从多个中心进行神学思考
对于一个拥有多重语言、文化与地域背景,既尊重传统、又重视自身处境的人而言,神学思考究竟意味着什么?
楼静武现任韩国延世大学联合神学研究院(United Graduate School of Theology)及全球神学院(Global Institute of Theology)世界基督教副教授。他的研究涵盖生活神学(lived theology)、宗教多元与公共生活,并以世界基督教及宣教学为主要研究领域。
他特别关注当代中国及更广泛的华语语系世界,探讨华人基督徒如何在不同文化与宗教交汇的日常处境中理解、经历并表达信仰。身为第二代华裔美国人,他也关注跨文化交流与跨世代移民经验中的神学意涵。他运用质性研究方法,进一步探讨灵命塑造、教会论与宣教学等议题。
多年来,楼静武曾在不同基督教传统中学习与服事,走过一段跨宗派的信仰历程,并于 2025 年在美北浸信会(American Baptist Churches USA)接受牧师按立。
对于一个拥有多重语言、文化与地域背景,既尊重传统、又重视自身处境的人而言,神学思考究竟意味着什么?
“华语”不只有一种声音,“家”也不只有一个地方。面对多元的华语世界,神学如何超越单一中心,在差异中展开真正的对话?
Chinese religiosity’s orientation toward cultivating the goodness of human nature in the everyday, societal, and cosmic spheres of life can be found in the diverse threads that make up modern Chinese Christian movements.
To begin this reflective series based on the webinar, “Chinese Christianity in the Modern Era," we consider what it means to see the whole of the Chinese church and what theological lenses are needed to make sense of what we see.
In her book, Yang engages the complexities of Haizi’s personal journey and poetic influences side by side with the life and teachings of Jesus in four parts under the themes of “roots,” “vision,” “journey,” and “arrival.”
Christianity in China and the global diaspora have taken on new layers of complexity, crossing many traditional boundaries. One of the editors of a new book on the subject reflects on what this means for the study of and working relationships in the Chinese church.
When the academy and the field work together, a mutually enriching process of action and reflection emerges that strengthens mind, body, and spirit, both as individuals and as a community.
Despite the Chinese Communist Party’s increasing oversight of Christian life in China today, there is a gray space between the nation’s political tensions, economic revolution, and spiritual revivals that begs for greater reflection and sustained inquiry: the “walled garden” of China’s internet.
The conversation taught me the importance of relational trust and humility in addressing sensitive historical topics and the vital role of self-critique in forming the most important of connections: ones that bring us closer to our shared sense of brokenness and the need for grace beyond what we can muster.
Could Zhuangzi have something to teach us about the gospel?
How Buddhist teachings resonated with China's cultural identity making way for its spread.
Could the entrance of Buddhism into China offer cultural insights on how to share the message of Christ in China today?