From the Journal

Chinese Public Theology for Our Time

Volume 28, Number 1 • Summer 2026

A Reading Guide to Chinese Public Theology

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Book Cover of: Both a Pearl and a Leaven: Contextualising Herman Bavinck’s Public Theology of the Kingdom of God in Mainland China In Neo-Calvinism

Both a Pearl and a Leaven: Contextualising Herman Bavinck’s Public Theology of the Kingdom of God in Mainland China In Neocalvinism: Formationen und Vernetzungen einer transnationalen Bewegung / Neocalvinism: Formations and Networks of a Transnational Theological Movement. 

By Xu Ximian

Edited by Kai-Ole Eberhardt, Marco Hofheinz and Hans-Georg Ulrichs. 427–441. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2025. 

Book Cover of: Moral Triumph: The Public Face of Christianity in China 

Moral Triumph: The Public Face of Christianity in China 

By Zhibin Xie

Fortress Press, 2023. 

Book Cover of: Chinese Public Theology: Generational Shifts and Confucian Imagination in Chinese Christianity 

Chinese Public Theology: Generational Shifts and Confucian Imagination in Chinese Christianity 

By Alexander Chow

Oxford University Press, 2018. 

Book Cover of:《誰是時代的先知?:馬丁路德金恩與葛理翰的公共神學實踐》 

《誰是時代的先知?:馬丁路德金恩與葛理翰的公共神學實踐》 

羅秉祥著,校園書房出版社,2025.10 

Book Cover of:《人人都需要的公共神学》 

《人人都需要的公共神学》 

普世佳音出版, 2025.3 

Book Cover of:《神學美學:一部談美說愛的敘事》

《神學美學:一部談美說愛的敘事》 

彭盛有著,宇宙光出版社,2026.4 

Book Cover of:《活出國度的福音:與神共創華人教會的大未來》 

《活出國度的福音:與神共創華人教會的大未來》 

董家驊主編,校園書房出版社, 2026.5 

Book Cover of:《秉烛:汉语公共神学国际学刊》 

《秉烛:汉语公共神学国际学刊》 

汉语公共神学学会主编

Book Cover of:《谁在你的世界掌权?人人都需要的公共神学2 》 

《谁在你的世界掌权?人人都需要的公共神学2 》 

普世佳音出版, 2026.7 

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