Christodao: The Way of Jesus, Trinity, and Spirit in the Flow of DAO

Christodao offers a groundbreaking vision of Christian theology re-voiced through East Asian wisdom. In this work, Heup Young Kim--pioneer of Theodao (Theology of Dao)--unfolds a threefold journey: Christ as the embodied Dao, the Trinity as relational harmony, and the Spirit as the breath of cosmic renewal. Drawing on Confucian virtue, Daoian resonance, and Korean Seonbi ethics, Kim reimagines the core of Christian faith as a Way to be walked rather than a system to be defended. The book addresses the urgent crises of this age--ecological collapse, digital acceleration, and cultural fragmentation--by offering orthodao: a path of right resonance, where belief and action converge in compassion, justice, and ecological kinship. Written in a style that is both scholarly and inviting, Christodao bridges East and West, tradition and future, theology and life. It is a call not simply to think differently, but to walk differently--attuned to the breath of the Spirit, the rhythm of the Trinity, and the enduring flow of Dao.

Heup Young Kim is Professor of Systematic Theology at Kangnam University, Korea, and former Dean of the College of Humanities and Liberal Arts and the Graduate School of Theology. He received his BSE degree from Seoul National University, his M.Div. and Th.M. from Princeton Theological Seminary, and his Ph.D. from the Graduate Theological Union. Listed as editorial board member of 'Ching Feng' and 'Theology and Science', he is a founding member of the International Society for Science and Religion. Professor Kim has published numerous works in the areas of interfaith dialogue, theology of religions, Asian theology, and theology and science, including 'Wang Yang-ming and Karl Barth: A Confucian-Christian Dialogue' (1996).