Category: News & Talks
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Call for Papers: Theology Interest Group for 2027 Society for Pentecostal Studies
Conference Theme Jesus Christ is without doubt the beginning and end of Pentecostal theology and spirituality. Every experience of God that has come to define the history of Pentecostalism is at the core a witness to the presence and power of Jesus. And as the Pentecostal movement has grown and expanded, so has its witness…
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Interview with The Hong Kong Institute of Jingjiao Studies on my book…
Dr. Alexis Balmont and Tianyi Yuan of the Hong Kong Institute of Jingjiao Studies interviewed me for my book, Science, Religion(s), and Spirit(s) in China: A Constructive Chinese Theology of Creation based on Jingjiao’s Qi-tological Theology, with A New Translation of the Entire Tang Jingjiao Corpus in March 2026.
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Prayer and Tears: Watchman Nee and Jing Dianying on China’s Spirit World — Society for Pentecostal Studies
At the Annual Meeting of the Society for Pentecostal Studies I presented a comparative study of prayer, tears, and the spirit world in two figures of Chinese Christianity—Watchman Nee and Jing Dianying, founder of the Jesus Family movement. The paper “Prayer and Tears against Dryness in Humanity: Watchman Nee and Jing Dianying’s Spiritualities and Their…
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“The Spirit/s of Chinese Christianity” — Book Panel, Society for Pentecostal Studies
At the Annual Meeting of the Society for Pentecostal Studies, my book was the subject of an author-meets-critics panel, “The Spirit/s of Chinese Christianity: A Book Discussion Panel,” held alongside Joel Daniels’ China’s Indwelling Spirit. I am grateful to Amos Yong for convening the panel and to Xiaoli Yang and Alex Mayfield for their generous…
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Call for Papers: Festschrift in Honor of Professor Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen On the Occasion of His 70th Birthday (2028)
In celebration of the upcoming 70th birthday of Dr. Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen, we are pleased to announce a Call for Papers for a one-day festschrift conference to be held at Fuller Theological Seminary on February 25, 2028 (tentative). This conference, preceded by an edited volume, will honor Dr. Kärkkäinen’s extraordinary contributions to systematic/constructive theology, global theology,…
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Offering two courses at Pepperdine University (Spring 2026)
In Spring 2026 I am teaching two undergraduate courses at Pepperdine University (Seaver College). “Who do you say that I am?” This simple question, asked by Jesus of his disciples, has become one of the most meaningful questions ever posed. The answers his followers have given have inspired profound changes in their lives and shaped…
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Chinese Pneumatologies: The Spirit’s Dance with Spirits — Fuller Doctoral Seminar (TH866)
I delivered a guest video lecture, “Chinese Pneumatologies: The Holy Spirit’s Dance with Spirits and a Constructive Pneumatology,” for the doctoral seminar TH866 (Pneumatology) at Fuller Theological Seminary, taught by Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen. Summary The multi-faceted and variegated spirit world of China serves as a “dancing floor” for the Holy Spirit, facilitating meaningful interactions and producing…
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Science, Religion(s), and Spirit(s) in China — Published Open Access (Brill)
My dissertation-turned-book is now available from Brill—a religion–science–Daoism “trialogue” on Jingjiao, the earliest Chinese Christianity established by missionaries of the Church of the East. I am grateful to my mentor, Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen, for the foreword and for his guidance during my doctoral studies, and to Kirsteen Kim, Stephen Bevans, and Miikka Ruokanen for including the…
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Spirit(s) and Chinese Religiosity — Published Open Access (Palgrave Macmillan)
My book Spirit(s) and Chinese Religiosity: Retelling the History of Chinese Christianity from a Pentecost Perspective has been published, and it is fully open access—free to read and download. The book Title: Spirit(s) and Chinese Religiosity: Retelling the History of Chinese Christianity from a Pentecost Perspective Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan (Springer Nature), 2025 Series: Christianity and…
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A Missional Christology of Nee and Lee, Empowered by the Spirit — 8th Symposium on Chinese Christianity (Taipei)
At the 8th Academic Symposium on the Local and Global Development of Chinese Christianity, held at National Chengchi University in Taipei, I presented on the Christology of Watchman Nee and Witness Lee—a Spirit-empowered, missional Christology, read in the year marking the 1,700th anniversary of the Nicene Creed. The paper “由聖靈賦能的宣教性基督論：倪柝聲和李常受的基督論與全球宣教” (“A Missional Christology Empowered by…
