The Chinese University of Hong Kong and University of Notre Joint Conference on Christianity in Asia: Past, Present and Future Date: May 26-28, 2011 Venue: Lecture Theatre 3, Esther Lee Building, Jointly organized by: Sponsored by: Additional support provided by: The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Department of Cultural and Religious Studies of and Centre for the Study of Religion and Chinese Society, Chung Chi College) and University of Notre (Center for Asian Studies, Kellogg Institute for International Studies, Asia Initiatives, and Notre Asia Office) The Lanson Foundation, Chung Chi College and University of Notre (Provost Office, International Office, Kellogg Institute for International Studies, Center for Asian Studies) University of Notre (Mendoza College of Business, Graduate School, College of Arts & Letters, Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts, Department of Theology) and the U.S. Department of Education Conference Programme May 26, 2011 (Thu) Opening Ceremony (09:00 to 09:45) Moderator: Professor LAI Pan Chiu (Associate Dean, Faculty of Arts, ) Officiating Guest: Mr. Tung Kwok Cheung (Representative from the Lanson Foundation) Addresses by: (Each speaker has ~3 minutes) From Professor Jack CHENG (Pro-Vice-Chancellor of ) Professor LEUNG Yuen Sang (Head of Chung Chi College, ) Professor LAI Chi Tim (Chairman, Department of Cultural and Religious Studies, ) From University of Notre Dr. Jonathan NOBLE (Advisor of Asia Initiatives, Office of the Provost, University of Notre ) Professor Howard GOLDBLATT (Director of Center for Asian Studies, University of Notre ) Professor Gregory E. STERLING (Dean of Graduate School, Professor of Theology, University of Notre ) Souvenir to the Lanson Foundation Group Photo Refreshment (09:45 to 10:15) 2
At the panels: Each panel is hosted by a Chair to introduce speakers and chair the floor discussion Each panel has 2-3 presenters and they have 20 minutes each to present the main points of their papers Discussant then has 5 minutes to comment on each paper Time remaining (about 40-35 minutes) will be open for questions and floor discussion May 26, 2011 (Thu) Panel 1 (10:15-12:30)_ Theme: Ecumenical Movement and Political Dimension of Christianity in Asia Chair: Professor Gregory E. STERLING (Dean of the Graduate School and Professor of Theology, University of Notre ) Discussant: Professor Robert GIMELLO (Research Professor of Theology and East Asian, University of Notre ) Name Institute Title of paper 1. Professor YIP Ching Wah Francis Assistant Professor, Divinity School of Chung Chi College, Inclusivism with Chinese Characteristics: Official Protestant Theology in Contemporary China 2. Dr. GAO Zhe Instructor, School of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Minzu University of China 3. Professor PAEK Chong-ku Associate Professor, Graduate School of Theology, Seoul Christian University Centesimus Annus and China s Market Economy: A Contextual Commentary The Policy of Religion and Protestant Christianity in Korea (1945-2010): History and Prospect 4. Rev. Dr. Tobias BRANDNER Assistant Professor, Divinity School of Chung Chi College, China and Asia: A Survey and Assessment of Ecumenical, Missionary, and Inter-church Relations between China and Asia Panel 2 (14:00 to 16:00) Theme: Biblical Translation and Christian Literature in Asia Chair: Professor Howard GOLDBLATT (Director of the Center for Asian Studies and Research Professor in East Asian Languages and Cultures, University of Notre ) Discussant: Professor LO Lung Kwong (Director, Divinity School of Chung Chi College,, and Associate Director, Centre for the Study of Religion and Chinese Society, Chung Chi College, ) 5. Professor CHONG Yau Yuk Associate Professor, Department of Translation, The Role of Contemporary Translation Theory in Chinese Bible Translation 6. Professor John Tsz Pang LAI Assistant Professor, Department of Cultural and Religious Studies, Translating the Religious Message: Euro-American Christian Literature and Its Impact on Late-Qing China 3
7. Dr. César GUILLEN Researcher, Macau Ricci Institute Western Religious and Chinese Literati Portraiture as Reflected in the Portrait of Matteo Ricci Panel 3 (16:15 to 18:15) Theme: Exploring Christian Perspectives for Business Ethics in China Chair: Professor Agustin FUENTES (Director of the Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts and Professor of Anthropology) Discussant: Professor Susan BLUM (Professor and incoming Chair, Department of Anthropology) 8. Professor Georges ENDERLE Ryan Professor of International Business Ethics, Mendoza College of Business, University of Notre Wealth Creation in China from a Christian Perspective 9. Professor LEE Kam Hon Professor of Marketing, School of Hotel and Tourism Management, Faculty of Business Administration, 10. Professor ZHAO Xiao Professor, School of Economics and Management, University of Science and Technology, Beijing Christian Witness in the Marketplace in Hong Kong Christianity, Pioneering the Progress of China's Ethics May 27, 2011 (Friday) Panel 4 (09:00 to 11:00) Theme: Historical and Transnational Dimensions of Christianity in Asia Chair: Dr. Patrick M W TAVEIRNE (Director, Centre for Catholic Studies, ) Discussant: Professor Gregory E. STERLING (Dean of the Graduate School and Professor of Theology, University of Notre ) 11. Professor Philip LEUNG Yuen Sang Professor of History, Department of History and Head of Chung Chi College, Glowing Points of Light: Three Special Christian Communities in Contemporary China 12. Professor Sylvia LIN Associate Professor, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, University of Notre 13. Mr. Cole CARNESECCA Graduate Student, Department of Sociology, University of Notre Blessing in Disguise? Protestant Missionary Publications in Late Imperial China Revolution and Religious Reform: the Indigenous Church Movement in Republican China 4
Panel 5 (14:00 to 16:00) Theme: Religion and Ethnographies in Asia Chair: Professor Susan BLUM (Professor and Incoming Chair, Department of Anthropology, University of Notre ) Discussant: Professor Agustin FUENTES (Director of the Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts and Professor of Anthropology, University of Notre ) 14. Ms. LIU Jingjing Assistant Researcher, Macao Ricci Institute Should Christianity Supplement Confucianism and Replace Buddhism? ---A Case study of Zhang Xingyao 15. Professor Gustav K. K. YEUNG and Dr. CHOW Wai Yin Assistant Professor, Department of Cultural and Religious Studies and Instructor, Department of Cultural and Religious Studies, A Catholic-Daoist Imagination of Healing: The Reinterpretation of Holistic Health by Catholic Christians in Hong Kong 16. Dr. Adam Yuet CHAU University Lecturer in the Anthropology of Modern China, Department of East Asian Studies, Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cambridge Efficacy, Not Confessionality: On Ritual Polytropy in China Panel 6 (16:15 to 18:15) Theme: Exploring Christian Perspectives for Bioethics in China Chair: Professor Maura RYAN (Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Letters and Professor of Theology, University of Notre ) Discussant: Professor Georges ENDERLE (Ryan Professor of International Business Ethics, Mendoza College of Business, University of Notre ) 17. Professor Gerhold K. BECKER Regular Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Philosophy, Assumption University, Bangkok, Chair Professor (ret.) and Founding Director, Centre for Applied Ethics Hong Kong Baptist University Revisiting the Foundations of Bioethics: Prospects of a Sino-Christian Discourse 18. Dr. Joseph THAM Assistant Professor, School of Bioethics, Regina Apostolorum Pontifical University, Italy Challenges of Bioethics in Asia: A Natural Law Perspective 19. Professor Edwin C HUI Professor of Medical Ethics, Faculty of Medicine, Hong Kong University Contemporary Bioethical Issues in China and the Relevance of the Christian Human Personhood 5
May 28, 2011 (Saturday) Panel 7 (09:00 to 11:00) Theme: Inter-religious Dimensions of Christianity in Asia Chair: Professor Matthew Ashley (Chair, Department of Theology, University of Notre ) Discussants: Professor Maura RYAN (Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Letters and Professor of Theology, University of Notre ) 20. Professor LAI Pan Chiu Professor, Department of Cultural and Religious Studies and Associate Dean (Education), Faculty of Arts, Reconsidering Christian Doctrine of Salvation in Mahayana Buddhist Perspective 21. Professor Robert GIMELLO Research Professor of Theology and East Asian, University of Notre 22. Professor HUANG Yong Professor, Department of Philosophy; Kutztown University of USA and Visiting Professor, Department of Philosophy, Proclaiming the Word, Propagating the Dharma: Comparative Reflections on Christian and Buddhist Missionary Efforts in Chinese History Theology of Creativity: Neo-Confucian and (neo-)christian(?) Panel Discussion and Concluding Session (11:15 to 12:30) Moderator: Professor Richard MADSEN (with a short talk in 15 minutes) Panelists: (each has 5 minutes) Professor Robert GIMELLO (Research Professor of Theology and East Asian, University of Notre ) Professor LAI Pan Chiu (Professor, Department of Cultural and Religious Studies and Associate Dean (Education), Faculty of Arts, ) Discussion to be opened to the floor Optional Local Excursion to Religious Sites in Hong Kong (14:00-20:00) 14:15 for Chi Lin Nunnery 15:00 to 17:00 Visit Chi Lin Nunnery and Nan Lian Garden (with guided tour) 17:30 to 20:00 Visit and dinner at International Buddhist Progress Society, Hong Kong (with guided tour) May 29, 2011 (Sunday) Optional Cultural Tour to Macao (tentative plan) 08:00 Hyatt Regency Shatin for pier 9:15 Ferry to Macao 10:15 to 12:30 Visits 12:30 to 14:00 Lunch 14:00 to 16:00 Visits 16:30 Ferry to Hong Kong 17:30 End of the tour 6