia-Pacific Region"
                   (아카데미하우스, 12월 4일-6일) 조직 및 개최

2003년 평화교육국제대회 (International Institute on Peace Education 2003) 행사 조직 및 추진
         아태지역을 위한 국제 인권워크숍, “Human Rights Education in Asia and the Pacific:
          Defining Challenges and Strategies"(Bangkok, 11월 10-12일) 조직 및 개최

2004년 아태지역 지속가능발전 전략수립 워크숍(Asia-Pacific ESD Strategy Planning Workshop"
          행사조직 및 추진

2005년 6월 United Religions Initiative Global Council 서울 모임을 위한 Programme Coordinator 역활

2006년 5월  평화단체중심으로 현대평화학의 아버지인 요한갈퉁(Johan Galtung) 초청 "공개 강연회
               및 TRANSCEND 워크숍"  기획및 행사진행

2007년 4월  국제훈련가 Ute Caspers 초청 AVP(Alternative to Violence Project; 폭력대응대안모델)
                공개강연및 워크숍 기획및 진행

2008년 1월, 10월 "폭력에 대응하는 새로운 평화훈련(AVP)" 국제 워크숍(입문, 심화) 조직
2008년 4월  "비폭력 직접행동(Nonviolent Direct Action)" 전문가 양성 국제 워크숍 조직 (George Lakey, Daniel Hunter를 워크숍 진행자로 초청함)
2009년 4월-   "평화와 비폭력을 위한 세계 행진 (World March for Peace and Nonviolence)" 조직
                   (국제:www.theworldmarch.org; 국내: cafe.daum.net/worldmarch)
2010년 12월  회복적 정의 전문 진행자 양성 국제 워크숍 (12월 7일-11일 5일간, 서울여성프라자) 조직과 진행
                   강사: John B. Kinyon & Ike Lasater (국제비폭력대화센터 전문 중재팀)

연구결과물

가. 저서 /역서

박성용,  『에코페미니즘 관점에서 본 기독교와 불교의 생태평화화』다산글방  2007. 2.

J이삼열, 박성용외,   『아시아의 종교분쟁과 평화 』 오름 2005.1.

마이클 네글러 저, 박성용 옮김,  『폭력의 세기에 새로운 희망을 찾아서』비폭력평화물결, 2008.12.

나. 논문

-“생명평화 공동체를 위한 종교간의 대화,” 『지구촌 시대의 한국문화와 불교』
  오성컴, 2005.8.

-“생태여성신학의 관점에서의 종교담론,”『생태신학강의』크리스찬헤럴드 2006.3.

-“매튜폭스의 창조영성과 우주 그리스도론,”『현대생태신학자의 신학과 윤리』
  대한기독교서회, 2006. 8.

-"비폭력의 길"  샘, 2007 봄호

Message at Celebration of URI's 5th Anniversary and UN's 60th Anniversary
Date: 2005. 6. 26
Venue: Ambassador Hotel (JangChung dong, Seoul)

This program is one part of United Religions Initiative-Global Council Meeting:
Many Faces and One World: Bridging Chasms That Divide
Living into the Promise of URI (June 26th - July,1)



Warm greeting from my heart!
It is a great honor for me to share a bit of peace works with all of you.
I am afraid that I am not right person to stand here, but unfortunately since no other staff is available from URI-Korea, I humbly forward here to speak.

I am Sung Yong Park, a Methodist minister. My first name came from my father's home address in North Korea (P'yongNam province Sung Chun-Gun Gu Yong-myon Un Jun Ri). He left his home village and moved to the south of the Han River during Korean War. And I was born in boundary area between North and South Korea: Kang Hwa province Yang Sa-myon Chul Got. In my childhood, daily I saw North Korean farmers working in the field over Han River. However, in my village and their village, there are big speakers cursing the other side. Each part broadcast to the other side, "You are a puppet of US imperialists, You are a puppet of Communists, Destroy Communism, Destroy Imperialism." In that time, I never doubt that they are my ENEMY, even though they are Koreans. I was taught in school that they are dangerous, even that they are not human beings. However, As I grew up, I realized that the teaching that the other side is enemy is a big lie. From my experience located in boundary area, I was awakened to look at the Others differently. The Others slowly become the Center of my ethical concern. This is the reason why I engaged in dialogue, starting from ideological Others(reunification movement), including religious Others(interfaith dialogue movement), and reaching to gendered Others and ecological Others(ecofeminism), during my whole academic journey and religious practice.

As a executive member of URI-Korea, I have worked in peace education in UNESCO-related institution from 2002 to last month. It is called Asia-Pacific Centre of Education for International Understanding. This centre's mission is to implement a culture of peace in Asia-Pacific region. I was charge of civil society network and non-formal education focusing such subjects as peace, human rights, multicultural understanding, and sustainable development in domestic and regional level. And also supported by research fund from government-related research foundation, I, with other fellows, visit conflict zones of Asia such as Philippines, Sri Lanka, Kashmir, Indonesia and East Timor for 2 years. We met many peace activists and institute staffs at grass roots level in order to understand conflicts' roots, process and their effort toward peace-building and published a peace study book called "Religious Conflicts in Asia and Peace" this year.

Now I gave up my job in UNESCO-related Centre and I am preparing to establish a alternative educational Centre for peace and sustainable culture. My goal is to coordinate and train peace NGO staffs, Green activists, religious leaders, community organizers and alternative educators. Until now in Korea, peace works are fragmented and issue-fighting oriented. Many peace activists were easily burned out after serious period of peace works. They feel desperation under the consistent challenges of seemingly unbeatable domestic and global problems. I would like to re-energize them with the spirit of resistance and transformation, and to deepen their experiences into Sacred Source. And finally through this center, my vision is to expend the greater community with care and universal responsibility through network.

As a first time of Korean Methodist history, I opened officially a peace education program for 5 weeks supported by Educational Division of Korean Methodist Church just several weeks ago. The second, advanced course will be initiated during Sep. and Oct. Fall. I am also charge of retreat workshop program for about 30 YMCA general sectaries among total 67 YMCA branches in Korea focusing on "Orientation toward Culture of Life and Peace" in next month(July, 7-9). Still we see a little of seeds and sprouts for peace within conservative and capitalist-absorbing context of Korea. However, I hope there is a good hope for the near future, since peace activists gather together and work harder. URI-Korea is one of this hope.

URI-Korea has worked some significant peace programs. Some of them are:
1) peace champaign for new millenium era
2) interfaith dialogue forum and workshop, focusing on peace from different religious tradition
3) interfaith prayer meeting regularly
4) special event for peace and reconciliation in some memorial days
5) visiting some different worship places and sharing of each other's rituals and teaching
I think that the important task of URI-Korea toward next step will be to set up some constant and systematic program in areas of interfaith dialogue on peace, reconciliation and green activism. The target groups will be the Youth and young leaders in religion, civil society and alternative education sectors.

Still most traditional and conservative Christian communities in Korea do not want allow their leaders/peoples to engage in multi-faith dialogue movement. However, the unprecedented challenges from regional and global level such as militarism, capital-oriented globalization, environmental crisis and destruction of human security are now asking for us to work together.

I feel desperately that there is no much time to change our current lifestyle and to save eco-fellows and future generations. Therefore, I confess that now we need planetary practice rather than individual practice or group practice. What I means by planetary practice is that every one gets in to contribute one's own talent, time and effort to save our own true humanity and lifes of eco-fellows, and that it means to connect all human being and eco-fellows toward making one planetary community with trust, compassion and justice. It will be communal/collective practice to weave every one and work together disregard of race, sex, class, age, religion and even species.

As a protestant Christian, personally I have only one Creed and one practice which I learn from Christ by heart. One creed I believe is Incarnation. I interpret this to mean that "the Truth becomes life" not only to Jesus in certain time ago but also to all of us. The Em-body-ment(In-car-nation) of Truth is only what I live by. From this living doctrine, I confess that this is my universal calling that "I have to manifest Truth through whole life of mine." My religious practice comes from this living creed: practice to move from higher to lower. That is practice of the bottom to serve the least, the lost and the last. For the bottom is where they are located and where. This is where Christ live. This is also where I am and where I will go.


Thank you to listen to my personal story.

Peace be with you.

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