Francis Ching-wah Yip

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Francis Ching-wah Yip (Chinese: 葉菁華; born 1967)^[1] is director and associate professor of divinity school of Chung Chi College (DSCCC), Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK).^[2]

Biography

Yip attended in Christian primary schools and was active in student fellowship during high school. He obtained a Bachelor of Social Science, major in Journalism at the CUHK. Between 1992 and 1995, he studied M.Div. at the DSCCC. before receiving a scholarship to do a Th.D. at Harvard Divinity School and graduated in 2004.^[2][1] His Ph.D. thesis was then published as a monograph, named Capitalism as Religion? A Study of Paul Tillich's Interpretation of Modernity.^[3]

He joined the DSCCC in 2005 as assistant professor. In August 2020, he succeeded Ying Fuk-tsang as the Director of DSCCC. He was nicknamed as "Teacher Frog" by his students at DSCCC.^[4]

Works

• Yip, Francis Ching-Wah (2010). Capitalism as Religion? A Study of Paul Tillich's Interpretation of Modernity. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Theological Studies. ISBN 9780674021471.
• Kwok, Pui-lan; Yip, Francis Ching-Wah, eds. (2021). The Hong Kong Protests and Political Theology. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9781538148716.

References

1. "香港中文大學崇基學院神學院 Divinity School of Chung Chi College, CUHK". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2020-12-15.
2. "葉菁華". 香港中文大學崇基學院神學院 (in Traditional Chinese). 2016-10-18. Retrieved 2020-12-15.
3. Yip, Francis Ching-Wah, 1967- (2010). Capitalism as religion? : a study of Paul Tillich's interpretation of modernity. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard Divinity School. ISBN 978-0-674-02147-1. OCLC 314114066.
4. "亂世中堅守合一精神 專訪崇基學院神學院新任院長葉菁華". christiantimes.org.hk. Retrieved 2020-12-15.