Alexander Chow
@alexanderchow.bsky.social
Sr Lecturer in Theology and World Christianity at @UoEDivinity.bsky.social. Co-Director of @CSWCEdinburgh.bsky.social.
🏠 https://alexanderchow.wordpress.com
🏠 https://alexanderchow.wordpress.com
Lovely to see Chinese Heritage in British Christianity at #aarsbl25 — and at 50% off! Thanks to @dshervington.bsky.social and @scmpress.bsky.social for making it a reality. #morethanforeigners #ChineseChristianity
November 23, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Lovely to see Chinese Heritage in British Christianity at #aarsbl25 — and at 50% off! Thanks to @dshervington.bsky.social and @scmpress.bsky.social for making it a reality. #morethanforeigners #ChineseChristianity
Finished with another day at work at @uoedivinity.bsky.social.
November 19, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Finished with another day at work at @uoedivinity.bsky.social.
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Yesterday, we celebrated the 10-vol Edinburgh Companions to Global Christianity w/ @edinburghup.bsky.social. 🥂🎉
With us were editors Ken Ross (Centre hon. fellow) and Todd Johnson, and contributing editors Mariz Tadros and Gina Zurlo. #WorldChristianity edinburghuniversitypress.com/series-edinb...
With us were editors Ken Ross (Centre hon. fellow) and Todd Johnson, and contributing editors Mariz Tadros and Gina Zurlo. #WorldChristianity edinburghuniversitypress.com/series-edinb...
November 12, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Yesterday, we celebrated the 10-vol Edinburgh Companions to Global Christianity w/ @edinburghup.bsky.social. 🥂🎉
With us were editors Ken Ross (Centre hon. fellow) and Todd Johnson, and contributing editors Mariz Tadros and Gina Zurlo. #WorldChristianity edinburghuniversitypress.com/series-edinb...
With us were editors Ken Ross (Centre hon. fellow) and Todd Johnson, and contributing editors Mariz Tadros and Gina Zurlo. #WorldChristianity edinburghuniversitypress.com/series-edinb...
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The Calcutta Christian Observer [1832-1862) now online (in part) missiology.org.uk/journal_calc... #ChristianMissions #India #journals #TheologyontheWeb
November 3, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The Calcutta Christian Observer [1832-1862) now online (in part) missiology.org.uk/journal_calc... #ChristianMissions #India #journals #TheologyontheWeb
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My article is the featured article @cswcedinburgh.bsky.social so free to read. Please spread the news... #ecumenical #mission #CSSong
Benjamin Aldous (@jazzgoat.bsky.social) examines the theological and missiological contributions of C. S. Song, asking critical questions as to how Song can be better appreciated in the ecumenical landscape of England. #ecumenism @churchesengland.bsky.social 4/6
www.euppublishing.com/doi/full/10....
www.euppublishing.com/doi/full/10....
October 29, 2025 at 5:14 PM
My article is the featured article @cswcedinburgh.bsky.social so free to read. Please spread the news... #ecumenical #mission #CSSong
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We are glad to highlight Benjamin Aldous’s piece as our featured article of this issue. For a limited time, there is #NoPaywall and it is well worth being widely read! #MissionStudies #WorldChristianity #EcumenicalTheology #CSSong @edinburghup.bsky.social @churchesengland.bsky.social
Benjamin Aldous (@jazzgoat.bsky.social) examines the theological and missiological contributions of C. S. Song, asking critical questions as to how Song can be better appreciated in the ecumenical landscape of England. #ecumenism @churchesengland.bsky.social 4/6
www.euppublishing.com/doi/full/10....
www.euppublishing.com/doi/full/10....
October 29, 2025 at 4:47 PM
We are glad to highlight Benjamin Aldous’s piece as our featured article of this issue. For a limited time, there is #NoPaywall and it is well worth being widely read! #MissionStudies #WorldChristianity #EcumenicalTheology #CSSong @edinburghup.bsky.social @churchesengland.bsky.social
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📢 Just out—𝑆𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑊𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦 31.3. What a privilege to publish this final issue of our 30th anniversary year with exceptional articles that are representative and reflective of #WorldChristianity and #MissionStudies. 1/6 @edinburghup.bsky.social www.cswc.div.ed.ac.uk/studies-in-w...
October 29, 2025 at 4:41 PM
📢 Just out—𝑆𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑊𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦 31.3. What a privilege to publish this final issue of our 30th anniversary year with exceptional articles that are representative and reflective of #WorldChristianity and #MissionStudies. 1/6 @edinburghup.bsky.social www.cswc.div.ed.ac.uk/studies-in-w...
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Call for Papers for #YaleEdin2026: Popular, Folk, Grassroots and Pop Culture in World Christianity and the History of Mission #WorldChristianity #MissionHistory www.cswc.div.ed.ac.uk/2025/10/yale...
Yale-Edinburgh 2026 – Call for Papers
Popular, Folk, Grassroots and Pop Culture in World Christianity and the History of Mission10–12 June 2026 ‧ New College, University of Edinburgh ‧ #YaleEdin2026Yale-Edinburgh Conference on World Ch…
www.cswc.div.ed.ac.uk
October 14, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Call for Papers for #YaleEdin2026: Popular, Folk, Grassroots and Pop Culture in World Christianity and the History of Mission #WorldChristianity #MissionHistory www.cswc.div.ed.ac.uk/2025/10/yale...
Congratulations to Dr Ximian Xu and Professor David Fergusson for a successful launch of the Cambridge Centre for Chinese Theology. Glad to be able to participate in the launch and deliver the inaugural keynote lecture. #ChineseChristianity #WorldChristianity
October 2, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Congratulations to Dr Ximian Xu and Professor David Fergusson for a successful launch of the Cambridge Centre for Chinese Theology. Glad to be able to participate in the launch and deliver the inaugural keynote lecture. #ChineseChristianity #WorldChristianity
Putting together the final pieces for my lecture: Worlding Chinese Christianities. Tomorrow, we celebrate the launch of the new Cambridge Centre for Chinese Theology.
#ChineseChristianities #WorldChristianity #TheoSky
#ChineseChristianities #WorldChristianity #TheoSky
October 1, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Putting together the final pieces for my lecture: Worlding Chinese Christianities. Tomorrow, we celebrate the launch of the new Cambridge Centre for Chinese Theology.
#ChineseChristianities #WorldChristianity #TheoSky
#ChineseChristianities #WorldChristianity #TheoSky
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JOB> University of Toronto - Religions of Transnational East Asia networks.h-net.org/jobs/69189/u...
University of Toronto - Religions of Transnational East Asia | H-Net
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October 1, 2025 at 7:14 AM
JOB> University of Toronto - Religions of Transnational East Asia networks.h-net.org/jobs/69189/u...
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Really enjoyed writing “The Colour of Revival” for the latest issue of Preach Magazine.
“If we can't hear the sound of revival, let us at least see its colour.”
#QuietRevival #BritishChristianity #GlobalMajority
www.preachweb.org/issues
“If we can't hear the sound of revival, let us at least see its colour.”
#QuietRevival #BritishChristianity #GlobalMajority
www.preachweb.org/issues
September 23, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Really enjoyed writing “The Colour of Revival” for the latest issue of Preach Magazine.
“If we can't hear the sound of revival, let us at least see its colour.”
#QuietRevival #BritishChristianity #GlobalMajority
www.preachweb.org/issues
“If we can't hear the sound of revival, let us at least see its colour.”
#QuietRevival #BritishChristianity #GlobalMajority
www.preachweb.org/issues
Interested in #WorldChristianity but not sure where to start? Check out THIRTY YEARS of Studies in World Christianity, the premier journal in the field.
@edinburghup.bsky.social has made available articles throughout the years to help us celebrate!
📝 www.euppublishing.com/virtualissue... 1/2
@edinburghup.bsky.social has made available articles throughout the years to help us celebrate!
📝 www.euppublishing.com/virtualissue... 1/2
September 10, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Interested in #WorldChristianity but not sure where to start? Check out THIRTY YEARS of Studies in World Christianity, the premier journal in the field.
@edinburghup.bsky.social has made available articles throughout the years to help us celebrate!
📝 www.euppublishing.com/virtualissue... 1/2
@edinburghup.bsky.social has made available articles throughout the years to help us celebrate!
📝 www.euppublishing.com/virtualissue... 1/2
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We have 2 exciting vacancies here at Cranmer Hall! Please head to - www.cranmerhall.com/resources/vacancies/ for more information and how to apply.
August 26, 2025 at 12:46 PM
We have 2 exciting vacancies here at Cranmer Hall! Please head to - www.cranmerhall.com/resources/vacancies/ for more information and how to apply.
A huge congratulations to Elilo Ezung! 👏🏼🎉
Another successfully completed @cswcedinburgh.bsky.social PhD student. Thanks to Professors Emma Wild-Wood (pictured) and Kirsteen Kim (@fullerseminary.bsky.social) for their efforts examining Eli’s PhD.
Another successfully completed @cswcedinburgh.bsky.social PhD student. Thanks to Professors Emma Wild-Wood (pictured) and Kirsteen Kim (@fullerseminary.bsky.social) for their efforts examining Eli’s PhD.
August 22, 2025 at 11:49 AM
A huge congratulations to Elilo Ezung! 👏🏼🎉
Another successfully completed @cswcedinburgh.bsky.social PhD student. Thanks to Professors Emma Wild-Wood (pictured) and Kirsteen Kim (@fullerseminary.bsky.social) for their efforts examining Eli’s PhD.
Another successfully completed @cswcedinburgh.bsky.social PhD student. Thanks to Professors Emma Wild-Wood (pictured) and Kirsteen Kim (@fullerseminary.bsky.social) for their efforts examining Eli’s PhD.
August 21, 2025 at 1:22 PM
“[The] human vision of neighbourliness has begun to expand to include all creation, seen and unseen. Loving our neighbour has come to mean recycling, reforestation and cleaning up the waters around us.” —Mercy Oduyoye, _Beads and Strands_ #EcoTheology #WorldChristianity
August 18, 2025 at 8:43 AM
“[The] human vision of neighbourliness has begun to expand to include all creation, seen and unseen. Loving our neighbour has come to mean recycling, reforestation and cleaning up the waters around us.” —Mercy Oduyoye, _Beads and Strands_ #EcoTheology #WorldChristianity
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"TRANSLINGUAL CATHOLICS narrates the overlooked contributions of #Catholic intellectuals of twentieth-century #China, correcting the unbalanced nature of scholarship on Chinese #Christianities." ~Alexander Chow #LiuInstitute #Theology
Book: https://bit.ly/3NYFnCW
Book: https://bit.ly/3NYFnCW
August 15, 2025 at 8:05 PM
"TRANSLINGUAL CATHOLICS narrates the overlooked contributions of #Catholic intellectuals of twentieth-century #China, correcting the unbalanced nature of scholarship on Chinese #Christianities." ~Alexander Chow #LiuInstitute #Theology
Book: https://bit.ly/3NYFnCW
Book: https://bit.ly/3NYFnCW
Really appreciate this thoughtful chapter-by-chapter reflection of 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 from a Canadian perspective. #morethanforeigners @scmpress.bsky.social
May 7, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Really appreciate this thoughtful chapter-by-chapter reflection of 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 from a Canadian perspective. #morethanforeigners @scmpress.bsky.social
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Thread containing my stream of thoughts as I read through this book, "Chinese Heritage in British Christianity: More than Foreigners" edited by Alexander Chow
Looking forward to digging into this book as a Hong Konger and Chinese Canadian Christian
May 5, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Thread containing my stream of thoughts as I read through this book, "Chinese Heritage in British Christianity: More than Foreigners" edited by Alexander Chow
Another important Latin American theologian has passed: Samuel Escobar. He was a major figure in integral mission, often consider an evangelical form of “liberation theology.” www.christiandaily.com/news/samuel-...
Samuel Escobar, Latin American theologian and missions leader, dies at 90
Samuel Escobar Aguirre, a leading Peruvian theologian, missiologist and Bible scholar, died April 28 at the age of 90. Born in Arequipa, Peru, in 1934, Escobar devoted his life to serving the church a...
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April 30, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Another important Latin American theologian has passed: Samuel Escobar. He was a major figure in integral mission, often consider an evangelical form of “liberation theology.” www.christiandaily.com/news/samuel-...
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Now available as an epub:
- The Seeking Heart (@ianjmobsby.bsky.social)
- Behold the Men
- Pursuing Perfection
- Chinese Heritage in British Christianity (@alexanderchow.bsky.social)
- Curating Spaces of Hope (@spacesofhope.bsky.social)
- Introducing Analytic Theology
- The Seeking Heart (@ianjmobsby.bsky.social)
- Behold the Men
- Pursuing Perfection
- Chinese Heritage in British Christianity (@alexanderchow.bsky.social)
- Curating Spaces of Hope (@spacesofhope.bsky.social)
- Introducing Analytic Theology
April 28, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Now available as an epub:
- The Seeking Heart (@ianjmobsby.bsky.social)
- Behold the Men
- Pursuing Perfection
- Chinese Heritage in British Christianity (@alexanderchow.bsky.social)
- Curating Spaces of Hope (@spacesofhope.bsky.social)
- Introducing Analytic Theology
- The Seeking Heart (@ianjmobsby.bsky.social)
- Behold the Men
- Pursuing Perfection
- Chinese Heritage in British Christianity (@alexanderchow.bsky.social)
- Curating Spaces of Hope (@spacesofhope.bsky.social)
- Introducing Analytic Theology
Thanks be to God for Pope Francis—his life, his ministry, and his witness.
Pope Francis, groundbreaking Jesuit pontiff, dies aged 88
Death of 267th head of Catholic church triggers period of global mourning and Vatican conclave of cardinals to elect successor
www.theguardian.com
April 21, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Thanks be to God for Pope Francis—his life, his ministry, and his witness.