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Prof. Pfister, Lauren F.

費樂仁

Email : feileren@hkbu.edu.hk

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  • Born: Denver, Colorado, USA, November 8, 1951

  • Married on November 5, 1977, with two children (Athania, 1978; Xavier, 1981)
    •  I. Education

    • 1987 PhD, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Comparative Philosophy

    • 1982 MA, San Diego State University, Philosophy

    • 1978 MDiv, Conservative Baptist Theological Seminary, Denver

    • 1973 BA, University of Denver, American Studies
     II. Academic Experience

      1. Subjects Taught:

      Classes taught at HKBU:


      • World Religions: An Introduction; World Religions and the Meaning of Life; Confucianism; Daoism; Confucian-Christian Dialogue and Interaction; Philosophy of Christian Religion; Major Biblical Themes; Approaches to the Study of Religion; Religion in Modern Society; Religion in Secular Society, Philosophy of Religion, Christianity and Asian Cultures.

      • Introduction to Philosophy; Major Streams in Western Philosophy; Major Streams in Chinese Philosophy; Great Thinkers on Life; Man in the Modern World; Science, Technology, and Society; East-West Philosophy (team taught); The Story of Chinese Philosophy (in Cantonese/Putonghua and English), The Story of Western Philosophy, Moral Leadership, Existence and Reality.

      Classes taught in other institutions in Hongkong:

      • Philosophy of Religion; Religion, Philosophy and Practice in Confucian, Buddhist, and Daoist Education; History of Western Civilization; History of Confucian-Christian Dialogue.

      Classes taught in Overseas Institutions:

      • (Doctoral level, Bonn University, Winter 2000) James Legge and the 19th Century Construction of Sinological Orientalism; (Doctoral level, Bonn University, Spring 2001) Selected Studies in Qing Dynasty and 20th Century Ruist Philosophy.

      2. PhD Students Co-supervised at HKBU:

    • 2 Students (currently); 4 students so far.

      3. MPhil Students Supervised at HKBU:

    • 1 Student (currently); total: 1 student so far.

      4. External Examining:

    • Phd Dissertation 1 Completed (Chinese University, 2000), 2 pending in July 2006 (University of Hong Kong and Lanzhou University)

    • MPhil Thesis 2 (University of Hong Kong, 1991 and 1993)

      5. BA Honours Projects Advised [and those Evaluated]:

    • Since 1991, 37 projects (8 in English; 29 in Chinese) advised, [1 English and 22 Chinese evaluated as Second Reader] all but four from Religious Studies Course.

     
     III. Publications

      1. Monographs and Collaborations:

    • Striving for 'The Whole Duty of Man': James Legge (1815-1897) and the Scottish Protestant Encounter with China. Forthcoming in 2003 as part of the Scottish Studies International Series of the Scottish Studies Centre at Mainz University, to be published by Peter Lang Academic Publishers.

    • Collaborative Translation Project: Feng Youlan, A History of Twentieth Century Chinese Philosophy, translated and annotated by Du Youliang, Gao Wangzhi,Diane B. Obenchain, Zhao Fusan, and Lauren Pfister. [Original work: 馮友蘭著"中國現代哲學史" (1992)] Manuscript revised in early 2000, seeking publisher.

    • From "Case Studies" to a Modern Understanding of "Chinese Philosophy": Feng oulan's Overlooked Account of How to Develop a History of Modern Chinese Philosophy from Traditional Chinese Sources. Manuscript in process, forthcoming in the publications of the East Asian Institute of Bochum University, to be published by Harrassowitz Verlag.

      2. Special Contributions:

    • The Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics, Pergamum Press, 2 medium-sized articles on Confucianism and Chinese theological terms, 1994.

    • Chan Sin-wai and David E. Pollard, eds., An Encyclopedia of Translation: Chinese-English, English-Chinese Translation, a major article on James Legge 理雅各.Chinese University Press, 1994.

    • Jonathan Z. Smith, ed., HarperCollins Dictionary of Religion, HarperCollins Press, 19 small articles on Confucianism and Christianity in China, 1995.

    • A. Scott Moreau, ed., The Evangelical Dictionary of World Missions, Baker Book House Co., 10 small articles on missionaries to China, published in Spring 2000.

    • J. M. Y. Simpson and J. F. A. Sawyer, eds., Concise Encyclopedia of Language and Religion (Amsterdam: Elsevier, May 2001), 2 updated and revised articles on "Confucianism" and "Chinese, Translation of theological terms into", pp. 42-46 and pp. 118-122 respectively.

    • Antonio Cua, ed., Encyclopedia of Chinese Philosophy (New York: Routledge, 2003), articles on "Kang Youwei" (pp. 337-341), "Tan Sitong" (pp. 709-712), and "Translation and its Problems" (pp. 734-739).

    • Xinzhong Yao, ed., RoutledgeCurzon Encyclopedia of Confucianism, 2 Volumes (London and New York: Routledge and Curzon Press, 2003). Published within 9 short articles and 14 medium sized articles on 20th Century Confucianism.

    • R. Gary Tiedemann, ed., Handbook of Christianity in China, E. J. Brill Press, 2 major articles submitted on 19th century Chinese missionaries, completed/forthcoming.

    • Hillerbrand, Hans J. ed., Encyclopedia of Protestantism, 4 Volumes (New York/ London: Routledge, 2004), articles on “James Legge” (Vol. 3, pp. 1076-1079), “Watchman Nee” (Vol. 3, p. 1374) and “Wang Mingdao” (Vol. 4, pp. 1974- 1975).

    • (與潘德榮)〈 成中英論著目錄 (1965~2005.6) 〉(Bilingual Bibliography for Prof. Chung-ying Cheng in a Festschrift prepared for his 70th Birthday)載 潘德榮，主編ed. Pan Derong 《本體與詮釋—賀成中英先生70壽誕論文專輯》 (Ontology and Hermeneutics: Festschrift for Mr. Chung-ying Cheng on his 70th Birthday) (上海 Shanghai: 上海社會科學院出版社 Shanghai Social Science Academy，2005年) ，頁508至532。Pp. 508-532.

      3. Selected Articles (including only those published since 1995):

    • "The Different Faces of Contemporary Religious Confucianism: An Account of the Diverse Approaches of Some Major Twentieth Century Chinese Confucian Scholars", Journal of Chinese Philosophy 22:1 (March 1995), pp. 5-79.


      - "James Legge’s Metrical Book of Poetry", Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies 60:1 (February 1997), pp. 64-85.

    • "The Legacy of James Legge", International Bulletin of Missionary Research 22:2 (April 1998), pp. 78-82.

    • "A Transmitter but not a Creator: The Creative Transmission of Protestant Biblical Traditions by Ho Tsun-Sheen (1817-1871)" in Irene Eber, et. al., eds., Bible in Modern China: The Literary and Intellectual Impact (Nettetal: Steyler Verlag, 1999), pp. 165-197.

    • "Discovering Monotheistic Metaphysics: The Exegetical Reflections of James Legge (1815-1897) and Lo Chung-fan (d. circa 1850)" in Ng On-cho, et. al., eds., Imagining Boundaries: Changing Confucian Doctrines, Texts and Hermeneutics (Albany: SUNY Press, 1999), pp. 213-254.

    • "王韜與理雅各對新儒家憂患意識的回應" (Chinese version of #7) 載林啟彥, 黃文江主編 《王韜與近代世界》 (香港: 香港教育圖書公司, 2000), 頁117至 147.

    • "Mediating Word, Sentence, and Scope without Violence: James Legge’s Understanding of `Classical Confucian’ Hermeneutics" in Tu Ching-i, ed., Classics and Interpretations: The Hermeneutic Traditions in Chinese Culture (New Brunswick, New Jersey: Transaction Publishers, 2000), pp. 371-382.

    • "Ernst Faber’s Sinological Orientalism" in Ricardo K. S. Mak and Danny S. L.Paau, eds., Sino-German Relations Since 1800: Multidisciplinary Explorations (Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 2000), pp. 93-107.

    • English Abstract of "A Critical Assessment of James Legge’s Translations of the Book of Historical Documents (Shu-Ching) and the Bamboo Annals (Chu-Shu Chi-Nien)", authored by Jiahe Liu (劉家和) and Dongfang Shao (邵東方), published in the Bulletin of the History and Philology Institute of the Academia Sinica (中央研究院歷史語言研究所集刊) 71:3 (September 2000), pp. 737-744.

    • "Naming Correctly, Speaking Properly and the Rectification of Names" published in the Working Paper Series of the Institute of Modern Chinese Studies, Oxford University, December 2000.

    • "Critical Assessment of James Legge’s (1815-1897) Translation of the Spring and Autumn Annals and its Zuo Commentary" ("理雅各氏英譯 春秋 左傳 析論") co-authored with Liu Jiahe劉家和 and Shao Dongfang 邵東方, in Jingxue yanjiu luncong 經學研究論叢 (Collected Essays of Investigations into Scriptural Learning), 8 (September 2000), pp. 263-290.

    • "Christianity and Daoism in Modern Chinese Culture: Encounters, Debates, and Explorations" ("現代中國文化中基督教與道教的相遇, 論辯, 相互探索") in Lo Ping-cheung 羅秉祥and Zhao Dunhua 趙敦華eds., Christianity in Modern Chinese and Western Cultures 基督教與近代中西文化 (Beijing: Beijing University Press, 2000), pp. 398-447. Article translated in Chinese by Wong King-fan .

    • "Re-examining Whole Person Cultivation: Reconsidering the Significance of Master Kong’s ‘Knowing the Heavenly Decree’ and Yeshuah’s ‘Beatitudes’", Ching Feng 1:1 (New Series, Spring 2000), pp. 69-96.

    • "Im Schatten eines Heiligenscheins: Zur Klarung einiger Fragen bezuglich Faxian’s Reise in Buddhas Heimat" ("In the Shadow of a Pilgrim’s Patena: Unravelling Certain Questions about Faxian’s Journey to the Buddha’s Homeland"), Minima Sinica 2001:1, pp. 1-15. Translated by Mrs. Christian Schwermann.

    • "全人修身的再思: 以轉化模式重新理解儒耶對話" (Chinese version of #13)in a volume edited by Lai Pan-chiu 賴品超and Peter Lee King-hong 李景雄entitled New Directions in the Dialogue between Ruism and Christianity儒耶對話新理程 (Hong Kong: Chinese University Press, 2001), pp. 348-369.

    • "The Response of Wang Tao and James Legge to the Modern Ruist Melancholy", History and Culture (Hong Kong) 2 (2001), pp. 1-20.

    • "Feng Youlan’s New Principle Learning and his Histories of Chinese Philosophy",in Chung-ying Cheng and Nick Bunnin, eds., Contemporary Chinese Philosophy (Oxford: Blackwell Pub. Co., 2002), pp. 165-187.

    • "From the ‘Three Teachings’ to ‘Chinese Philosophy’", in Hu Jun 胡君ed., Chuantong yu chuangxin: Di si jie Feng Youlan xueshu sixiang yantaohui lunwenji 《傳統與創新: 第四屆馮友蘭學術思想研討會論文集》 (Tradition and Creativity: Collected Essays from the Fourth Research Conference on Feng Youlan’s Academic Ideas) (Beijing: Beijing University Press, 2002), pp. 137-166.

    • "From Derision to Respect: The Hermeneutic Passage within James Legge’s (1815-1897) Ameliorated Evaluation of Master Kong (‘Confucius’)", Bochumer Jahrbuch zur Ostasienforschung 26 (2002), pp. 53-88.

    • "Von den 》drei Lehren《 zur 》chinesischen Philosophie《 : Die moderne Konstrucktion des Grundkonzeptes der 》chinesischen Philosophie《 in Feng Youlans verschiedenen chinesischen Philosophiegeschichten" ("From `The Three Teachings’ to `Chinese Philosophy’: The Modern Construction of the Basic Concept of `Chinese Philosophy’ as Envisioned in Feng Youlan’s Different Histories of Chinese Philosophies"), trns. by Jari Grosse-Ryuken, minima sinica (Fall 2002), pp. 28-66..

    • "A Modern Chinese Philosophy Built upon Critically Received Traditions:Feng Youlan’s New Principle-Centered Learning and the Question of Its Relationship to Contemporary New Ruist ("Confucian") Philosophies," in John Makeham, ed., New Confucianism: A Critical Examination (Houndsmill, England: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003), pp. 165-184.

    • "The Mengzian Matrix for Accommodationist Missionary Apologetics: Identifying the Cross-cultural Linkage in Evangelical Protestant Discourse within the Chinese writings of James Legge (1815-1897), He Jinshan (1817-1871), and Ernst Faber (1839-1899)," Monumenta Serica 50 (2002), pp. 391-416.

    • "Personal Roles within Transformative Contexts: Exploring the Ethical Significance of Supramoral Experiences in Easts and Wests", in Rolf Elberfeld and Gunter Wohlfart, eds., Komparative Ethik: Das gute Leben zwischen den Kulturen (Comparative Ethics: The Good Life Between Cultures) (Köln: Chōra, 2002), pp. 63-79.

    • "The Creative Potential and Philosophical Importance of Going Beyond a "China-West" Philosophical Focus in 21st Century Chinese Philosophy", in Fang Keli, ed., Chinese Philosophy and the Trends of the 21st Century Civilization (Beijing: Commercial Press, 2003), pp. 603-624.

    • "20th Century Contributions in Chinese Philosophy of Religion(s): From Deconstructive Contradiction to Constructive Reconsideration," Journal of Chinese Philosophy 30: 3-4 (September/December 2003), pp. 541-553.

    • "Reconsidering Three Faces of the "Revived One" from Mid-19th Century China," in Roman Malek, ed., The Chinese Face of Jesus Christ, Volume 2 (Nettetal: Steyler Verlag, 2003), pp. 663-684.

    • "Rethinking Mission in China: James Hudson Taylor and Timothy Richard" in Andrew Porter, ed., The Imperialist Horizons of British Protestant Missions, 1880-1914 (Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmanns Pub. Co., 2003), pp. 183-212.
      ** As of January 2004 this article was placed on HKBU website with lantern slide collection, Archive for the Study of the History of Christianity in China, see www.hkbu.edu.hk/lib/electronicalanternapdfapfister.pdf

    • 「述而不作: 近代中國第一位新教神學家何進善 (1817-1871)」 載 伊愛蓮等著 蔡錦圖編譯《聖經與近代中國》(香港: 漢語聖經協會，2004), 頁132至162。 (Chinese version of article found above as item #4.)

    • 「再思研讀廣東話的價值 : 以十九世紀一位傳教士為例子」 載《新雅中國語文研習所Newsletter》7 (Spring 2004), p. 3.

    • 「現代中國文化中基督教與道教的相遇, 論辯, 相互探索」(revised version of #13 above) 載傅有德 等《跨宗教對話: 中國與西方》(北京: 中國社會科學出版社, 2004), 頁204至245。

    • "Nineteenth Century Ruist Metaphysical Terminology and the Sino-Scottish Connection in James Legge's Chinese Classics" in Michael Lackner and Natascha Vittinghoff, eds. Mapping Meanings: The Field of New Learning in Late Qing China (Leiden: Brill, 2004), pp. 615-638.

    • "The Proto-martyr of Chinese Protestants: Reconstructing the Story of Ch’ea Kam-Kwong," Journal of the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 42 (2002/2003), pp. 187-244. Dated 2003, but actually published in Summer 2004.

    • "Justice in East Asian Thought" in Maryanne Cline Horowitz, ed., New Dictionary of the History of Ideas (6 volumes) (Detroit: Thompson and Gale, 2005), Vol. 3, pp. 1188-1191.

    • "Olympic Dimensions of Christian Spirituality V: The Victor’s Wreath of Life" in University Baptist Church’s《大浸家訊》(March 2005), pp. 8-20.

    • "Protestant Ethics among Chinese Missionaries, Problems of Indigenization, and the Spirit of Academic Professionalization" in special issue celebrating the centennial of Max Weber's Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, edited by Peter Baehr for the Journal of Classical Sociology 2:1 (March 2005), pp. 93-114.

    • "Four Hands on the Cross: Isaiah 53: 6-12" in University Baptist Church's 《大浸家訊》(May 2005), pp. 14-24.

    • 「攀登漢學中喜瑪拉雅山的巨擘 – 從比較理雅各 (1815-1897) 和尉禮賢 (1873-1930) 翻譯及詮釋儒教古典經文中所得之啟迪」("Scaling the Sinological Himalayas: Insights Drawn from Comparisons of James Legge’s (1815-1897) and Richard Wilhelm's (1873-1930) Translations and Interpretations of Ruist Canonical Literature") 載《中央研究院中國文哲研究所通訊》(The Newsletter of the Institute for Chinese Literature and Philosophy of Academia Sinica) 15:2 (2005年六月), 頁21至57. (Published in September 2005)

    • "Reconsidering Metaethical and Ethical Dimensions of Play and Sport from a Comparative Philosophical Perspective", Orientierung 2/2005 (December 2005), pp. 1-22.

    • "James Legge: Oxford’s First Sinologist", The Pelican Record (Corpus Christi College, Oxford University) 42:1 (December 2005), pp. 42-54.

    • 「文明對話與當代學術的發展」與杜維明教授及其他四個教授 ("Civilizational Dialogue and Developments of Contemporary Academics") 載 蔡德麟 景海峰 主編 《文明對話》(Civilizational Dialogue) (北京: 清華大學出版社, 2006年一月), 頁24至69 (my portion, pp. 40-41, 58).

    • 「走進21世紀的文明對話 – 重新認識聞名的多樣性, 生活在動志的對話中」("Approaching 21st Century Inter-civilizational Dialogue: Relearning the Diversities of Civilizations and Living in Dynamic Dialogue") 載 蔡德麟 景海峰 主編 《文明對話》(Civilizational Dialogue) (北京: 清華大學出版社, 2006年一月), 頁133至148.

    • "Seeking a Comprehensive Peace: Learning How to Overcome Terror – Matthew 2: 7-18" in University Baptist Church's《大浸家訊》(March 2006), pp. 12-20.

    • "Chinese" in Peter France and Kenneth Haynes, eds., The Oxford History of Literary Translation in English, Vol. 4: 1790-1900 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006), pp. 355-362.

      4. Major Articles in English Translation:

    • "The Passageway to Enlightenment: On Xie Fuya’s `Mystical Union’" by Chen Yongtao, Nanjing Union Theological Seminary, in Chinese Theological Review 9 (1994), pp. 123-146.

    • "A Few Problems Related to Nineteenth Century Chinese and Western Philosophies and their Cultural Interaction" by Yuan Weishi, Zhongshan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, PRC, in Journal of Chinese Philosophy 22:2 (June 1995), pp. 153-192.

      5. Other Articles:

    • Between 1983 to 1994, there were 24 scholarly articles published, but extensive details about these materials are not recorded in the following lists.

    • Topics of Articles include Philosophical Themes (European, Chinese, American, and comparative traditions); Issues in the Study of World Religions; Sinological Themes; Translations from Chinese and French into English on Chinese Philosophical Themes. Most articles were written in English, but there have also been 10 articles translated by others into Chinese, 2 into German, 1 into Croatian.

    • Overall, besides over 30 chapters in books and proceedings which have been published, there are also over 50 articles appearing in the following academic journals:

      • Asian Thought and Society;

      • Buddhist-Christian Studies;

      • Bulletin of the History and Philology Institute of the Academia Sinica;

      • Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies;

      • Bulletin of the Scottish Institute of Missionary Studies;

      • Chinese Graduate School of Theology Journal;

      • Chinese Theological Review;

      • Ching Feng;

      • Darshana International (India);

      • Filozofska Istrazivania (Yugoslavia);

      • History and Culture (Hongkong);

      • The Hong Kong Linguist;

      • Humanist Newsletter;

      • International Bulletin of Missionary Research;

      • Journal of Chinese Philosophy;

      • Journal of Chinese Religions;

      • Journal of Classical Sociology;

      • Journal of Foguang University: Humanities and Social Sciences Division;

      • Journal of the History of Christianity in Modern China;

      • Journal of the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society;

      • minima sinica;

      • Monumenta Serica;

      • Newsletter of the Institute of Chinese Literature and Philosophy at Academia Sinica;

      • Orientierung (Bonn, Germany);

      • Oxford University’s Institute of Modern Chinese Studies (Working Paper Series) The Pelican Record (Oxford);

      • Philosophy East and West;

      • ReligiousStudies News (USA);

      • Shijing Studies (Tokyo, Japan);

      • Thought [思] (Hongkong);

      • Sino-Western Cultural Relations Journal;

      • Studies of Chinese Classical Learning (Taiwan);

      • Synthesis Philosophica (Yugoslavia);

      6. Recently Published Book Reviews:

    • David Mungello, ed., The Chinese Rites Controversy: Its History and Meaning for Sino-Western Cultural Relations Journal 18 (1996), pp. 66-68.

    • David Mungello, The Forgotten Christians of Hangzhou for Journal of Chinese Religions 24 (Fall 1996), pp. 220-224.

    • Michael Loewe, ed., Early Chinese Texts: A Bibliographic Guide for Journal of Chinese Philosophy 24:1 (March 1997), pp. 129-133.

    • Jonathan Spence, God's Chinese Son: The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom of Hong Xiuquan for the Journal of the History of Christianity in Modern China 7 (1998), pp. 138-149.

    • "Along the Road of Ruist-Christian Religious and Philosophical Dialogues: A Critical Review of John H. Berthrong's All Under Heaven: Transforming Paradigms in Confucian-Christian Dialogue for Ching Feng 41:2 (June 1998,published in 1999), pp. 199-224.

    • Review of Jost Zetzsche's Bible in China: The History of the Union Version or The Culmination of Protestant Missionary Bible Translation in China for the Journal of the History of Christianity in Modern China 3 (2000) [printed in 2002], pp. 137-140.

    • Feature Book Review of Lian Xi’s The Conversion of issionaries: Liberalism in American Protestant Missions in China, 1907-1932 for the Journal of the History of Christianity in Modern China 5 (2002/2003) [printed in 2004], pp. 113-123.

    • Review of Robin R. Wang, ed., Chinese Philosophy in an Era of Globalization fpr the Journal of Chinese Religions 32 (2004), pp. 278-281.

      7. Registered Course Packs Created:

    • RP 1380 Moral Leadership (30 articles), for Winter/Spring 2005. Hong Kong: The Hong Kong Reprographic Rights Licensing Society Limited, #HCP002005BU

    • RP 1380 / RP 2180 Moral Leadership (19 articles), for Winter/Spring 2006. Hong Kong: The Hong Kong Reprographic Rights Licensing Society Limited, #HCP060003BU and #HCP060004BU

    • REL2340 Existence and Reality (21 articles), for Winter/Spring 2006. Hong Kong: The Hong Kong Reprographic Rights Licensing Society Limited, #HCP060007BU

      8. Twelve other articles are forthcoming in journals or as book chapters dealing with:

    • Some New Perspectives on James Legge's Multiform English Translations of the Chinese Classics and Sacred Books of China", in Proceedings of the 70th Anniversary Conference of the Department of Chinese at the University of Hong Kong, pp. 61-98.

    • "Why the Demophilic cannot be Democratic and what might make it so: Reconstructing 'Moral Humans' in Master Meng's Philosophy," under revision for Philosophy East and West.

    • "19th Century Ruist Metaphysical Terminology and the Sino-Scottish Connection: Evaluating the Hermeneutic Relevance of this Connection in James Legge's Chinese Classics," forthcoming in Proceedings from an International Conference on Western Knowledge in Qing China, to be published by E. J. Brill Press.

    • "Reconsidering Three Faces of the 'Revived One' from Mid-19th Century China" in The Chinese Face of Jesus Christ (Sankt Augustin: Monumenta Serica, forthcoming 2003).

    • Two chapters on Chinese missionary translations and adaptation policies for a Handbook of Christianity in China, edited by R. Gary Tiedemann.

    • "Sublating our Pasts and being Assured of Eternity: Reflections on Cultural Problems and Spiritual Resolutions of Forming Biblically-based Christianity in Chinese Settings during the Past 150 Years", to appear in the Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on the Bible and Chinese Culture, held at Fu Jen University, Taipei, Taiwan, January 5-8, 2002

    • "Chinese Missions during the Period of British Imperialism: James Hudson Taylor and Timothy Richard" in Andrew Porter, ed., Christian Missions during the Period of High Imperialism, forthcoming from Eerdmanns Press.

    • Artcles on "James Legge," "Watchman Nee," and "Wang Mingdao" in Hans Hillerbrand, ed., Encyclopedia of Protestantism, forthcoming from Routledge Press. Articles completed in Spring 2003.

    • "The Proto-martyr of Chinese Protestants: Reconstructing the Story of Ch'ea Kam-Kwong," forthcoming in the Journal of the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 42 (Fall 2003).

      9. Other articles are forthcoming (in journals, books, encyclopedias and dictionaries):

    • "Why the Demophilic cannot be Democratic and what might make it so: Reconstructing 'Moral Humans' in Master Meng's Philosophy," under revision for Philosophy East and West.

    • Two chapters on Chinese missionary translations and adaptation policies for a Handbook of Christianity in China, edited by R. Gary Tiedemann.

    • Articles on James Legge, J.L and Henrietta Shuck, Ho Tsun-sheen, Che Kam-kwong and John Chalmers for the Dictionary of Hong Kong Biography, eds. May Holdsworth and Christopher Munn (Hong Kong University Press).

    • "Missionar-Gelehrte in China als Kulturagenten und Professoren in der Europaischen Akademie", translated from English by Jurgen Klunder, to appear in selected articles from the International Sinological Conference on Richard Wilhelm, to be published by IKO Verlag in Koln.

    • 「理雅各對十九世紀漢學翻譯之標準及其儒學耶用的傳教模式之辯解」("Leggian Standards for 19th Century Missionary Translations and an Accommodationist Missionary Apologetic" ) for Norman Greer and Li Shusen, eds., Proceedings from an International Conference on Missionaries and Translation, forthcoming from Beijing University Press. English original in another volume; Chinese version translated by Ginny Chan 陳京英.

    • "Resetting the Clocks: Notes and Reflections on the first Sino-Christian Almanac as a Protestant Evangelistic Strategy" for the Journal of the History of Christianity in Modern China, to be published in 2006.

    • "Brothers in the Spirit", in Geflugelte Texte. Studien zur chinesichen Literatur und Lebenswelt und ihrer Rezeption in Ost und West. Festchrift fur Wolfgang Kubin. Eds. Jari Grosse-Ruyken, Marc Hermann, and Christian Schwermann. Monumenta Serica Monograph Series. Nettetal: Steyler Verlag, forthcoming in 2006.

    • Bibliography and short biographical summary for Prof. Cheng Zhengying 成中英, prepared for an English Festschrift in honor of his 70th birthday, July 2005.

    • "Dirty Thoughts about Polluted Landscapes: Environmental Ethics among Traditional Chinese Teachings", for a book edited by Prof. Karyn Lai in Contemporary Chinese Philosophy, forthcoming in 2006.

    • "Canon-in-Translation: The Cases of James Legge and Richard Wilhelm in regard to Ruist and Daoist Canonical Literature in Europe" for a publication edited by members of the Asiatische Religionsgeschichte Arbeitskreis which met in the Austrian Academy of Sciences in August 2005.

    • "Whose Rationality? Whose Enlightenment? Missionary-scholars, Modern Universities and the Dialectical Moments in the Emergence of Philosophy and Religious Studies in 20th Century China" in the proceedings of an international conference on "University and Enlightenment: Historical Perspectives on Higher Education in China and the World" held at Hong Kong Baptist University on 28 April 2006.
     IV. Services

      1. Current Memberships:

    • American Academy of Religion; 

    • American Philosophical Association

    • Association for Asian Studies; 

    • Australasian Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy; 

    • Concerned Philosophers for Peace; 

    • Hong Kong Philosophical Society;

    • International Association of Buddhist Studies; International Society for Chinese Philosophy;

    •  International Society for the Comparative Study of Civilizations; Royal Asiatic Society, Hong Kong Branch; 

    • Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy;

    • Society of Christian Philosophers; 

    • The Society for Philosophy and Technology

    • (Other details available on more than 80 invited conference presentations since 1987 and more than 30 invited lectures in other universities; departmental and university-wide committee work and other activities; community presentations and consultations)
     V. Others

      1. Professional Positions (since 1987):

      2005 Fellow, Lam East-West International Research Studies Centre (HKBU)
      2005 - Full Professor, Religion and Philosophy / Humanities, (HKBU)
      2005 - Registered as a Subject Specialist with the Hong Kong Council for Academic Accreditation
      2005 - Research Fellow, Research Center for Chinese Philosophy and Culture, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
      2005 - Member, Advisory Board, Philosophy Department, Lingnan University
      2004 - Member, Graduate Studies Committee, Religion and Philosophy Department
      2004 - Member, Editorial Board, Orientierungen: Zeitschrift zur Kultur Asiens and minima sinina: Zeitschrift zum chinesischen Geist (Bonn, Germany)
      2004 - 2006 Elected Representative of the Arts Faculty for the HKBU Senate
      2003 -  Member, Editorial Board, Ching Feng (Hong Kong)
      2001 -  Associate Researcher, Centre for Sino-Christian Studies
      1999 -  Consulting Editor, Journal of the History of Christianity in Modern China (HKBU/In house)
      1999 -  Crosslisted as Faculty Member in Humanities (HKBU)
      1997 -  Associate Editor, Journal of Chinese Philosophy (USA/Blackwell Pub.)
      1997 -  Member, Research Programme on Christianity in Asian Contexts (HKBU)
      1995 -  Special Academic Editor, Xueshu jilin «學術集林» (Shanghai)
      1995 -  Associate Professor, Religion and Philosophy Department (HKBU)
      1991 -  Tenured Faculty Member, Religion and Philosophy Department (HKBU)
      1987 - 1991 Lecturer, Religion and Philosophy Department (HKBU)
      1987 - 1997 Assistant Editor, Journal of Chinese Philosophy (USA)

      2. Major Fellowships And Honours (given and announced since 1987):

      2005 Visitor (one summer month), Center for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics (CAPPE), Melbourne University, Australia
      2005 Award: “Outstanding Books of 2004 for Mission Studies” for Striving for the Whole Duty of Man in the International Bulletin for Missionary Research (Yale University), 29:1 (January 2005), p. 43.
      2000 - 2001 Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Fellowship for Visiting Professorship at the Sinology Seminar, Bonn University, Germany
      2000 - Two month Visiting Fellowship at the School of Philosophy, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia (starting July 2000)
      1998 - Shortterm Fellowship to Manchester College, Oxford (HKBU)

      3. Biographical Listings:

      2006

      Asian/Pacific Who's Who, Vol. VI
      2006

      International Directory of Experts and Expertise (ABI, 1st edition)
      2005

      Great Minds of the 21st Century (American Biographical Institute)
      2005

      2000 Outstanding Intellectuals of the 21st Century, International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England
      2005

      Biography Today, Vol. III
      2005

      Asian/American Who's Who, Vol. IV
      2004

      Reference Asia: Asia’s Who's Who of Men and Women of Achievement (Revised Edition – Vol. 1)
      1999

      Outstanding People of the 20th Century (2nd Edition, UK)
      1999

      Who's Who in Asian and Pacific Nations(4th Edition, UK)
      1999

      Dictionary of International Biography(27th Edition, UK)
      1998

      Who's Who in the World (15th Edition, USA)

      4. Major Grants:

      2005 - 2008

      Earmarked Research Grant for Richard Wilhelm Research
      (Hong Kong Government's Commission for ERG)
      2005 - 2007

      Grant for Translating Legge Book (HKBU Faculty Research)
      2003 - 2004

      Grants: 2003-2004 Germany/Hong Kong Joint Research Grant for Project comparing the Missionary- Sinological
      Translations of Richard Wilhelm and James Legge

      1993 - 1996 National Endowment for the Humanities (USA), Legge Project
      1992 - 1997 Research Grant Commission (Hong Kong), Legge Project

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