Hee-Soo Jung, Resident Bishop of the Wisconsin Episcopal Area of The United Methodist Church, is Candler’s 2023-2024 Alonzo L. McDonald Family Chair on the Life and Teachings of Jesus and Their Impact on Culture. In this role, he will present two public lectures. This first lecture, titled “Kenosis and Sunyata: Jesus Christ in Interfaith Context,” will focus on Jesus as encountered in interreligious dialogues between Buddhism and Christianity. In Bishop Jung’s words, “For over 40 years, I have been on an empathetic journey participating in interreligious dialogue pursuing the Buddhist Studies and theological investigations. Through encounters and conversations between different religions, the journey of Jesus once again touched me and resonated with me for an authentic spirituality and leadership journey.”