Samuel Hugh Moffett

Samuel Hugh Moffett (April 7, 1916 – February 9, 2015) (, He was regarded as a leading scholar on Christianity in Asia, and was the author of numerous publications, including the two-volume series of A History of Christianity in Asia.

Biography He was the child of Samuel Austin Moffett and Lucia Fish; he was the third of five sons born to his father. He was raised on the Korean Peninsula while his parents were serving as missionaries in Pyongyang (now the capital of North Korea) when he was born in 1916. His father lived and worked in Pyongyang from 1890 to 1936.

Moffett followed in his parents footsteps, both in his spiritual life and his regional work. After graduating from Wheaton College and Princeton Theological Seminary in 1942, he completed a Ph.D. in history at Yale University. He began a career in the ministry, and later returned to Princeton as a faculty member at the Seminary from 1953–1955. In 1955, he and his new wife Eileen moved to South Korea to work as missionaries, beginning in the rural area of Andong.

Works

Moffett, Samuel H. (1998). A History of Christianity in Asia: Vol. I: Beginnings to 1500. Orbis Books. Moffett, Samuel H. (2005). A History of Christianity in Asia: Vol II: 1500-1900. Orbis Books.