Presenters and Papers
Dr. CHEN Ming
Professor at Capital Normal University
Former Secretary-General of the Confucianism Research Center at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Topic: Looking at the Current State and Future Direction of Christianity and Confucianism from the Viewpoint of the Church Building Incident in Qufu
Dr. LIN Anwu
Head of Religion and Culture Research Institute at Ciji University in Taiwan
Chief Editor of Ehu Journal
Topic: An Initial Discussion of Communication Between Confucianism and Christianity: A Clarification and Exchange Concerning the “Sinfulness” and “Goodness” of “Human Nature”
Dr. SHENG Hong
Professor at Shandong University
Director of Unirule Institute of Economics
Topic: Benevolence vs. Liberty: A Comparison of the Cultural Values of Confucianism and Christianity
Dr. HE Guanghu
Professor at China Renmin University
Former Director of the Institute for Research on Christianity at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Topic: The Relationship of Christianity with Confucianism and Chinese Culture: A Discussion of Both Philosophical and Religious Confucianism in Contemporary China
Dr. SHI Hengtan
Researcher at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences’ Institute of World Religions
Initiator of the 2012 Chinese Christian Reading of The Analects of Confucius Campaign
Topic: From the Elite to the Grassroots: The Historical Turning Point of the Christian Response to Chinese Culture
Dr. Diane OBENCHAIN
Professor or Religion at Calvin College
Co-Editor of God and Globalization: Christ and His Dominions
Topic: Judeo-Christian and Ru (Confucian) Community: Partnering for Moral Reform Today
Dr. LUO Bingcheng (LO Ping-cheung)
Associate Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Professor in the Department of Religion and Philosophy, and Director of the Centre for Applied Ethics at Hong Kong Baptist University
Topic: Follow-up Dialogue Between Matteo Ricci’s Philosophical Theology and Confucian Thought
Dr. Paulos HUANG
Adjunct Professor at University of Helsinki
Chief Editor of International Journal of Sino-Western Studies
Author of Sino-Christian Academic Theology
Topic: Constructing a Sino-Christian Academic Theology Appropriate to the 21st Century Chinese Context
Dr. XIE Wenyu
Professor at Shandong University
Topic: Interpretation of the Classics and the Establishment of Chinese Theology
Dr. ZHUANG Zukun
Senior Pastor of Emeth Chapel
Author of Correspondence and Transformation: Christianity and the Path to Renewing Chinese Culture
Topic: Copernican Revolution: Christian Ethics versus Confucian Ethics
Dr. Daniel BAYS
Professor of History at Calvin College
Author of A New History of Christianity in China
Topic: Brief Remarks on the History of Christianity in China
WANG Wenfeng, Ph.D. Candidate
Secretary General of Forum of Chinese Theology
Topic: Christian Faith and Ideological Trends in Contemporary China
Prof. LIU Peng
Researcher at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Director of the Pu Shi Institute for Social Sciences
Topic: Why China Needs Religious Legislation
Dr. Peter ZHAO Xiao
Professor at University of Science and Technology Beijing
Chairman of Cedar Leadership Institute
Topic: National Transformation and China’s Fate
TANG Zhenji (C. K. Thong), MBA
CEO of Leadership Development International (LDi)
Topic: The Challenge Facing China’s Spiritual Leaders in the 21st Century
Dr. YAO Xiyi
Associate Professor of World Christianity at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
Topic: An Ecclesiastical Reflection on “The Social Involvement of the Church in China”
Mr. Xiaolin CAI
Secretary General of the Chinese Blessing Philanthropy Foundation
Topic: How to Advance the Social Mission of the Church in China
Dr. Wright DOYLE
Director of Global China Center
Author of Christ and Confucius
Topic: How Christianity Can Contribute to a Harmonious Society in China
Dr. Carsten VALA
Associate Professor of Political Science at Loyola University in Maryland
Topic: The Contribution of China’s Urban House Churches to Civil Society in Contemporary China
Dr. John BARWICK
Executive Conference Coordinator for Gordon-Conwell
Topic: Learning from Elite Protestants in Early Twentieth Century China
Dr. Carol HAMRIN
Editor of book series Salt and Light: Lives of Faith that Shaped Modern China
Topic: Faith and Society: Recovering the Lost History of Christians in Modern China
Dr. Daniel LI
Director of Christianity and China Research Center in Los Angeles
Topic: From the Traditional Family to Modern Society: Christianity and China’s Social Modernization
Dr. Thomas HARVEY
Academic Dean at Oxford Centre for Mission Studies
Author of Acquainted with Grief: Wang Mingdao’s Stand for the Persecuted Church in China
Topic: Wang Mingdao, the Daode “Way of Righteousness” and the Hermeneutics of Virtue
Rev. ZHANG Fuheng
Pastor of Chinese Gospel Fellowship
Topic: The Changing Form of China’s Traditional House Churches
Dr. Ambrose WANG Aiming
Professor of Systematic Theology and Vice-President of Nanjing Seminary
Chief Editor of Jinling Theology
Topic: Magisterial Church and Free Church in China: Crises, Problems, and Possible Solutions
Rev. LU Guang, Th.M.
Senior Pastor of Beijing Lily Garden Church
Topic: The Cultural Impact Facing China’s Urban House Churches
Dr. John Jefferson Davis
Professor of Systematic Theology and
Christian Ethics at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
Topic: American Evangelicalism 3.0: Insights and Issues for a Post-Communist Chinese Church？
Rev. LI Shengfeng
Pastor of Beijing Revival Church
Topic: The Church in China’s Grand Plan for World Missions
Rev. LIN Anguo
General Director of Gospel Operation International
Chairman of the Mission Committee of the Chinese Coordinating Centre for World Evangelism
Topic: Looking at the Mission Calling of the Church in China from the Vantage Point of Overseas Chinese
Dr. Peter KUZMIC
Professor of World Missions at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
Topic: Can the Church in China Learn Anything from the Christian Experience of Eastern Europe?
Dr. GAO Shining
Professor at the Institute of World Religions at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Topic: The Contemporary Chinese Understanding of Christianity: Focusing on the So-Called “Ecological Imbalance of Religions”
Dr. Richard COOK
Associate Professor of Church History and Missions at Logos Seminary
Topic: Defining “Church” in China: Social Boundaries, Rites of Initiation, and Nominal Christians
Dr. ZHAI Jiexia
Research Faculty at George Mason University
Directing a study of the True Jesus Church (funded by the Templeton Foundation)
Topic: The Emergence and Growth of Chinese Indigenous Pentacostalism
Dr. Todd JOHNSON
Director of the Center for the Study of Global Christianity
Co-editor of The Atlas of Global Christianity 1910-2010
Topic: Estimating the Christian Population in China