Jongwon Choi has taught church history and European intellectual history at Vancouver Institute for Evangelical Worldview (VIEW) since fall 2015. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Birmingham in the UK, with a dissertation focusing on medieval universities and church reform. He subsequently taught Western history at Kyung Hee University and Jeju National University and church history at Westminster Graduate School of Theology.

In his teaching and writing, Dr. Choi draws on historical research to deepen our understanding of contemporary issues and explore the role of Christians and the church in secular society. Supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea, he has led research projects such as “The Social Function of Indulgences in Medieval Europe” and “Dialogue Between Religion and Science: Focusing on the Founding of the Royal Society.” Other research and writing have covered topics such as the movement to establish secular colleges at Oxford and Cambridge in the fifteenth century, Wycliffe and the Oxford Lollards, the evolution of medieval indulgences, and John Foxe’s accounts of female Lollards.

Dr. Choi’s academic profile is available in Korean on the VIEW website.