Naomi THURSTON

Naomi THURSTON
Assistant Professor
BA, MA (University of Alabama); PhD (University of Wales Trinity Saint David)

Telephone: (852) 3943 1369
Email: naomielainethurston@cuhk.edu.hk

Research Interests
  1. Sino-Christian Theology
  2. Sino-Christian Studies
  3. Contemporary Chinese Christianity

Studying Christianity in China: Constructions of an Emerging Discourse (Brill, 2018)

  1. “Relating to the Whole Community in Akan and East Asian Ancestral Traditions,” Filosofia Theoretica Volume 11, Issue 1 (January/April 2022) 159-171. https://www.pdcnet.org/ft/content/ft_2022_0011_0001_0159_0171
  2. “Zha Changping's History of Ideas in Pioneering Contemporary Chinese Art: An Introduction,” Contemporary Chinese Thought Volume 51, Issue 1, 2020.
  3. “A New Generation of Sino-Christian Scholars: Shifting Concerns among Researchers of Christianity,” International Journal of Asian Christianity Volume 2 (2019): Issue 1 (Mar 2019).
  4. “Reading Religion in China Today: Interviews with Chinese Christianity Researchers,” Review of Religion and Chinese Society 4 (2017) 5-31
  5. “Negotiating Tolerance: Gotthold Ephraim Lessing and Researching Religion in China,” Budhi: A Journal of Ideas and Culture, Vol XXI. No 1. (April 2017) 113-61
  1. With Wang Wenqian: Translation of Zha Changping 查常平. "Translation and Theology: The Lord’s Prayer in Three Chinese Versions." International Bulletin of Missionary Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/23969393221106182, first published online: 23 Sept. 2022.
  2. Translation of Zha Changping 查常平. “The Great Commission: The Greek Text and Its Translations.” In Yearbook of Chinese Theology, Vol. 7, edited by Paulos Z. Huang. Leiden: Brill, 2021, pp. 195–204.
  3. Andrew Chai, Seeking Truth Beyond Facts 2 (Logos and Pneuma Press, 2018)
  1. “You Bin 游斌, Meditations on the Birth of Christ: Reflections for Advent in the Context of Chinese Culture,” Ching Feng, n.s., 21: 1–8 (pre-print version) Accepted December 20, 2022; Published online December 28, 2022. URL: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lwriuX_cTYBszzAgbqYwG5iUzM3anKu3/view
  2. “Li Ma, Religious Entrepreneurism in China’s Urban House Churches: The Rise and Fall of Early Rain Reformed Presbyterian ChurchInternational Bulletin of Mission Research. 45 (4) (October 2021) 431-432 https://doi.org/10.1177/2396939320968002 Volume 45 Issue 4, October 2021
  3. “Hong Liang 洪亮, Leben vor den letzten Dingen: Die Dostojewski-Rezeption im frühen Werk von Karl Barth und Eduard Thurneysen (1915-1923)Christianity & Literature 68 (1) 159-165
  4. “Alexander Chow, Chinese Public Theology: Generational Shifts and Confucian Imagination in Chinese ChristianityInternational Journal of Asian Christianity 1 (2018) 350-352
  5. “Liu Xiaofeng 刘小枫 (and Leopold Leeb, trans.), A Collection of Essays by Liu XiaofengQuest: Studies on Religion & Culture in Asia 1 (2016) 113-116
  1. With Lim Eugen. Translation of Wang Xieda and Liu Chuyu (王燮达、刘楚筠). 方舟计划 The Ark Project. Amanyangyun International Community (养云安缦国际社区). 2022.
  2. ‘The Psalmist’s Lament and Contemporary Chinese Hymnody,’ Divinity School Newsletter Vol 27, 2022. (URL: https://www.theology.cuhk.edu.hk/en/publication/newsletter/issue27/article)
  3. 〈橫跨時區的教學:網課與莫特曼〉,《神學院通訊》,68(2021)。(網址:https://www.theology.cuhk.edu.hk/tc/publication/newsletter/issue68/article