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Universities and Scholars Involved

Hong Kong Baptist University

Prof. Phee Seng Kang, Professor of Christian Thought (Systematic Theology)

Prof. Kai Man Kwan, Associate Professor of Philosophy of Religion

Prof. Carver Yu, Professor of Systematic Theology

Prof. Joshua Wai-Tung Cho, Professor of Christian Thought (Systematic Theology)

Chinese University of Hong Kong

Prof. Leung Yuen-sang, Department of History, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Prof. Wai-yiu Milton Wan, Professor of Theology

Lutheran Theological Seminary Hong Kong

Prof. P. Lo, Professor of Ethics 

University of Hong Kong

Prof. Benny Tai, Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong

Hong Kong Baptist University

Prof. Phee Seng Kang

Director of the Centre for Sino-Christian Studies and Professor of Christian Theology
Vice President, Dean of Academic Affairs, Professor of Christian Thought (Systematic Theology)

Research Fellow of the Centre for Sino-Christian Studies (Hong Kong Baptist University)

Phone: (852) 3411 7295
Fax: (852) 3411 7379

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Homepage: http://arts.hkbu.edu.hk/~rel/info_kangps.html

Research Profile

Prof. Kang has been actively promoting theology as public discourse. He identifies the real challenge for Chinese theology as communicating the Christian faith and its rationality in the public forum and the academy, rejecting privatization and marginalization, and refusing to allow public values to be shaped only by the secular market place. Theology should prophetically expose the poverty of scientific naturalism and secular humanism, setting a new paradigm for interdisciplinary, cross-cultural and multi-perspectival quest for truth. His research interests include issues in Systematic Theology, Faith and Public Values, Genetics and Human Dignity, Science and Religion.

Teaching Profile

History of Christian Thought, Contemporary Theological Currents, Christian Social Thought, Science and Religion, Philosophy of Christian Religion, Sexuality and Christian Values.

Selected Publications

"One Universe, Two Perspectives: Epistemological Implications When Contemporary Cosmology Meets Christian Theology," Fujen Journal of Religious Studies 11 (2005): 1-18.

Cloning Human? — Some Moral Considerations in Bioethics: Asian Perspectives,
Q. Renzong, ed. Philosophy and Medicine Series 80, London: Kluwer Academic Publisher, 2004:115-127.

"Truth Claims and Religious Dialogue: From Common Ground to Genuine Respect for
Others," in F. Youde/M. Y. Stewart/K. J. Clark, eds., Inter-Religious Dialogue: China and the West. Beijing: China Social Sciences Press, 2004: 1-12.

"Religious Discourse in the Public Forum," in S. Chan, ed., Truth to Proclaim: The Gospel in Church
and Society. Singapore: Trinity Theological College, 2002: 77-93.

"Redemption in History: A Christological Understanding," Logos & Pneuma 19 (2003): 69-98.

"The Incarnate Word and the Adamic Humanity — A Soteriological Approach," Taiwan Journal of Theology 22 (2001): 61–78.

"From Believing to Professing: Maintaining Distinctiveness in a Pluralistic Culture in Asia," Quest: An Interdisciplinary Journal for Asian Christian Scholars 1 (2002): 35-47.

Prof. Kai Man Kwan

Associate Professor for Religion and Philosophy

Research Profile

Ethics and social philosophy; political philosophy; philosophy of science; the science-religion dialogue; philosophy of religion; religious experience; epistemology; systematic theology; postmodernism

Teaching Profile

Philosophy of the Christian Religion; Religion and Modern Science; History of Christian Thought; Philosophy of Religion; Comparative Religious Themes; Comparative Philosophy East and West; Philosophy of Life in Existentialism

Selected Publications

I Believe, Therefore I Think. Hong Kong: FES, 1998.

"Thomas Kuhn's Philosophy of Science and Rationality in the Liberal Arts Tradition," ACUCA Exchange 8:1 ( June 1998): 85-147. 

"Contemporary Philosophical Debate on the Validity of Religious Experience," Jian Dao: A Journal of Bible and Theology 11 (Jan 1999):57-79.

(together with Eric W. K. Tsang) "Replication and Theory Development in Organizational Science: A Critical Realist Perspective," The Academy of Management Review 24:4 (October 1999):759-780.

"The Idea of Christian Scholarship: Integration of Faith and Learning in an Age of Pluralism," ACUCA Exchange 9:2 (December 1999):120-151. 

"A Critical Appraisal of a Non-Realist Philosophy of Religion: An Asian Perspective." Philosophia Christi, Series 2 vol. 3, no. 1 (2001): 225-235. 

"Is the Critical Trust Approach to Religious Experience Incompatible with Religious Particularism? A Reply to Michael Martin and John Hick," Faith and Philosophy 20:2 (April 2003): 152-169.

"Consumer Culture and the Economic Crisis," in Chui-Ho Han and Kiem Kiok Tan, eds., For the Living of These Days: Compendium IFES EAGC '98. Tokyo: IFES East Asia, 1999: 32-49.

Prof. Carver Yu

Professor of Systematic Theology

President of the China Graduate School of Theology

Visiting Research Fellow of the Centre of Sino-Christian Studies (Hong Kong Baptist University)
5 Devon Road
Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong

Phone: (852)27942381
Fax: (852)27942337

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Research Profile 

Prof. Yu's main concern is to relate the Christian faith to the contemporary cultural context, in particular to the Chinese context under the impact of globalization. How is the Christian faith relevant to the preservation of the Chinese humanist tradition when market capitalism is uprooting traditional spiritual values? How is the Christian critique of Western liberalism relevant to the search for a new form of liberty that brings together freedom and commitment? How is the Christian critique of market capitalism relevant to present trends in economic development in China?

Teaching Profile

Prof. Yu has taught courses like Dogmatic Theology, The Gospel and Hong Kong Society, The Christian Faith and Contemporary Thought, The Christian Faith and Chinese Culture, Christian Faith and Modern Literature.

Selected Publications

Freedom and Commitment. Hong Kong: Chinese Christian Literature Council, 2001.

Being and Relation: A Theological Critique of Western Dualism and Individualism. Edinburgh; Scottish Academic Press, 1987.

“Evangelical Theology for the Future,” Journal of Asian Evangelical Theology 13 (2005): 55-65.

“Freedom and Covenant: Human Transcendence and Genetic Determination,” in M. L. Chan/R. Chia, eds., Beyond Determinism and Reductionism—Genetic Science and the Person. Adelaide: ATF Press, 2003: 108-123.

“Chinese Protestantism to the Present Day,” in A. McGrath/D. C. Marks, eds., The Blackwell Companion to Protestantism. Oxford: Blackwell, 2003: 222-231.

“The Principle of Relativity as a Conceptual Tool in Theology,” in M. Rae/H. Regan/J. Stenhouse, eds., Science and Theology. Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 1994: 180-210.

"Modern Christian Thought: China," in Blackwell Encyclopedia of Modern Christian Thought. Oxford: Blackwell, 1993: 15-20

Prof. Joshua Wai-Tung Cho

Vice President, Dean of Academic Affairs, Professor of Christian Thought (Systematic Theology)

Visiting Research Fellow of the Centre of Sino-Christian Studies (Hong Kong Baptist University)

Phone: (852) 2630 1244
Fax: (852) 2761-3194

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M. Div. (Hong Kong Baptist Seminary), Master of Sacred Theology (Yale University), Ph.D. (Princeton Theological Seminary); previously teacher at Valparaiso University

Research Profile

Prof. Cho's major areas of study are systematic and constructive theology; theological anthropology and ethics; comparative theologies; Asian theologies.  He has written essays on Bonhoeffer, Lindbeck, Hauerwas, interreligous dialogue, and narrative hermeneutics.

Selected Publications

Humanity and Virtue: From the Realization of Humanity to the Rediscovery of Virtue Ethics. Hong Kong: Baptist Theological Seminary, 2004.

Narrative and Ethics: Interpreting Postliberal Narrative Theology. Hong Kong: Baptist Theological Seminary, 2005.

Dialogue on Religion: A Postliberal Perspective. Journal, Hong Kong Baptist Theological Seminary, 2002.

A Discussion of the Phronesis of Hauerwas, Journal, Hong Kong Baptist Theological Seminary, 2005.

Introduction to Bonhoeffers’ Theology, Introduction to the Chinese Translation of Bonhoeffer’s Ethik: Institute of Sino-Christian Studies, 2000.

Teaching Differences, Communique, Vol 7, Spring 1998.

Chinese University of Hong Kong

Prof. Yuen-sang Leung

Professor of History, Department Chairman,College Head of Chung Chi College

Room 129, Fung King Hey Building, CUHK, NT, Hong Kong

Phone: (852) 2609-7113, 2609-6442

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Research Profile

Confucianism and Christianity in Modern China Cities and Cultures: Shanghai, Hong Kong and Shenzhen overseas Chinese Communities: Singapore and Los Angeles

Teaching Profile

Chinese-Christian Encounter in History
Chinese Diaspora
History of Modern Southeast Asia
Comparative Urban Cultures and Environment (co-teaching)
Topic Studies in Modern Chinese History

Selected Publications

The Legitimation of New Orders: Case Studies in World History. Hong Kong Chinese University Press, 2007. edited by Philip Y.S. Leung with preface and a chapter

The Chinese Community in Early Singapore, 2005.

The Shanghai Taotai: Linkage Man in a Changing Society, 1843-90. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1990.

The Cross-Lotus: Selected Essays on Chinese Christianity, 2004.

Confucianism and the Singapore Chinese Community: Historical Documents, 1995.

Historical Inquiry and Cultural Reflection, 1995.

(edited with Edwin Leung) Modern China in Transition. Claremont, CA: Regina Books, 1995.

"Conversion, Commitment and Culture: Christian Experience in China, 1949-99," in Donald M. Lewis, ed., Christianity Reborn: The Global Expansion of Evangelicalism in the Twentieth Century. Grand Rapids, MI: Won. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2004: 87-107.

The Walls and Waters: A Comparative Study of City Cultures in Modern China -- Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong. Shanghai-Hong Kong Development Institute & Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, 2002.

WAN, Wai-yiu, Milton

Professor of Theology
The Divinity School of Chung Chi College
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Shatin, HONG KONG
Tel: (852) 2609-8155  
Fax: (852) 2603-5224
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Research and Teaching Profile

Transcendent Experiences in Christianity and Chinese Culture; Modernization and Religiosity, Modern Theology; Systematic Theology; Chinese Philosophy; Inter-religious Dialogue; Christianity and Neo-Confucianism; Christian Spirituality

Selected Publications

"Sino-Christian Theology and China: Present and Future," in: Li, Qiuling/Daniel H. N. Yeung (ed.s): Modernity, Transformation of Tradition and Sino-Christian Theology, Volume III. Shanghai: East China Normal University Press, 2010, 782-799. (in Chinese)

On the Transformation and Transcendence of Humanity: A Sino-Christian Perspective. Beijing: Religious Culture Publishers, 2009. (in Chinese)

"On the Capability of Modernization of Christian Religion," in: Zhuo, Xin-ping/Xu, Zhi-wei (ed.s): Study of Christianity (12th Series). Beijing: Religious Culture Publishers, 2009, 1-17. (in Chinese)

"Sinology as Classical Studies and Its Contemporary Meaning," in: World Sinology (2009), 18-26. (in Chinese)

"Spirituality East and West: Neo-Confucian Ways of Cultivation and Their Christian Counterparts," in: Chow Ta-hsing (ed.): Understanding, Interpretation and the Confucian Tradition: Prospect. Taipei: Institute of Chinese Literature and Philosophy, Academia Sinica, 2009, 153-174. (in Chinese)

"Christian Doctrines in China: Ten Themes and Two Trends," in: He, Guanghu/Daniel H. N. Yeung (ed.): Sino-Christian Theology Reader, Volume II. Hong Kong: Institute of Sino-Christian Studies, Ltd., 2009, 521-535.

"Chinese Religions," in: W.A. Dyrness/V.-M. Kärkkäinen (ed.s): Global Dictionary of Theology. Downers Grove, Illinois: IVP Academic Press, 2008m, 158-162.

"Sino-Christian Theology as Public Theology: On Theological Studies and Christian Experience," in: Zhuo, Xin-ping/Xu, Zhi-wei (ed.s): Study of Christianity (11th Series). Beijing: Religious Culture Publishers, 2008, 45-73. (in Chinese)

"The Explanation of History and the Transformation of Life: From Confucianism of Song Dynasty to Paul Tillich," in: Zhang Qing-xiong/Xu Yi-hua (ed.s): Academia Christiana (6th Series). Shanghai: Shanghai Ancient Texts Publishers, 2008, 57-85. (in Chinese)

"Christian Studies and Its Corresponding Religious Experiences: An Essay on Typology of Christian Studies Scholars in China," in: Logos & Pneuma: Chinese Journal of Theology 29 (2008), 123-153. (in Chinese)

 

Lutheran Theological Seminary Hong Kong 

Prof. Pilgrim W. K. Lo

Professor of Systematic Theology, Luther Seminary Hong Kong

Visiting Research Fellow of the Centre of Sino-Christian Studies (Hong Kong Baptist University)
50 To Fung Shan Road
Shatin, N.T. Hong Kong

Phone: (852) 2684 3224
Fax: (852) 2691 8458

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Research Profile

Dogmatics and Christian Ethics, Luther Studies, Theological Aesthetics and Hermeneutics, (Re-)Construction of Chinese Theology

Teaching Profile

Teaching at the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Hong Kong since 1993 with emphasis on Christian Dogmatics and Ethics including studies of modern theologies and contextual theologies; in charge of the Institute for Luther Studies in the Asian Context since 2001, offering courses on Luther’s Theology and guided research; mentor of Master and Doctoral students for contextual studies and Luther studies.

"Lutherrezeption in China,” in Lutherjahrbuch 72 (2006), Helmar Junghans, ed. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2006.

“The Significance of Luther’s Pneumatology for our Time” (in Chinese) in Pneumatology of Luther and Calvin. Hsinchu: China Lutheran Seminary Publishing House, 2006.

“A Lutheran Reflection on the Understanding of Episcopé in a Pluralistic Society – Hong Kong as Example” in Journal of Asian Theological Society 1 (2006)  Korea: Asian Theological Society, 2006.

“Christliche Mission in einer Metropole” in Hans-Christoph Goßmann, ed. Missionissima – Beiträge zur Zukunft von Mission, Ökumene und Entwicklung. Frankfurt a.M.: Lembeck, 2005 ("Christian Mission in a Metropolis").

“Die Bedeutung von Luthers Theologie für das 21. Jahrhundert” in Lutherjahrbuch 70 (2004) ("The Importance of Luther's Theology for the 21st Century").

“Theology is Not Mere Sociology – A Theological Reflection on the Reception of Christian Religion in Mainland China,” in Dialog 43 (2004). Oxford: Blackwell Synergy, 2004.

"From ‘Justification by Faith’ to ‘Justification by Love’? A Reflection on Theological Reconstruction,” in A. M. Madsen, ed. Glaube und Denken – Die Bedeutung der Theologie für die Gesellschaft, Festschaft für Hans Schwarz zum 65. Geburtstag. Frankfurt a. M: Lang, 2004.

“Luther and the Post-denominational Era of China” in Wing Kwong Lo, ed. Theology and Life 25 (2004)  Hong Kong: Lutheran Theological Seminary, 2004.

“Neo-orthodox Theology” (in Chinese) in Benedict Kwok, ed. Theology for the New Century vol. 2. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Christian Institute, 2003.

“(DJJD) Reception in the Chinese Context of Hong Kong” in K. Bloomquist and W. Greive, eds. The Doctrine of Justification: Its Reception and Meaning Today. Geneva: LWF, 2003.

University of Hong Kong

Prof. Benny Tai, Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong

Associate Professor of Law

Room 502, K.K. Leung Building,
The University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam Road, Hong Kong

Phone: (852) 2859 2937
Fax: (852) 2559 3543

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Research Profile

Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, comparative constitutional law, administrative law, human rights, law and religion, law and governance, law and politics

Teaching Profile

Law and Religion; Constitutional Law; Administrative Law; Love, Marriage, Sex, and Family; Christianity and Society; Government and Law; Constitutional and Administrative Law; Law and Society; Hong Kong Basic Law; Law Government and Society

Selected Publications

Faith and Law: The Public Role of Christians in a Pluralistic Society. Hong Kong: Logos Publishers Ltd., 2007. 

"An Unexpected Chapter Two of Hong Kong's Constitution: New Players and New Strategies" in Ming Sing , ed. Challenges to Governance for China and Hong Kong: 10 Years after its Handover. M.E. Sharpe, 2007.

"The Situation and Trend of Judicial Review in Hong Kong," in Wong Siu-lun, Wan Po-san and Leung Sai-wing, eds. Chinese Societies in the New Century: An Analysis of Social Indicators. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2008.

"The Judiciary and the Hong Kong Legal System" in Wai-man, Lam, Percy Luen-tim Lui, Wilson Wai-ho Wong and Ian Holliday, eds. Hong Kong Government and Politics: Governance in the Post 1997 Era. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2007

(Co-authored with Karen Lee) "The Nature and Development on Laws on Sexuality" in Kwan Kai Man, Tai Yiu Ting & Kong Kwai Wah et al., eds. Equality? Hegemony? Review on the Issues concerning Homosexuality. Hong Kong: Cosmos Books Ltd, 2005

"The Status of Human Rights Protection in Hong Kong after Transition" in Andy Ho and HOI Tong Wa, eds. Hong Kong 2000: Social Trends and Policy Analysis. Hong Kong: ichannel.com Ltd., 2000

"Contempt of Court and Freedom of Press" in Kenneth Leung, ed. Media Law and Practices in Hong Kong Commercial Press (HK) 1995

"Basic Law, Basic Politics: The Constitutional Game of Hong Kong" HKLJ 37 (2007): 503-578.

"Models of Interaction between Law and Religion: An Overview" Pacific Journal 7 (2007): 50-63.

"Developing an Index of the Rule of Law: Sharing the Experience of Hong Kong" Asian Journal of Comparative Law 2 (2007): 89-109.

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Hong Kong Baptist University

Prof. Phee Seng Kang, Professor of Christian Thought (Systematic Theology)

Prof. K. Kwan, Associate Professor of Philosophy of Religion

Prof. Carver Yu, Professor of Systematic Theology

Prof. Joshua Wai-Tung Cho, Professor of Christian Thought (Systematic Theology)

Chinese University of Hong Kong

Prof. Leung Yuan Sang, Department of History, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Prof. Wai-yiu Milton Wan, Professor of Theology 

Luther Seminary Hong Kong

Prof. W. K. Pilgrim Lo, Professor of Ethics 

University of Hong Kong

Prof. Benny Tai, Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong