Yumi Murayama, Ph.D

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Birthday: 10th May 1976

Nationality: Japanese Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan

Languages: English (Fluent: TOEIC 980), Japanese (Native), Biblical Greek and Hebrew (Advanced), Latin (Basic), German (Basic), Portuguese (Basic), French (Reading only).

EDUCATION

University of St. Andrews, School of Divinity (2005-2010) St. Mary’s College, South Street, St Andrews, Fife, KY16 9JU, United Kingdom Ph.D Supervisor: Professor Mario I. Aguilar Research Topic: The Bible, Church, Politics, and International Relations in Modern Japan Thesis: The Bible in Imperial Japan: 1850-1950 North Park Theological Seminary (2000-2004) 3225 W. Foster, Chicago, Illinois 60625, USA Master of Divinity with High Honours (GPA 3.895/4.00) Kyoritsu Christian Institute (1999-2000) 3-301-5 Uchino, Inzai, Chiba, 270-1347, Japan Certificate in New Testament Studies Tokyo Christian University (1995-1999) 3-301-5 Uchino, Inzai, Chiba, 270-1347, Japan Bachelor of Theology EXPERIENCE Nagoya Gakuin University (Aichi, Japan)

Part-Time Lecturer Mar. 2015- Present Courses: “Thanatology”, “Religion and Human”, “Introduction to Christianity”, “Comparative Religion” All courses are for international students and taught in English. Students’ feedback was enthusiastically positive in all four classes.

Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture (Aichi, Japan)

Visiting Research Fellow Apr. 2014- Present

Nagoya University of Commerce and Business (Aichi, Japan)

Part-Time Lecturer Mar. 2011- Present Courses: “History of Japanese Literature”, “History of Japanese Thought”, “Modern Japanese History”, “Japan and Ethical Issues”. All courses are for international students and taught in English. Students’ feedback was enthusiastically positive in all four classes.

Tokyo Christian University (Chiba, Japan)

Part-Time Lecturer Sep.2010- Present Courses: “Modern History of Japan”, “History of Rhetoric” Both courses are for international students and taught in English. Graduation thesis supervision

Rikkyo University (Tokyo, Japan)

Part-Time Lecturer Apr. 2011- Mar. 2012 Course: “History Christianity in Japan [日本のキリスト教の歩み]”

Universidade Católica do Porto (Porto, Portugal)

Visiting Researcher Sep.2010- Apr. 2011

Tokyo Christian University (Chiba, Japan)

Part-Time Lecturer of Modern History of Japan Apr.2010- July 2010 The lecture is in English for international students.

University of St Andrews, School of Divinity (St Andrews, Scotland, UK) Tutor Feb. 2008- May 2008

I tutored DI 1002: Church, Ritual, and Politics, an introduction to practical theology and church history. It covers practice of Christianity in Latin America and Africa, the nature and history of liturgy, pastoral care, and worship.

North Park Theological Seminary (Chicago, Illinois)

Temporary Lecturer Jan. 2005- May2005 I taught a masters-level course in reading the Epistle to the Ephesians in Greek. Teaching Assistant for K.K. Yeo, Ph.D Jan. 2005- May 2005 Occasional substitute teaching of BIBL 5112, NTII Grading Essays

North Park University (Chicago, Illinois) Lecturer & Course Coordinator Jan. 2005- May2005 Teaching BTS 1850, Introduction to the Bible. This course was a semester-long required first-year course for all undergraduates in the university. I surveyed the contents, historical background, and contemporary significance of Old and New Testament, made handouts, gave assignments, made exams, and graded them.

Swedish Covenant Hospital (Pastoral Care) (Chicago, Illinois)

Part Time Intern Chaplain (Clinical Pastoral Education) June. 2004-Aug.2004

Visiting Inpatients and Overnight on calls

North Park Theological Seminary (Chicago, Illinois) Tutor in Biblical Hebrew July 2004-Dec.2004

Tokyo Christian University (Chiba, Japan) Full-Time Junior Faculty Member (Internship for North Park Theological Seminary) Apr. 2003-Jan. 2004

Teaching Elementary Greek and Introduction to Greek Language Interpreter from English to Japanese for two courses: Philosophy and Western Civilization. Teaching the class Women and Society Teaching assistant for Christian Doctrine and Systematic Theology I North Park Theological Seminary (Chicago, Illinois)

Teaching Assistant for Linda L. Belleville, Ph.D Sep. 2002- Dec. 2004 Grading papers and exams for THEO 5111 Introduction to the New Testament Exegesis Weekly Tutorials Occasional substitute teaching for the course coordinator

PH.D RESEARCH My doctoral studies focus on the characteristics and development of Christianity in Japan, covering Japanese modern history from the late 19th century to the present, and looking at the impact of relations between Japan and the western countries though the propagation of Christianity. One chapter is on history of Christianity in Japan general, and another chapter is on Japanese society and cultural essentialism. In the chapter on Japanese culture, I used sources and methods from the areas of postcolonial studies, social anthropology and Japanese studies. The rest of the thesis studies individual theologians and their use of Japanese religious traditions, political views, and national consciousness in their theological reflections and Scriptural interpretations. Finally analysis and criticism is given from a postcolonial perspective.

AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS

English Speech Contest Highest Award Tokyo Christian University in Fall 1997

Greek Award North Park Theological Seminary in Spring 2004

Midwest ETS Regional Meeting Paper Presentation: Senior Competition Award A paper on 1 Cor. 11:3-10, “Hindered Mutuality: From Japanese Context” was awarded the highest award in the Master’s level competition (19th March 2005).

Preaching Award North Park Theological Seminary in Spring 2005

Tokyo Christian Institute International Research Fellowship (2004-2008)

University of St Andrews, St Mary's College Doctoral Scholarship (2005-2007) Boondang Central House, International Junior Fellowship (2005-2007) Administrated by the Korea Institute for Advanced Theological Studies

PUBLICATIONS AND CONFERENCE TALKS CO-Edited Book Religion and Culture in Modern Japan (Nanzan Institute of Religion and Culture, 2015). Articles “The Chrysanthemum No Longer Blooms: The End of Nihonjinron and Theology of

Japan” in Christ and the World (Tokyo Christian University), Vol. 21, March 2011, 31-51.

“Japanese Church History: Historical Background and Issue of Identity” in Humanística e

Teologia (Universidade Católica do Porto), Vol. 32, March 2011, 203-244. “The Narratives of ‘Japan and Christianity’: From Fiction to the Other Within”

in Culture/Critique (Culture/Critique Committee), vol.6, December 2014、3-32. (in Japanese)

“Nanzan Institute of Religion and Culture International Symposium: A Report” in Bulletin of Nanzan Institute of Religion and Culture (Nanzan Institute of Religion and Culture), Vol. 25, May 2015, 28-31. (in Japanese)

Book reviews Alister E. McGrath, 'The Twilight of Atheism: The Rise and Fall of Disbelief in the

Modern World' KIATS Theological Journal II.2 (Fall 2006), pp. 478–482.

Conference Talks

“Hindered Mutuality: From Japanese Context – 1 Cor. 11:3-10” Midwest ETS Regional Meeting Paper Presentation U.S.A, the 19th March 2005.

“Christianity in Japan” KIATS Conference in Seoul, South Korea, January 2006.

“Japanese Imperialism and Christianity'

KIATS Conference in Birmingham, United Kingdom, June 2006. “War, Nationalism, and Religion: Japanese Invasion of Korea in

Japanese Church History” International Conference on Peace and Reconciliation: In Search of a Common Identity: The Korean Peninsula and Other Contexts. York St John University College, York, United Kingdom, 15th–18th August 2006.

“Reconciliation between Christians in Korea and Japan”

Costas Consultation in Global Mission Conference in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 23rd February 2007.

“Prophet in the Twilight – Kagawa Toyohiko's Christ, Bible, and Politics [黄昏の預言者−賀川

豊彦におけるキリスト、聖書、政治−]” Annual Conference of Japan Society of Christian Studies, Meiji Gakuin University,

Tokyo, Japan, 11th-12th September 2012. “Can Postcolonial Theology Speak? [ポストコロニアル・キリスト教神学は語る事ができるか]” Annual Conference of Japanese Association for Religious Studies, Kokugakuin

University, Tokyo, Japan, 6th-8th September 2013. “Shinjokai – Ideology and heterologies [『新女界』の思想—イデオロギーと残滓]” Annual Conference of Japanese Association for Religious Studies, Doshisha

University, Kyoto, Japan, 12th-14th September 2014. “Religion, Politics, and Science – Thought of Nagai Takashi”[永井隆の思想における宗教、

政治、科学の交錯] Study for the Christian Transnational History 東アジアキリスト教交流史研究

会 January 30 th 2015. Seminars “Christianity and the Emperor System in Japan”

Seminar, Centre for the Study of Religion and Politics, St Mary's College, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, United Kingdom, 8th March 2007. “Christology and Interpretation of the Bible of the Modern Japanese [近代日本人のイエス像形成と聖書解釈]” Seminar, The Research Group of History of Religious Thoughts in Japan, The University of Tokyo, 2nd of November, 2013. “Christianity and Japan [日本人とキリスト教]” Seminar, The Research Group of Gender, Ethnicity, Christianity and Religion. Kanseigakuin University, 5th of May, 2014. Short Courses “Modern History of Japan” “Japanese Women through the Centuries – Portrayals in Art and Literature” Special courses for visiting international students. Nagoya University of Commerce and Business, Japan, 7th and 8th of June 2012.