RICHARD S. PARK (D.Phil.) is assistant professor of theology and ethics at Vanguard University. He is also the founder and president of The Renaissance Group, a nonprofit organization aimed at helping people find their life’s calling. He has several academic publications, including: Constructing Civility (published by the University of Notre Dame Press); “Christian and Islamic Conceptions of Public Civility” in Pathways for Inter-Religious Dialogue in the Twenty-First Century (Palgrave MacMillan); and “Fragmented Knowledge Structures: Secularization as Scientization” (The Heythrop Journal). Dr. Park has spoken in countries around the world including Australia, Canada, England, Hong Kong, and the Philippines, and throughout the United States. He is deeply passionate about connecting calling, culture, and character. Dr. Park completed his doctorate in Theology & Religion at the University of Oxford. A southern Californian native, Dr. Park lives with his wife in Orange County, California.