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1 + CURRICULUM VITAE I. Personal and Appointment Particulars Name: Archie Chi-chung LEE Current Title: Professor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) Department: Department of Cultural and Religious Studies (CUHK) College Affiliation: Chung Chi College (Fellow) Academic Qualification Ph.D. University of Edinburgh, 1980 Field of Studies: the Hebrew Scriptures and Hermeneutics Dissertation on the Historical Psalms (Ps. 78; ) of the Hebrew Bible Language: Chinese and English. Good knowledge of Biblical Hebrew. A working knowledge of Aramaic and Ugaritic. Postgraduate Studies: The Hebrew University, Jerusalem (Modern Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew and Archaeology), , 1983, 1990 M.Div., CUHK, BA, CUHK, Professional Societies and Research Centres 1) Council Member of Society of Biblical Literature (SBL), ) Member, Committee on International Meetings, SBL, ) Founding President, Society of Asian Biblical Studies (SBL), ) Chair, Programme for Theology and Cultures in Asia (PTCA), ) Member, Society of Biblical Literature, ) Member, Ethnic Chinese Biblical Colloquium, ) Founding Director, Christianity in Asia Project, Centre for Advanced Religious and Theological Studies, Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge, ) Founding Member, Congress of Asian Theologians, ) Founding Director, Centre for the Study of Religion and Chinese Society, Chung Chi College, CUHK, Employment History 1) Dean, Faculty of Arts, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, ) Professor, Department of Cultural and Religious Studies, CUHK, to date (Lecturer, , Senior Lecturer, ). The former name of the Department before 2004 was Department of Religion.).

2 3) Associate Dean, Faculty of Arts, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, , ) Chair, Department of Religion and Director of Religious Studies, CUHK, , ) Head, Graduate Division of Religion and Theology, Graduate School, CUHK, Publications A. Single authored, Co-authored and edited BOOKS (10 items) (1) Cambridge Dictionary of Christianity, as Associate Editor on the Editorial Committee, responsible for Asian entries, Cambridge University Press, (2) Discourses on Naming God: Debate on the Chinese Name of the Christian God in The Globe Magazine in Late Qing Dynasty, Chief Editor and the author of Introduction, Shanghai: Guji Publication ( 上海古籍出版社 ), 2008 (305 pages, in Chinese: 聖號論衡 : 晚清 萬國公報 基督教 聖號論争 文獻滙編 ) (3) Textual Practice and Identity Making: A Study of Chinese Christian Writings, , Chief Editor, Shanghai: Fuji Publication ( 上海古籍出版社 ), 2005 (325 pages, in Chinese: 文本实踐與身份辨識 : 中國基督徒知識分子的中文著述 ). (4) Global Bible Commentary, as Associate Editor responsible for organizing and inviting scholars on all entries for Asia. Since J Severino Croatto died in the midst of the project I was the only scholar in the Old Testament who had to read and edit all articles in the OT (a total 328 pages), Daniel Patte as the General Editor, (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2004), 570 pages. (5) Discourse and Identity: A Study of the Megilloth, Beijing: Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Press, (260 pages, in Chinese: 生命言說與社群認同 : 希伯來聖經五小卷研究 ), 2 nd edition, (6) Texts and Interpretations: Contemporary Meaning of the Old Testament, Hong Kong: Hong Kong Christian Institute, 1997, 126 pages (in Chinese: 古經解讀 舊約經文的時代意義. 126 頁, 香港 : 香港基督徒學會 ). (7) Biblical Interpretation in Asia (ed.), Hong Kong: Chinese Christian Literature Council, 1996, 298 pages (in Chinese: 亞洲處境與聖經註釋 ) (8) Doing Theology with Asian Resources: Ten Years in the Formation of Living Theology in Asia, Co-ed. with John C. England. Auckland, New Zealand: Pace Publishing, 1993, 265 pages. (I wrote one article and edited all the research papers, 60% of the work, and John England did the reports). (9) A Commentary on the Book of Koheleth, Hong Kong: Chinese Christian Literature Council, 1990 (in Chinese: 中文聖經註釋 - 傳道書 香港 : 基督教文藝出版社 ). 2

3 (10) The Old Testament in Context, Hong Kong: Chung Chi Theology Division, 1988, 2nd edition, 1989, 209 pages (in Chinese: 古經今釋 ). B. Journal Articles and Book Chapters (87 items): (1) Scriptural Translation and Fundamentalist Approach to the Bible, The Journal of Theologies and Cultures in Asia, V.10, 2011, pp (2) < 國語 和合本 聖經 : 經典翻譯抑或宗教傳播 >. 自上帝說漢語以來 : 和合本 聖經九十年 謝品然, 曾慶豹編.. 香港特別行政區 : Verbum Press, 2010, 頁 (3) Making Sense of the Polyphonic Voices in Biblical Interpretation, A Journal of Biblical Interpretation in Context, V.4.2, 2010, pp (4) When the Flood Narrative of Genesis Meets its Counterpart in China: Reception and Challenge in Cross-Textual Reading, Genesis: Context, edited by Athalya Brenner, Archie Lee and Gale Yee (Minniapolis: Fortress Press, 2010), pp (5) Cross-Textual Biblical Studies in Multiscriptural Contexts, Transforming Graduate Biblical Education, Ethos and Discipline, ed. by Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza and Kent Harold Richards, (Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2010), pp (6) The Book of Lamentations, The Cambridge Dictionary of Christianity, ed. by Daniel Patte, (Cambridge: Cambrdige University Press, 2010), pp (7) < 死亡以及對上帝的感知 ---- 閱讀 莊子 與 傳道書 >, Journal of Sino- Western Communications, V.2.1, 2010, pp (8) Con/textual Biblical Interpretation in Multi-Religious World of Asia, The Korean Journal of Old Testament Studies, V.16.3, 2010, pp (9) < 聖經在中國 ---- 太平天國對經文的詮釋 >, 深圳大學學報, 120, 2009, 頁 (10) The Bible in Asia: Contesting and Contextualizing, Mapping and Engaging the Bible in Asian Cultures: Congress of the Society of Asian Biblical Studies 2008 Seoul Conference ed. by Lee Yeong Mee and Yoo Yoon Jong. (Seoul, Korea: The Christian Literature Society of Korea, 2009). pp (11) Engaging Lamentations and The Lament for the South: A Cross-Textual Reading, Lamentations in Ancient and Contemporary Cultural Contexts ed. by Nancy C. Lee and Carleen Mandolfo. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2008, (12) Cross-textual Hermeneutics and Identity in Multi-textual Asia, Christian Theology in Asia: Emerging Forms and Themes, ed. Sebastian Kim, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008, pp

4 (13) The Book of Lamentations, New Interpretative Dictionary of the Bible (NIDB), Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2008, vol. 3, pp (14) The Bible in China: Religion of God s Chinese Son, Princeton Seminary Bulletin, V. 29, 2008, pp (15) Biblical Interpretation, Palestinian-Israel Conflicts and Responsibility of the Intellectuals, Peace and Conflicts among Religions, ed. Lai Chi Tim, Hong Kong: Chung Hwa Book Co., 2008, pp (< 聖經詮釋與以巴衝突 : 兼論知識分子的角色與責任 >, 宗教的和平與衝突, 黎志添編, 香港 : 中華書局, 2008, 頁 29-48). (16) Critical Biblical Hermeneutics of Li Rongfang: In the Socio-Intellectual Context of China, Border Crossings: Cross-Cultural Hermeneutics ed. by D.N. Premnath. 1st ed. pp Maryknoll, N.Y., : Orbis Books, 2007 (The book was reviewed by 5 scholars at the Annual Meetings, Society of Biblical Literature, San Diego, November 17-21, 2007). (17) Translation of the Biblical Names of God in Chinese, Biblical Literature and Culture, ed. Lo Lung Kwong and Wang Lixin, Tianjin, China: Nankai University Press, 2007, pp (< 上帝的中國名字 聖經中上帝名稱的中文翻譯 >. 聖經文學與文化 盧龍先 王立新編. 第 1 版頁 中國天津 : 南開大學出版社, (18) Modern Biblical Hermeneutics and the Curse of Canaan, Journal of Biblical Research, 1, 2007, pp (< 從 迦南的詛咒 看現代聖經詮釋方法 >. 聖經文學研究 第 1 卷頁 中國北京 : 人民文學出版社, 2007). (19) Lamentations in Cross-Textual Readings, Theology and Church, 31, pp (< 母親在悲泣 : 哀歌的一種跨文本閱讀 >. 神學與教會 第 31 卷第 2 期, 頁 台灣台南, ). (20) Innocent Suffering and Theophany in the Interpretation of Job, Journal of Religious Studies, NS. 1, 2006, pp (< 無辜受苦與面見神聖 : 約伯記之詮釋 >. 宗教研究. 第 1 輯 第 1 卷頁 中國南京 : 南京大學出版社, ). (21) The Names of God and Bible Translation: Engaging the Chinese Term Question in the Context of Scriptural Interpretation, Journal of Theologies and Cultures in Asia, 5, 2006, pp (22) Proposta di un approccio testule incrociato nell ermeneutica biblica asiatica, (in Italian) Theologia in Asia, ed. M. Amaladoss and R. Gibellini, Brescia: Editrice Queriniana (Italy), 2006, pp (23) The Politico-Cultural Dynamics of Rendering the Biblical God in Asia, Humanities: Christianity and Culture, 37, March 2006, pp (24) Asians Encountering Jesus Christ ---- A Chinese Reading of Jesus in the Wisdom Matrix, Quest: An Interdisciplinary Journal for Asian Christian Scholars, vol.4, no.1, , pp (25) Mothers Bewailing: Reading Lamentations, Her Master s Tools? Feminist Challenges to Historical-Critical Interpretations, ed. Sharon Ringe and Caroline 4

5 Vander Stichele, Global Perspectives on Biblical Scholarship Series of the Society of Biblical Literature, 2005, pp (26) God s Asian Names: Rendering the Biblical God in Chinese, a web publication on SBL Forum, November, ( (27) Naming God in Asia: Cross-Textual Reading in Multi-Cultural Context, Quest: An Interdisciplinary Journal for Asian Christian Scholars vol.3 no.1, pp Hong Kong: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press, (28) East Asian Theology, Modern Theologians, ed. David Ford, Oxford: Blackwell, pp (29) Contextual Commentary on Lamentations, Global Bible Commentary, ed. Daniel Patte, Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2004, pp (30) Engaging Lamentations and the Lament for the South, Distant Voices Draw Near, Festschrift of Anne Wire, ed. Holly Hearon, Liturgical Press, 2004, pp (31) Textual Confluence and Chinese Christian Identity: A Reading of Hanlin Duo Shu, Chakana, 2, 2004, pp (32) Cross-textual Reading: A Study of Late Ming and Early Qing Chinese Christian Writings, Ching Feng, 2004, pp (33) The Bible and Contextual Reading, Union Seminary Quarterly Review, (New York) vol.56 no.1-2, 2003, pp (34) The Strategy of Readings in Chinese Christian Writings, Journal of Christian Culture, 10, 2003, pp (< 跨文本閱讀策略 : 明末中國基督徒著作研究 >. 基督教文化學刊 第 10 卷頁 中國北京 : 中國人民大學出版社, ). (35) Cross-Textual Reading of Lament for the South and Lamentations, Religious Studies, 1, 2003, pp (< 哀江南赋 與 哀歌 之相融 : 跨文本閱讀之例証 > 宗教研究 第 1 卷, 第 1 期, 中國人民大學出版社, , 頁 ). (36) Cross-textual Interpretation and Its Implications for Biblical Studies, Teaching the Bible: Discourses and Politics of Biblical Pedagogy, ed. Fernando F. Segovia and Mary Ann Tolbert, Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2002, pp (37) Fostering a Broad and Understanding Heart: A Discourse on Christian Higher Education in Asia, Quest: An Interdisciplinary Journal for Asian Christian Scholars vol.1 no.1, Hong Kong SAR: Chinese University Press, 2002, pp (38) Hope and Its Interpretation in the Returning Community of Isaiah 56-66, Interpretations of Hope in Chinese Religions and Christianity ed. by Overmyer, Daniel L. and Chi-Tim Lai. Hong Kong SAR: Christian Study Centre on Chinese Religion and Culture, pp

6 (39) Ancient West Asia and the Hebrew Bible, Hebrew Origins: Historiography, History, Faith of Ancient Israel, Hong Kong, SAR: Theology Division, CUHK, 2002, pp (40) Polyphonic Voices in the Bible, Scripture, Community and Mission, ed. by Wickeri, Philip L. 1st Ed. London, UK & Hong Kong: The Council for World Mission, 2002, pp (41) Agenda for Biblical Theoly in the New Century, (Co-authored with Lee Ling Hon), Theology for the New Century, ed. Philip Shen, Hong Kong: Hong Kong Christian Institute, 2002, pp (< 新世紀之聖經神學議題 > 新世紀的神學議程 香港基督徒學會, 2002, 頁 41-54). (42) City in the Bible and the City of Hong Kong, Anvil Christian Journal, Vol.18 no.4, London, England, 2001, pp (43) Weaving a Humanistic Vision: Reading the Hebrew Bible in Asian Religio- Cultural Context, Sacred Text, Secular Times, The Hebrew Bible in the Modern World, ed. Leonard J Greenspoon and B. F. Le Beau, Omaha, Nebraska: Creighton University Press, 2000, pp (44) Cross-Textual Hermeneutics, Dictionary of Third World Theologies ed. by Virginia Fabella, M.M. and R.S. Sugirtharajah, Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 2000, pp (45) Biblical Interpretation as Dialogical Process in the Context of Religious Pluralism, Bible Speaks Today, ed. Muthunayagon, Daniel Jones, Delhi: ISPCK, 2000, pp (46) Refiguring Religious Pluralism in the Bible, Plurality, Power and Mission, ed. Philip L Wickeri, et.al. London: Council for World Mission, 2000, pp (47) Plurality and Mission in the Bible, The People of God among All God s Peoples: Frontiers in Christian Mission, ed. Philip Wickeri, London: Council for World Mission, 2000, pp (48) Doing Theology with Creation in Asian Cultures, PTCA Bulletin, 13, 2000, pp (49) Yan Fu s Translation of Mark s Gospel, Journal of Chinese Literature and History, 64, 2000, pp (< 關於嚴復翻譯的 馬可福音 >, 中華文史論叢 第 64 輯, 中國上海 : 上海古藉出版社, 2000, 頁 ). (50) Cross-textual Readings and Chinese Bible Interpretation, The Bible and Its Interpretation, ed. Lo Lung Kwong, Chung Chi Divinity School, pp (< 跨文本閱讀與華人聖經詮釋 >. 讀經. 研經. 釋經 盧龍光編. 第一版頁 香港 : 香港中文大學崇基神學組, 2000). (51) Identity, Reading Strategy and Doing Theology, Biblical Interpretation, (Leiden: Brill), 9, 1999, pp

7 (52) Biblical Interpretation of the Return in the Postcolonial Hong Kong, Biblical Interpretation, (Leiden: Brill), 9, 1999, pp (Collected in Voices from the Margin, Interpreting the Bible in the Third World, ed. R.S. Sugirtharajah. New York: Orbis Books, 2006, pp ). (53) Lamentation in the Hebrew Psalter and the Chinese Shijing: A Cross-textual Reading, Ching Feng, A Journal on Christianity and Chinese Religion and Culture, Volume 41, 1998, pp (54) Hermeneutics, Theology and Christian Identities, PTCA Bulletin, (Thailand), 11, 1998, pp (55) Perspectives in Reading the Bible through Asian Eyes, The Bible Through Asian Eyes, Hong Kong, Christian Conference of Asia, 1998, pp (56) Reclaiming Asian Resources for Christian Theology in Asia," PTCA Bulletin, (Thailand), 1997 (57) The Recitation of the Past: A Cross-textual Reading of Ps.78 and the Odes, Ching Feng, (Hong Kong), 38, No.3, 1996, pp (58) Feminist Critique of the Bible and Female Principle in Culture, Asia Journal of Theology, 10, 1996, pp (59) Syncretism from the Perspectives of Chinese Religion and Biblical Tradition, Ching Feng, (Hong Kong), 39, 3/1996, pp (60) Cross-Textual Hermeneutics on Gospel and Culture, Asia Journal of Theology, 10, 1996, pp (61) Biblical Interpretation in the Context of Asian Religions, PTCA Bulletin, (Thailand) 9, No.2, 1996 pp (62) Book Review: Who s Who: The Old Testament by Joan Comay in Hebrew Studies, (New York), 37, (63) Doing Theology with the Economy and Cultural Resources in Asia: Introduction to the PTCA Regional Theological Seminar-Workshop 1996, PTCA Bulletin, (Thailand) 9, No. 1, 1996, pp (64) Exile and Return in the Perspective of 1997, Reading from This Place: Social Location and Biblical Interpretation in Global Perspective, ed. Fernando F. Segovia and Mary Ann Tolbert, Fortress Press (Philadelphia, USA), 1995, pp (65) Death and the Perception of the Divine in Zhuangzi and Koheleth, Ching Feng, 38, 1995, pp (66) The Chinese Creation Myth of Nu Kua and the Biblical Narrative in Gen. 1-11, Biblical Interpretation 2, 1994, pp (This article has been selected and 7

8 reprinted in Voices from the Margin. Ed. by Sugirtharajah, New Edition. Orbis Books, Maryknoll, NY., 1995, pp ). (67) Book Review: Rhetorical Interaction in I Corinthians 8 and 10 by K.K. Yeow, in International Review of Mission, (Geneva, Switzerland), 34, 1995, pp (68) Biblical Precedence in Contextualizing Local Festivals and Customs, ATESEA Occasional Papers, (Singapore), 1994, 13, pp (69) The Dragon, the Deluge, and Creation Theology, Frontiers in Asian Christian Theology: Emerging Trends, ed. R.S. Sugirtharajah, (Maryknoll, N.Y.: Orbis Books, 1994), pp (70) Genesis I from the Perspective of a Chinese Creation Myth, Understanding Poets and Prophets: Essays in Honour of Professor George Anderson, ed. by A. Graeme Auld, Sheffield, England: Sheffield Academic Press, 1993, pp (71) Biblical Interpretation in Asian Perspective, Asia Journal of Theology, Vol. 7, No. 1, 1993, pp (72) Theological Reading of Chinese Creation Stories of Pan Ku and Nu Kua, Doing Theology and Asian Resources, ed. by John C. England and Archie C.C. Lee. Auckland, New Zealand: Pace Publishing, 1993, pp (73) Traditions of Worship in the Bible, Re-examining Worship in Christian Churches, Hong Kong Christian Institute, 1993, pp (in Chinese). (74) Doing Christian Theology in Asian Ways: Prophetic and Sapiential Hermeneutics in Asian Ways of Doing Theology, ATESEA Occasional Papers, (Singapore), 1993, 12, pp (75) The Challenge Facing Theology and Religious Studies in Asia, The Humanities Bulletin, (Hong Kong), 1, 1991, pp (76) Creation Narratives and the Movement of the Spirit, ATESEA Occasional Papers (Singapore), 11, 1991, pp (77) Seeking the Well-Being of the Community: The Responsibility of Christian Universities in Hong Kong, Proceedings of the ACUCA Workshop on the Responsibility of Christian Universities Towards Community Development (Philippines), (1991), pp (78) The Context and Function of the Plagues Tradition in Ps.78, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, (Sheffield, UK) Vol. 48, 1990, pp (79) Genesis One and the Plagues Tradition in Ps. 105, Vetus Testamentum (Leiden, Netherlands), 40, 1990, pp (80) The 'Critique of Foundation' in the Hebrew Wisdom Tradition, Asia Journal of Theology, (Bangalore, India), 4, 1990, pp

9 (81) Biblical Reflections and Insights from the Democratic Movements in Easter Europe, From Eastern Europe to Hong Kong: Communism and Christianity, Hong Kong Christian Institute 1990, pp (< 聖經反省..巨人的垮臺 東歐民主運動的啟示 > 從東歐到香港 共產政權與基督教會, 香港 : 香港基督徒愛國民主運動, 1990, 頁 11-16). (82) Biblical Reflection on the Demoncratic Movement in China, The June 4 Massacre and the Demoncratic Movement, ed. Helena Wong, Hong Kong: Hong Kong Christian Institute, 1990, pp (< 對中國民運的聖經反思 > 國難 民運 信仰反思, 香港 : 香港基督徒學會,1990, 頁 13-20) (83) The Meaning of the Biblical Concept of Blessing for Today, Bulletin of the Commission on Theological Concerns, Christian Conference of Asia, (Singapore), 8, 1989, pp (84) The Dragon, the Deluge and Creation Theology, ATESEA Occasional Papers, No. 8, (Singapore), 1989, pp (85) The 'Aniconic God' and Chinese Iconolatry, ATESEA (The Association for Theological Education in South East Asia) Occasional Papers, No. 4, 'Doing Theology with Religions of Asia,' (Singapore), 1987, pp (86) Doing Theology in Chinese Context: The David-Bathsheba Story and the Parable of Nathan, East Asia Journal of Theology, 3, 1985, pp (Collected in Voices from the Margin: Interpreting the Bible in the Third World, ed. R.S. Sugirtharajah, London, SPCK, 1991, pp ). (87) The Torah Story and the Mission of the Church in Hong Kong in the Eighties, Theology Division News, (Hong Kong), November Research Grants ( ) 1) Principle Investigator: From a Foreign Book to Chinese Scripture: Appropriation of the Bible the Multi-Textual Milieu of China ( ). GRF Earmarked Grants of Hong Kong Research Grants Council, ( ), $634,520. 2) Principle Investigator: Critical Biblical Scholarship in China: A Study of Li Jung Fang ( 李榮芳 ) in Socio-Intellectual Context. GRF Earmarked Grants of Hong Kong Research Grants Council, ( ), $625,955. 3) Principle Investigator: Naming God in Chinese, GRF Earmarked Grants of Hong Kong Research Grants Council, ( ), $560,000. 4) Principle Investigator: Chinese Christian Writings, , GRF Earmarked Grants of Hong Kong Research Grants Council, ( ), $460,000. 5) Principal Investigator: Cross-Textual Reading of Christianity and Culture in East Asia, , Direct Grant, $100,000. 6) Principle Investigator: The Study of Hong Kong Christian Community in the Colonial Hong Kong ( ), Nethesole Funds for Research on competitive basis, $745,000. 9

10 7) Principle Investigator: Christianity in Asis Project, Research Grants of 500,000 from Council for World Mission ( ). 3. Research- Other Contributions: Honor, Awards, Editorial Boards and Conferences Invited Lectureship and Honors 1. Invited to deliver the Hugh Price Lectureship in London for the occasion of the 400 th Anniversary of King James Version on May 10, Invited to deliver the Alexender Thompson Lectures of Princeton Theological Seminary on March 3, Appointed Henry Luce Visiting Professor of World Christianity at Union Theological Seminary, New York, Jan to May, Honorary Professorships: ( 名譽教授 ), Faculty of Arts, Northwestern Normal University ( 西北師範大學文學院 ), (2001-), Center for the Study of Morals and Religion, Tsing Hua Universisty 清華哲學系道德與宗教研究中心, (2001-), Religious Studies and Biblical Literature, Henan University ( 河南大學宗教研究及聖經文學 ), (2003-), Religious Studies, Fudan University ( 復旦大學, 宗教學專業 ), (2004- life long), Institute of Religious Studies, Sichuan University ( 四川大學 ), (2007-) 5. Bye Fellow, Robinson College, Cambridge, January, Visiting Scholar, Fu Jen Catholic University and Institute of History and Languages of Academia Sinica, 2009, Doshisha University, Kyoto (June, 2007 and June 2004). Formosa Christianity and Culture Research Centre (FCCRC), Chang Jung Christian University (May 2006), International Christian University, Tokyo, (June, 2005). Pacific Lutheran Theological School, GTU, Berkeley (July 1997). King s College, University of London (1996), Harvard Divinity School, Harvard University (Jan- August, 1987). 7. Amphlett Scholars, Selly Oak Colleges, Birmingham, UK, Louis Iliff Visiting Professor, Iliff School of Theology, Denver, USA, Visiting Fellow, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Section des Sciences Religieuses, with French Government Fellowship Grant, Editorial/Advisory Boards Associate editor for Global Bible Commentary (Abingdon Press, 2004) Associate editor for Cambridge Dictionary of Christianity (Cambridge University Press, ) Area Editor, Review of Biblical Literature (Society of Biblical Literature), Member, Editorial Board and Article Reviewer, Journal of Biblical Literature, Member, Editorial Board, Journal of World Christianity, Member, Advisory Board, Institute for Signifying Scriptures, Member, Editorial Board and reviewer, Journal for Theologies and Cultures in Asia, Member, Editorial Board, Quest, Interdisciplinary Journal, Member, Editorial Board, Ching Feng, Member, Editorial Board, Theology and Life,

11 Conferences (in the last ten years, ) 1. Panel Paper on Graduate Biblical Education and Chair of Contextual Biblical Interpretation at the International Meeting, SBL, London, July 4-8, Paper presenter, co-organizer and Session Chair, International Symposium on Monotheism and Postmodernism, Nanjing University, June 14-17, Paper Presenter, Conference on Religion and Literature, jointly organized by Institute of Literature and Philosophy, Academia Sinica and CRS, CUHK, November, Paper presenter and Chair, Program Unit, SBL, 2008, Paper presenter and Chair, Contextual Biblcal Interpretation Program Unit, SBL, Panel Paper on Studies of World Religions in Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan in American Academy of Religion Annual Meetings, San Diego, CA, 17-20, November, Keynote speaker ( Contesting Canonicity: The Christian Bible and the Chinese Sacred Texts ) at The Bible in China: Robert Morrison 200 Years organized by Oxford Centre for the Study of Christianity in China and SOAS, held at the British Library, London on 1 September, Paper on Li Jung Fang and his Social World in Conference on the 200th Anniversary of the Arrival of Morrison in China, Hong Kong, organized by the Centre for the Study of Religion and Chinese Society, May, Who Owns the Text and Which Context? Biblical Studies in China, Ethnic Chinese Biblical Colloquium, in Society of Biblical Literature Meeting, Washington, D.C., November, Critical Biblical Heremeutics of Li Jung fang in the Socio-Intellectual Context of China, and monitored the Consultation on Crossing Ethnic, Gender, Cultural, and Economic Boundaries, both were hels at the Society of Biblical Literature Meeting, Washington, D.C., November, Organized the conference on Naming God in Asia and presented a paper on The Names of God and Bible Translation: Engaging the Chinese Term Question in the Context of Scriptural Interpretation, Hong Kong, August, Keynote speaker and Leader of the Biblical Hermeneutics Group at the Fifth Congress of Asian Theologians (CATS V), CUHK, 20-25, Paper presenter and co-organizer of the first Biblical Seminar on Genesis with the Institute of Oriental Cultures, Peking University in Beijing, 11-13, December, Panelist and Respondents Global Bible Commentary: Its Practices of Contextual Interpretations and Their Pedagogical Implications, in the Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meetings, Philadelphia, 19-22, November, Presented paper on Cross-Scritpural Reading and Higher Education, (printed in the proceedings) in the International Symposium on Religion and Morality in Higher Education held at Fudan University, Shanghai, October, Presented paper on God s Asian Names: Rendering God in Asian Context, Society of Biblical Literature, International Meeting, Singapore, 26 June-I July,

12 17. Organized and monitored the session on Cultural Reception of the Bible in Asia at Society of Biblical Literature, International Meeting, Singapore, 26 June-I July, Paper presenter: A Chinese Bible or a Foreign Book: Yen Fuh s Attempt to Translate the Bible, in the Bible Translation section of the Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meetings, Atlanta, George, November, Presented paper on Naming God in China at the conference of Graduate Theological Union and Institute of World Religions of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences on the conference entitled Faithful/Fateful Encounters: Religion and Cultural Exchanges between Asia and the West held in Beijing, October, Paper Presenter: Engaging Lamentations in Chinese Contexts at Lamentations in Ancient and Contemporary Contexts Group, Society of Biblical Literature, Toronto, Canada, November, IV. Service to Community Professional organizations, learned societies, governmental, public and other special committees, boards, agencies: 1. Member, Joint CUHK NTEC Clinical Ethics Committee, Hospital Authority, Hong Kong, Honorary Director, Christianity in Asia Project at Centre for Advanced Religious and Theological Studies, Faculty of Divinity, Cambridge University, Assessor of doctoral candidacy (2001) and examiner of a doctoral dissertation (2000), The Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge. 4. Committee member of Contextual Biblical Interpretation, Society of Biblical Literature, Reviewer, Revision of the Chinese Union Version Bible Translation, United Bible Society, External Reviewer, Faculty Coversion Review Panel, Re-titling Exercise for Academic Staff of the Faculty of Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University, March, External Reviewer for 3 faculty members in the Academic Staff Promotion Exercises, Hong Kong Baptist University, , 04-05, Hong Kong Convension Ambassador, Vice Chair, Ethics Committee, Council on Human Reproductive Technology, Hong Kong Government, Member, Council on Human Reproductive Technology, Hong Kong Government, Member, Board of Directors, True Light Middle School, True Light Girls College, Member, Board of Directors, Ying Wah Girls School,