Professors Lee Jeong-sun and Park Chan-eung of Mokwon University Selected for 'Sejong Books' Outstanding Book Award

Photo of the cover of "Nag Hammadi Documents (left)" by Professor Lee Jeong-soon of the Department of Theology at Mokwon University and "Narrative Theology of the New Testament" by Professor Park Chan-woong. Provided by Mokwon University

[Asia Economy (Daejeon) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] Two books by Mokwon University Theology Professors Lee Jeong-soon and Park Chan-eung were both selected as '2022 Sejong Books Academic Division Excellent Books.'

According to Mokwon University on the 7th, the books selected as excellent books are Professor Lee Jeong-soon's "Nag Hammadi Documents" and Professor Park Chan-eung's "Narrative Theology of the New Testament."

The Sejong Books are selected by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Publication Industry Promotion Agency with the purpose of advancing scholarship, creating conditions for a knowledge-based society, and spreading a culture of reading books.

Divided into academic division (400 titles) and general division (550 titles), a total of 950 books are designated as excellent books annually, and up to 8 million KRW per book is used to purchase and distribute them to public libraries and specialized libraries nationwide, which is the core of the project.

Professors Lee Jeong-soon and Park Chan-eung were included in the project target due to their high evaluation for contributing to the academic development of theology by researching extensive and academically challenging fields and publishing the results as books.

Meanwhile, among the books selected in the academic division of Sejong Books this year, 16 titles were selected in the religious books category.

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