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I am currently a PhD student at Fuller Theological Seminary, studying systematic (constructive) theology under the mentorship of Dr. Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen. Systematic theology is highly significant for the gospel-centered life of the Church, in the sense that the discipline explores how the core message of Jesus Christ according to Scripture can be concretely embodied in particular forms of confessions and practical spheres of Christians’ everyday lives. I have been pursuing this area as my major area of my theological studies for 5 years since I began my master’s degree at Emory University in Atlanta, GA in 2011. My focus of study in the domain of constructive theology is the study of theodicy, in which I explore various

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