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
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.
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
