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Faculty of Divinity

 

Biography

Samuel Songzan Xu (徐頌贊) is a PhD candidate in Theology and Religious Studies. Before pursuing his doctoral studies, he obtained a BA in Chinese Linguistic Literature and an MA in Religious Studies. His research centres on the interactions between Watchman Nee’s theology and church movement with American Evangelical/Charismatic movements in Los Angeles and New York, while also examining how World Christianity and Contextual Theology are conceptualised through multi-directional missionary flows.

Research

Research Interests: 

Global Chinese Christianity and Diasporic Spirituality in America, Europe, and Africa

Multidirectional Flows, Reverse Mission, and Knowledge Exchange of World Christianities

Global South-North Network, Transnational Religious Movements

East Asian Contextual Theology in mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong

New Confucianism, Chinese Intellectual History and Politics

Publications

Key publications: 

 

Books

1. From Other to Self: Indigenous Practice and Intercultural Dialogues of Sino-Christianity (in Chinese), Taipei: Chinese Christian Literature Council (Taiwan) & Taoyuan: Chung Yuan Christian University, 2021.

2. Songs of China’s Galilee: Canaan Hymns and Contemporary Chinese House Churches (in Chinese), Taipei: Chinese Christian Literature Council (Taiwan) & Taoyuan: Chung Yuan Christian University, 2020. 

 
Journal Papers
 
1. 'Hymns and the Singing Community: The Formation of the Canaan Hymns in Contemporary Chinese Churches' (with Xiaoli Yang), Review of Religion and Chinese Society 9 (2022): 151-169.
 
2. 'The Community Identity and Symbolic Construction of Intellectuals in China’s Christian House Churches: A Case Study in Chengdu,' Taiwan Journal of Religious Studies 17 (2018): 227-249. 
 
3. 'The Creation of ‘Sino-Christian Hymns’: From the Perspective of the Indigenization of Chinese Christianity,' Ching Feng: A Journal on Christianity and Chinese Religion and Culture 16 (2017): 225-240. 

Other Professional Activities

Songzan serves as an editorial board member of The Journal of Research for Christianity in China, which welcomes research papers on Chinese Christianity. Website: https://journals.chinesecs.cc/jrcc; Email: sx272@cam.ac.uk

Contact Details

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