Institute of Sino-Christian Studies
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The Institute of Sino-Christian Studies (ISCS), located at Tao Fung Shan, was founded in Hong Kong in 1995.
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[edit] History
The mission of the Institute follows the great aspirations of Dr. Karl L Reichelt, the Norwegian Sinologist and founder of Tao Fung Shan, to promote the contextualization of Christian theology in Chinese culture and to further develop dialogue with other cultures and religions. During the trial period from 1993 to 1994, the work of ISCS was proven significant and outstanding. In 1995, the "Institute of Sino-Christian Studies" formally came into being as a non-profit academic institute registered with the Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
[edit] Objectives
- To promote multi-disciplinary studies of Christian thought and culture among humanities scholars and to facilitate the academic interaction between the study of Chinese Christian culture and contemporary Chinese humanities.
- To invite and mobilize academicians and scholars from China and across the world, in the church and non-church affiliated, to undertake a joint construction of a Christian theology in Chinese that is deeply rooted on Chinese soil as a living embodiment of Chinese culture and thought and is at the same time oriented to international dialogues.
- To invite Chinese and foreign scholars from Protestant as well as Catholic, Orthodox and other traditions to participate in an ecumenical spirit to promote trans-religious, trans-denominational dialogue and cooperation.
[edit] Academic directions
- Translation: To translate Christian academic classics into Chinese, in the hope that a solid foundation for a substantial library of Christian scholarship be laid for further research, furnishing the contemporaries and the generations to come with classic material for Sino-Christian studies.
- Dialogue: To promote inter-disciplinary and inter-religious dialogues between Chinese Christian scholars and international scholars from different academic disciplines and/or from other religious traditions.
- Contextualization: To encourage Chinese and international Christian scholars to rediscover Christian significance within the modern sociological and religious contexts of China.
- Reinterpretation: To call for the interpretation of the centuries of Christian thought with the aid of our Chinese thinking and cultural experiences.
[edit] Academic plans and programmes
- Topical Research - Topical Research is jointly untertaken by full-time research fellows and visiting scholars in accordance with prescribed research topics.
- "Visiting Scholar" Program -
- Academic Activities -
- "Tao Fong Scholarship" Program -
- Tao Fong Literary Prize -
[edit] Academic publication
- Chinese Acadmeic Library of Chrisitan Thought (CALCT) - Including Chinese translations of Western and Eastern Christian classics and the new edition of ancient Chinese Christian literature.
- Institute of Sino-Christian Studies Monographs Series (ISCS Monographs) - Convering the research results and efforts in developing Chinese Christian culture over the years
- Logos & Pneuma Translation Series (LPT) - Presenting famous works, course reference books and textbooks from international theolgoical circle in convenient format.
- Logos & Pneuma: Chinese Journal of Theology - publishing semi-annually, with local and international contributors, mainly scholars in philosophy, theology and religious studies.
