Category: News & Talks
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Science & Belief — Public Lecture, National Sun Yat-sen University
I gave a public lecture, “科學 Science & Belief 信仰,” at National Sun Yat-sen University in Kaohsiung, part of the “Global Symbiosis and Humanities Innovation” lecture series hosted by Si Wan College. About the lecture The lecture opened with a provocation—“Would you baptize an AI?”—using the case of a believing, praying artificial intelligence to lead…
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The Nicene Creed’s Impact on Chinese Christianity — Evangelical Theological Society (Boston)
At the annual meetings of the AAR, SBL, and ETS in Boston, I presented at the Evangelical Theological Society on the long history of the Nicene Creed in China and what it offers a Chinese Christology for the third millennium. The paper “The Impact of the Nicene Creed on Chinese Christianity: Toward a Chinese Christology…
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Deification as a Structuring Framework in Nee and Lee — Fuller Ecumenical Symposium on Deification
On the Fuller Theological Seminary campus we convened the 2025 Ecumenical Symposium on Deification, which I helped organize and at which I presented the opening paper. The paper “Deification as a Structuring Framework in the ‘Systematic Theology’ of Watchman Nee and Witness Lee.” Summary The paper examines a significant aspect of Witness Lee’s implicit and…
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我的论文“基督教中国化进程中的圣经新译与去殖民化主义”有幸列入”中国基督教研究”微信公众号前10…
My article “基督教中国化进程中的圣经新译与去殖民化主义” (“New Bible Translation and Decolonialism in the Process of the Sinicization of Christianity”) was honored to be listed among the ten most-read articles on the “中国基督教研究 (Chinese Christianity Studies)” WeChat platform.
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My article listed as “top most-read articles on the Scottish Journal of Theology”
My article “Divine action in the flesh: A cognitive linguistic evaluation of Pannenberg’s theology” is listed as one of “the top ten most read articles for this journal based on the number of full text views and downloads recorded on Cambridge Core over the last 90 days” by the Scottish Journal of Theology.
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The Nicene Creed and Chinese Ecclesial Unity: Chao and Nee — Thessaloniki
At the Ecclesiological Investigations conference in Thessaloniki, Greece, I presented a comparative study of how two major Chinese theologians—T. C. Chao and Watchman Nee—received and contextualized the Nicene Creed in the search for ecclesial unity. The paper “The Nicene Creed and Its Impact on Modern Chinese Christianity in Search of Ecclesial Unity: Watchman Nee and…
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Accepting Students — DMin Cohort: Pastoral Ministry in an Age of Rapidly Advancing Science and Technology (Fuller)
I am accepting students for a three-year Doctor of Ministry (DMin) cohort at Fuller Theological Seminary, “Pastoral Ministry in an Age of Rapidly Advancing Science and Technology,” beginning in Fall 2026. Program: Doctor of Ministry (DMin), Fuller Theological Seminary Format: Three-year cohort Begins: Fall 2026 Application deadline: July 31, 2026 For more information, see the…
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AI, Divinization, and Theological Anthropology: A Christianity–Daoism–AI Trialogue — ASPR (HKBU)
At the inaugural conference of the Asian Society for Philosophy of Religion, held at Hong Kong Baptist University, I presented a study bringing artificial intelligence, Christianity, and Daoism into a single “trialogue” on human nature and divinization. The paper “Divinization in Christianity–Daoism–Artificial Intelligence ‘Trialogue’.” Abstract This paper explores the theological implications of artificial intelligence (AI)…
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Welcome
My name is Dr. Jacob Chengwei Feng. I am a theologian, educator, and writer. After a bachelor’s degree in Engineering Physics, I came to the United States to pursue a PhD in Physics; I earned a master’s degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering and then worked in financial institutions on Wall Street in New York…
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In the process of organizing the upcoming 2025 Ecumenical Symposium on Deification
The purpose of this call for papers is to invite select scholars to participate in an ecumenical dialogue scheduled on Thursday, October 9th, 2025, which will take place on Fuller Seminary’s Pasadena campus, focusing on the topic of deification. In recent decades, the concept of deification—also referred to as theosis or divinization—has garnered significant interest…
