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Dr P Hedges Page 1 of 32 CV CURRICULUM VITAE OF DR P. HEDGES One Page Summary Qualifications: BA (hons), MA, PhD (Wales). Employment: Current: Associate Professor in Interreligious Studies, RSIS, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Previous (includes): Reader in Interreligious Studies, University of Winchester, UK. Visiting Fellow (Religious Studies), Queens University (Canada), ISC Campus, UK. Foreign Expert, Harbin Institute of Technology, China. Awards: Undergraduate and Postgraduate scholarships. Award winning journal article (Journal of Religious History). Publications: 3 sole authored monographs published or in press. 7 edited texts published or in press. 1 sole authored monograph under contract. Over 50 refereed/ peer reviewed journal articles and chapters in edited texts (incl. in press, submitted, or accepted); over 100 recognized published outputs (incl. in press, submitted, or accepted). External review rated my publications for UK Research Excellence Framework 2014 from: 50% 4* & 50% 3*, to 25% 4* & 75% 3* (4* = world leading; 3* = internationally excellent; 2* = international standard; 1* = national standard). Other: Academic management and leadership experience (includes): Programme Leadership. External Examiner experience for two programmes. Academic committee experience (including committee chair). Research Supervision: 2 PhD supervisions completed; 1 now published with Routledge. External Examiner for 4 research degrees. National and International Academic Recognition (includes, past or present): Former journal editor and on editorial board of several journals and books series. Fellow, Higher Education Academy, UK. Former Executive Committee Member, Australian Association for the Study of Religion. Panel of Experts, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.

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Dr P Hedges Page 1 of 32 CV

CURRICULUM VITAE OF DR P. HEDGES

One Page Summary

Qualifications:

BA (hons), MA, PhD (Wales).

Employment:

Current:

Associate Professor in Interreligious Studies, RSIS, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

Previous (includes):

Reader in Interreligious Studies, University of Winchester, UK.

Visiting Fellow (Religious Studies), Queens University (Canada), ISC Campus, UK.

Foreign Expert, Harbin Institute of Technology, China.

Awards:

Undergraduate and Postgraduate scholarships.

Award winning journal article (Journal of Religious History).

Publications:

3 sole authored monographs published or in press.

7 edited texts published or in press.

1 sole authored monograph under contract.

Over 50 refereed/ peer reviewed journal articles and chapters in edited texts (incl. in press, submitted, or accepted); over 100 recognized published outputs (incl. in press, submitted, or accepted).

External review rated my publications for UK Research Excellence Framework 2014 from: 50% 4* & 50% 3*, to 25% 4* & 75% 3* (4* = world leading; 3* = internationally excellent; 2* = international standard; 1* = national standard).

Other:

Academic management and leadership experience (includes):

Programme Leadership.

External Examiner experience for two programmes.

Academic committee experience (including committee chair).

Research Supervision:

2 PhD supervisions completed; 1 now published with Routledge.

External Examiner for 4 research degrees.

National and International Academic Recognition (includes, past or present):

Former journal editor and on editorial board of several journals and books series.

Fellow, Higher Education Academy, UK.

Former Executive Committee Member, Australian Association for the Study of Religion.

Panel of Experts, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.

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Contents

Sections: Page

One Page Summary 1

Contents 2

Detailed Outline 3

1. Education 3 1.1 Qualifications; 1.2 Awards.

2. Employment History 4 2.1 Academic; 2.2. English Language Teaching and Other Work.

3. Teaching 5 3.1 Areas of Teaching Experience; 3.2 Teaching Related.

4. Administrative and Management Roles 6 4.1 Programme Leadership; 4.2 Committee Work; 4.3 External Examination of Taught Programmes.

5. Publications 8 5.1 Single Authored Monographs; 5.2 Edited Volumes; 5.3 Chapters in Edited Texts; 5.4 Peer Reviewed Journal Articles; 5.5 Other Publications; 5.6 Texts which Discuss my Work.

6. Research and Dissemination 19 6.1 Reseach Areas; 6.2 Conference Papers (Academic); 6.3 Public Lectures, Interfaith Talks, and Other Papers.

7. Research Supervision and Examination 26 7.1 Research Supervision; 7.2 External Examination of Research Degrees; 7.3 Other Activities.

8. Professional Status and Activities 27 8.1 Professional Memberships; 8.2 Other Activities; 8.3 Editorial Positions; 8.4 Other Indices of Esteem/ Awards.

9. Skills and Training 32 9.1 Languages; 9.2 Training Sessions and Seminars Attended.

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Detailed Outline

1. Education

1.1 Qualifications

2000 Polyglot Language Centre, London, UK.

Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults (Cambridge/ RSA).

1996 – 1999 University of Wales, Lampeter, UK.

PhD:

Thesis: ‘A History and Study of Fulfilment Theology in Modern British Thought’ (published as monograph in 2001).

Supervisors: Profs Paul Badham and Gavin Flood.

Examiner: Prof. Frank Whaling.

1991 – 1994 (part-time)

University of Wales, Lampeter, UK.

MA ‘Death and Immortality’:

Dissertation: ‘Conceptions of the Intermediate State before Origen’.

Courses: ‘Philosophical and Theological Approaches to the Afterlife’, ‘Christian Conceptions of the Afterlife’; ‘Buddhist and Hindu Conceptions of the Afterlife’.

1988 – 1991 University of Wales, Lampeter, UK.

BA (HONS) Theology and Religious Studies:

Dissertation: ‘Buddhism and the Japanese Martial Arts’.

Part II Courses: ‘Modern Theology’; ‘Pauline Literature’; ‘Johannine Literature’; ‘Christianity in Relation to Other Faiths’; ‘Buddhism’; ‘Hinduism’; ‘New Religious Movements’; ‘Mysticism’.

Part I: Philosophy, Theology, and Religious Studies.

1981-1988 Desborough School, Maidenhead, UK.

3 GCSE ‘A’ Levels (Philosophy, Religious Education, Ancient History), 2 ‘A/O’ Levels, and 12 ‘O’ Levels.

1.2 Awards

Mary Radcliffe Scholarship (postgraduate) – twice awarded.

Bishop van Mildert Scholarship (undergraduate).

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2. Employment History

2.1 Academic

2015 – present

S Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

Associate Professor of Interreligious Studies

Programme for Studies in Inter-Religious Relations in Plural Societies.

2005 – 2014 University of Winchester, UK. Reader in Interreligious Studies.

(previously Senior Lecturer and Lecturer in Theology and Religious Studies).

Programme Leader for Theology and Religious Studies/ Theology, Religion and Ethics (2010 – 2014).

Programme Leader for History, Civilisations and Beliefs (2012 – 2014).

2003 – 2005 & 2007 – 2008 (P/T)

Queen’s University (Canada), ISC Campus, UK.

Visiting Fellow (Religious Studies).

1997 & 1999 (P/T)

University of Wales, Lampeter, UK.

Postgraduate Teaching Assistant.

2.2 English Language Teaching and Other Work

2003 & 2004 (summers)

St Clare’s College, Oxford, UK.

Teacher of English for Academic Purposes.

2001 – 2003: Harbin Institute of Technology, China.

Foreign Expert.

2000, 2001, 2002 (summers)

Alexander’s International School, Bawdsey, UK.

Teacher of English as a Foreign Language.

2001 Heilongjiang University, China. Foreign Expert.

2000 Harbin Star College, China. Foreign Expert.

2000 (P/T) University of Wales, Lampeter, UK.

English Language Tutor.

1991 – 1995 Thames Riviera Hotel, Maidenhead, UK.

Head Waiter (waiter till 1994).

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3. Teaching

3.1 Areas of Teaching Experience

Interreligious Studies:

o Modules: Interfaith Dialogue and Social Cohesion; Comparative Theologies; Religious Diversity and Truth; Intercultural Theology and the Theology of Religions (PG); Encountering Religion: Comparative and Contrastive Perspectives (PG); Dialogue: Interreligious Encounters and Peacebuilding (PG).

Philosophy of religions and the history of thought:

o Modules: Understanding Philosophy of Religion; Spirituality and Reason in the West; Independent Studies in the Philosophy of Religion; Western Philosophy (PG).

Christian thought/ theology:

o Modules: Approaches to Theology; Contemporary Christian Theology; Global Christianities; Christianity and the Bible; Understanding Christianity.

World religions, the study of religion, and issues in religion:

o Modules: Themes and Issues in the Study of Religion; Understanding Religion; Embodiment and Religion; World Religions/ Religious Worlds; Nature and Religion; Studying Religion in Plural Societies: Theories, Methods, and Practices (PG).

Indian and Chinese religions:

o Modules: Buddhism in Global Contexts; Indian Religions and Culture; Indian Religions East and West; Chinese Religion; Representing Confucius.

Death and religion:

o Modules: Mapping Mortality; Contemporary Approaches to Death and Dying (PG); Death and Martyrdom (PG); Death in the Christian Tradition (PG); Death in World Religions (PG); Pastoral Care for the Dying and Bereaved (PG).

3.2 Teaching Related

Always receive good or excellent feedback in module evaluations.

Have received very good and excellent reports from peer review of teaching.

Make regular use of suitable IT (i.e. PowerPoint, multimedia, use of Learning Network (virtual learning environment/ intranet)). Also use IT for assignments, i.e. website submissions, etc. as a way to improve student’s digital technology skills and engagement.

Regularly team teach.

Supervision of dissertations at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

Undertaking training and enhancement in various contexts (i.e. attending Learning and Teaching events and training within Faculty and university; completed all taught parts of Postgraduate Certificate of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education).

Involvement in two national teaching enhancement projects: TESTA (investigation of assessment patterns, student feedback and assignment types); and, FASTECH (study of online delivery modes and outcomes, profiled at: www.fasctech.ac.uk/index.php/our-team/discipline-leaders).

Curriculum development in role as Programme Leader: led redevelopment/ revalidation of undergraduate degree for Theology and Religious Studies, and led development of new multidisciplinary History, Civilisations and Beliefs degree programme (History, Archaeology, and Theology and Religious Studies). Also contributed to new Philosophy, Religion and Ethics degree programme.

Leading and organising field trips in the UK and overseas.

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4. Administrative and Management Roles

4.1 Programme Leadership

2010 – 2014: Programme Leader for Theology and Religious Studies undergraduate programme.

Renamed ‘Theology, Religion, and Ethics’ from 2013.

2013-2014: Helped in development, oversight, and appointed Programme Leader for new Philosophy, Religion, and Ethics undergraduate programme.

o Responsibility for helping design of new multidisciplinary curriculum across university departments and faculties (including Liberal Arts, Classics, English, Politics, and Education Studies).

2010 – 2011: Successfully led re-validation of undergraduate provision.

o External assessors highlighted only 7 changes in paperwork (over 200 pages).

o Praise for innovation, employability skills and other aspects of programme.

o Major redevelopment of programme (due to staff changes and updating from previous revalidation): integration and development of themes built-in; new pattern for assessments and development of skills during course of study; new modules designed; new pattern of final year ‘advanced study options’; study skills built in; enhanced employability skills.

Writing of Annual Evaluation and Action Plans:

o 2011-2012 evaluation used as a model for other programmes.

Planning teaching and supervision for undergraduate programme.

Chairing programme committee meetings.

Organizing Open Days.

Revising course literature.

Academic Conduct Officer duties for Faculty and University.

Liaising with Careers Service, Study Skills, etc. in relation to integration in programme delivery.

2012 – 2014: Programme Leader for History, Civilisations and Beliefs undergraduate programme.

2012: Successfully led validation of new undergraduate provision:

o Recruiting for Sept 2013.

o Developing multidisciplinary curriculum between Departments of History, Archaeology, and Theology and Religious Studies.

Writing of new course literature and promotional material.

Other duties as PL for TRS.

2008 – 2009: Programme Leader for Foundation Degree in Christian Ministry and Theology.

Managing external course validated by university: providing training for Readers in Anglican Church (Winchester and Portsmouth Dioceses).

Liaising with Diocesan course leaders.

Assisting/ advising diocesan course leaders with writing Annual Evaluation and Action Plan and other administrative duties.

4.2 Committee Work

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2012 – 2014: Departmental Representative on Faculty Academic Standards Committee.

Reviewing annual evaluations and quality related paperwork.

Overseeing Learning and Teaching work within Faculty.

2010 – 2012: Faculty Internationalization Liaison Officer.

Compiling and maintaining Faculty Audit of Internationalization.

Attending relevant training and committees.

Leading and advising on Erasmus bids, international funding bids, etc.

o Successful establishment of first Erasmus partnership.

o Leading discussions on joint PhD programme with European university.

2010 – 2011: Reviewing work for Faculty Academic Standards Committee.

2009 – 2014: Departmental Representative on Faculty Health and Safety Committee.

2012 – present: Chair of Committee.

2006 – 2009: Faculty Representative on Senate Academic Standards Committee.

4.3 External Examination of Taught Programmes

2008 – 2013: External Examiner for MA programme, ‘The Body: Eastern and Western Perspectives’, University of Wales, Lampeter/ Trinity St David’s University, UK.

2010 – 2011: External Examiner for MA programme, ‘Systematic and Philosophical Theology’, University of Wales, Lampeter/ Trinity St David’s University, UK (one year substitute due to illness).

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5. Publications

5.1 Single Authored Monographs

2017:

Comparative Theology, Brill Research Perspectives in Theology, Leiden: E. J. Brill (under contract).

2016:

Towards Better Disagreement: A Journey into Religion and Atheism, London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

o Advance Reviews include:

Allison P. Coudert: 'This is a terrific little book!... You have done a remarkably good job: the writing is clear and accessible; to my mind your tone is perfect…. I really liked boxes because they provided short, pertinent examples instead of interrupting the text. I would use this text…. I very much liked your introductory discussion about faith vs. reason…. you covered it beautifully with excellent examples and thought experiments... This was a most enjoyable read.'

Ian S. Markham: 'Judicious, informed, and fair… doesn't simply compare and contrast the different worldview of atheists and believers, but goes behind them…. [C]reates a map of areas of analysis that illuminates and clarifies the debates. It is a compelling tour de force. In this book, Hedges becomes the sage guide that our polarized age desperately needs.'

Michael Ruse: ‘[A] thoughtful and compassionate review…. marked by a gentle courtesy towards disputants, without at all ignoring or belittling genuine disagreements. What makes it remarkably valuable, both for the more general reader as well as the student, is the wide range of issues covered…. Highly recommended.'

2010:

Controversies in Interreligious Dialogue and the Theology of Religions, Controversies in Contextual Theology series, London: SCM Press, 287pp.

o Reviews include:

Gavin D’Costa, Australian Religion Studies Review, 23:2, 2012, ‘Hedges is fast becoming a major theological spokesman for a new brand of “pluralism”…. His two excellent co-edited collections… indicate… the emergence of an interesting synthesis…. [This] book… pushes forward those hints and develops a clear, robust and most interesting position. Hedges… moves through the terrain with clarity and grace.’

Paul Knitter, Horizons, 39:2, 2012: ‘he first describes… the present conversation….. insightfully and constructively…. [And] makes a coherent and convincing case…. Overall, Hedges’ insightful analysis…. is a survey and summons that will creatively unsettle the scholarly conversation and be of great help especially for upper level undergraduate or graduate courses.’

Ian Markham, Modern Believing, 53:1, 2012, ‘This is a very good book. It is the type of book I am pleased to review…. All the major controversies… are described fairly and explored in some detail.’

Sue Dickson, Reviews in Religion and Theology, 19:4, 2012, ‘a thoughtfully argued, well-supported, fascinating, and invigorating text…. [I]t explores the issues, thickens the discussions, and describes a useful proposal for moving ahead….’

George Faithful, Reviews in Religion and Theology, 19:1, 2012, ‘… has done his readers a service…. His perspective is truly global…. His account of the significance of feminist theology is one of the best I have seen.’

Robert J. Schreiter, International Bulletin of Missionary Research, Oct. 2011, ‘…a very useful assessment of the current state of the question…. Most importantly, he opens up a deeper and more complex understanding of the pluralist option…. I would

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recommend it as a reliable guide to this important and complex discussion.’

Hendrik M. Vroom, Studies in Interreligious Dialogue, Review Article, 21:1, 2011, ‘… a rich book that brings together a great deal of literature and points, in my view, to the most reasonable way to deal with interreligious relations.’

Carroll Sefrosa, online book review Uniting Church in Australia Relations with Other Faiths working group, n.d., ‘It is well written… and… encourages creative multidisciplinary thinking in the area.’

2001:

Preparation and Fulfilment: A History and Study of Fulfilment Theology in Modern British Thought in the Indian Context, Studies in the Intercultural History of Christianity series, Bern: Peter Lang, 426pp.

o Reviews include:

Andrew Wingate, World Faiths Encounter, 2002, ‘This is a very comprehensive survey of a theology which has contemporary as well as historical relevance.’

Jan Jongeneel, International Bulletin of Missionary Research, April 2002, ‘… [T]his study… is well done…. Hedges… points to the link between fulfillment theology… logos theology and the concept of religions as “schoolmasters”.’

5.2 Edited Volumes

2016:

Co-editor with Elizabeth Harris and Shanthi Hettiarachchi: Twenty-First Century Theologies of Religions: Retrospection and New Frontiers, Leiden: E. J. Brill.

2015:

Contemporary Muslim-Christian Encounters: Developments, Diversity and Dialogues, London: Bloomsbury Academic.

2014:

General Editor: Controversies in Contemporary Religion: Education, Law, Politics, Society, and Spirituality, Volume 1: ‘Controversial Terms and Debates’, Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger.

General Editor: Controversies in Contemporary Religion: Education, Law, Politics, Society, and Spirituality, Volume 2: ‘Public and Ethical Controversies’, Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger.

General Editor: Controversies in Contemporary Religion: Education, Law, Politics, Society, and Spirituality, Volume 3: ‘Controversies in Traditions and Case Studies’, Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger.

2009:

Co-editor with Alan Race: Christian Approaches to Other Faiths, SCM Reader Series, London: SCM Press, 302pp.

2008:

Co-editor with Alan Race: Christian Approaches to Other Faiths, Core Textbook Series, London: SCM Press, 332pp.

5.3 Chapters in Edited Texts

2017:

‘Anglican Interfaith Relations from 1910 to the C21st’, in Rowan Strong (ed.), The Oxford History of Anglicanism, volume 5: ‘The C20th’, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

2016:

‘The Theology of Religions Typology Redefined: Openness and Tendencies’, in Elizabeth Harris, Paul Hedges, and Shanthi Hettiarachchi (eds), Twenty-First Century Theologies of Religions: Retrospection and New Frontiers, Currents of Encounter series, Leiden: E. J. Brill/ Rodopi, 76-92.

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‘Comparative Methodology and the Religious Studies Toolkit’, in Perry Schmidt-Leukel and Andreas Nehring (eds), Interreligious Comparisons in Religious Studies and Theology: Comparison Revisited, London and New York: Bloomsbury, 17-33.

(Selection and commentary) ‘Rowland Williams and Missions to the Hindu’, in Marion Eggert, Hans-Martin Krämer, Björn Bentlage, and Stefan Reichmuth (eds), Religious Dynamics Under the Impact of Imperialism and Colonialism: A Sourcebook, Leiden: E. J. Brill, 197-211.

‘The Ethics of Comparative Religious Reading: Approaching the Sacred Space of another Tradition’, in Ulrich Winkler, Lidia Rodriguez, and Oddbjørn Leirvik (eds), Contested Spaces, Common Ground, Currents of Encounter series, Leiden: E. J. Brill/ Rodopi, pp. 18-32.

‘What did Kierkegaard Intend? On the Ethics of Belief and the Failure of Fear and Trembling’s Abraham’, in Frederiek Depoortere (ed.), Facing Abraham: Seven Readings of Kierkegaard’s Fear and Trembling, Annua Nuntia Lovaniensia, Leuven: Peeters, pp. 71-97.

2015:

‘The Contemporary Contexts of Christian-Muslim Dialogue’, in Paul Hedges (ed.), Contemporary Muslim-Christian Encounters: Developments, Diversity and Dialogues, London: Bloomsbury Academic, pp. 17-32.

2014:

‘Hospitality, Power and the Theology of Religions: Prophethood in the Abrahamic Context’, in Douglas Pratt, Angela Berlis, and Andreas Krebs (eds), Interreligious Engagement and Theological Reflection: Ecumenical Explorations, Oecumenical Interreligious Studies series Vol. I, Bern: Peter Lang, pp. 155-74.

‘Why are There Many Gods? Religious Diversity and its Challenges’, in Paul Hedges (ed.), Controversies in Contemporary Religion, vol. I, Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger, pp. 191-218.

(With Anna King) ‘Is the Study of Religion Religious? How to Study Religion, and Who Studies Religion?’, in Paul Hedges (ed.), Controversies in Contemporary Religion, vol. I, Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger, pp. 31-56.

(With Anna King) ‘What is Religion? Or What is it We’re Talking About?’, in Paul Hedges (ed.), Controversies in Contemporary Religion, vol. I, Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger, pp. 1-30.

(With Christina Welch) ‘Charisma, Scriptures, Revelation, and Reason: Sources of Religious Authority’, in Paul Hedges (ed.), Controversies in Contemporary Religion, vol. I, Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger, pp. 57-80.

(With Angela Coco) ‘Belonging, Behaving, Believing, Becoming: Religion and Identity’, in Paul Hedges (ed.), Controversies in Contemporary Religion, vol. I, Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger, pp. 163-190.

‘The Old and the New Comparative Theologies: Discourses on Religion, the Theology of Religions, Orientalism and the Boundaries of Traditions’, in Francis Clooney and John Berthrong (eds), European Responses to the New Comparative Theology, Basel: MDPI.

2013:

‘Theological Approaches to the Study of Religion’, in Christopher Partridge (ed.), Introduction to World Religions, Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, pp. 40-2.

‘Interreligious Studies’, in Anne Runehov and Lluis Oviedo (eds), Encyclopedia of Sciences and Religions, New York, NY: Springer, pp. 1176-80.

2012:

‘Radical Orthodoxy and the Closed Western Theological Mind: The Poverty of Radical Orthodoxy in Intercultural and Interreligious Perspective’, in Lisa Isherwood and Marko Zlomislic (eds), The Poverty of Radical Orthodoxy, Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, pp. 119-43.

2011:

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‘An Experiment in Interreligious Theology: Guanyin in the Light of Queer Theology’, in David Cheetham, Oddbjørn Leirvik, Ulrich Winkler, and Judith Gruber (eds), Interreligious Hermeneutics in Pluralistic Europe, Currents of Encounter series, Amsterdam: Rodopi, pp. 203-29.

2010:

‘Can We Still Teach “Religions”?: Towards an Understanding of Religion as Culture and Orientation in Contemporary Pedagogy and Metatheory’, in G. Durka, L. Gearon, M. DeSouza, K. Engebretson (eds), International Handbook for Inter-Religious Education, Vol. I, New York: Springer Academic Publishers, pp. 291-312.

‘China’, in R.D. Hecht and V.F. Biondo (eds), Religion and Everyday Life and Culture, Vol. I: ‘Religion in the Practice of Daily Life in World History’, Westport, CN: Praeger, pp. 44-82.

2009:

(Selection and introduction with Alan Race) ‘Eastern Faith Traditions Respond to Christianity’, in Paul Hedges and Alan Race (eds), Christian Approaches to Other Faiths, Core Reader series, London: SCM Press, pp. 273-93.

(Selection and introduction) ‘Islam’, in Paul Hedges and Alan Race (eds), Christian Approaches to Other Faiths, Core Reader series, London: SCM Press, pp. 133-46.

(Selection and introduction with K.P. Aleaz) ‘Hinduism’, in Paul Hedges and Alan Race (eds), Christian Approaches to Other Faiths, Core Reader series, London: SCM Press, pp. 149-66.

(Selection and introduction) ‘New Religious Movements’, in Paul Hedges and Alan Race (eds), Christian Approaches to Other Faiths, Core Reader series, London: SCM Press, pp. 232-9.

(Selection and introduction) ‘Particularities’, in Paul Hedges and Alan Race (eds), Christian Approaches to Other Faiths, Core Reader Series, London: SCM Press, pp. 61-70.

2008:

‘A Reflection on Typologies: Negotiating a Fast Moving Discussion’, in Paul Hedges and Alan Race (eds), Christian Approaches to Other Faiths, Core Textbook series, London: SCM Press, pp. 17-33.

‘Particularities: Tradition-specific post-modern perspectives’, in Paul Hedges and Alan Race (eds), Christian Approaches to Other Faiths, Core Textbook series, London: SCM Press, pp. 112-35.

In Preparation/ under review:

Various.

5.4 Peer Reviewed Journal Articles

2017:

‘Multiple Religious Belonging after Religion: Theorising Strategic Religious Participation in a Shared Religious Landscape as a Chinese Model’, Open Theology, ‘Multiple Religious Belonging’ special edition.

2016:

‘Gadamer, Play, and Interreligious Dialogue as the Opening of Horizons’, Journal of Dialogue Studies.

‘The Body(Sattva) on the Cross: A Comparative Theological Investigation of The Theology of the Cross in the Light of Chinese Mahayana Suffering Bodhisattvas’, Journal of Buddhist-Christian Studies.

‘Comparative Theology and Hermeneutics: A Gadamerian Approach to Interreligious Interpretation,’ Religions 7.1, 1-20.

‘Towards an Anglican Theology of Buddhism: Mutual Flourishing and Generous Love’, Studies in Interreligious Dialogue 26.1.

2015:

‘Burning for a Cause: Four Factors in Successful Political (and Religious) Self-Immolation Examined in Relation to Alleged Falun Gong “Fanatics” in Tiananmen Square’ Politics and Religion 8, pp. 797-815.

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‘In Defence of Free of Speech and Against the Publication of Certain Cartoons’, RSIS Working Papers no. 294.

(With Anna Halafoff) ‘Globalisation and Multifaith Societies’, Studies in Interreligious Dialogue, ‘Multifaith Societies’ Special Edition.

2014:

‘The Rhetoric and Reception of John Milbank’s Radical Orthodoxy: Privileging Prejudice in Theology?’, Open Theology, 1, pp. 22-44.

‘Remembering and the Creation of (Sacred) Place: Glastonbury, (Anglican) Christian Theology, and Identity (in Post-modernity)’, The Journal of Implicit Religion, 17.3.

‘Is Christianity the Only True Religion? A Theology of Radical Openness to Religious Others’, Interreligious Insight.

‘Interreligious Engagement and Identity Theory: Assessing the Theology of Religions Typology as a Model for Dialogue and Encounter’, Journal for the Academic Study of Religion, ‘Interreligious Studies’ Special Issue, 27.2, 198-21.

‘Daoist-Christian Dialogue: An Overview’, Interreligious Insight, 12:1, pp. 28-38.

‘Discourse on Discourses: Why we still need the Terminology of “Religion” and “Religions”’, Journal of Religious History, 38:1, pp. 132-48.

2012:

‘The Old and the New Comparative Theologies: Discourses on Religion, the Theology of Religions, Orientalism and the Boundaries of Traditions’, Religions, Special edition: ‘European Responses to the New Comparative Theology’, 3:4, pp. 1120-37.

‘Guanyin and Identity: The Image of a Subversive Religious Icon’, Religion and Culture, Special edition: ‘Visual Religion’, 13:1, pp. 91-106.

2010:

‘Is John Milbank’s Radical Orthodoxy a Form of Liberal Theology? A Rhetorical Counter’, The Heythrop Journal, 51:5, pp. 795-818.

2008:

‘Concerns about the Global Ethic: A Sympathetic Critique and Suggestions for a New Direction’, Studies in Interreligious Dialogue, 18: 1 (Fall), pp. 1-16.

‘Are Interfaith Dialogue and a Global Ethic Compatible? A Call for an Ethic to the Globe,’ The Journal for Faith, Spirituality and Social Change, 1: 2 (May), pp. 109-32.

‘Post-Colonialism, Orientalism, and Understanding: Religious Studies and the Christian Missionary Imperative’, The Journal of Religious History, 32: 1 (March), pp. 55-75.

o Awarded: Bruce Mansfield Prize for the best paper in JRH for 2008-2009.

o Reproduced in: JRH, Fiftieth Anniversary Issue, July 2010.

2006:

‘Defining Religion: A Religious Orientation Typology’, Part 2, Interreligious Insight, 4: 4 (Oct), pp. 34-42.

‘Defining Religion: A Religious Orientation Typology’, Part 1, Interreligious Insight, 4: 3 (July), pp. 9-15.

2004:

‘A Post-modern Reading of John Hick’s Pluralistic Hypothesis’, Interreligious Insight, 2: 2. (April), pp. 44-55.

2002:

‘The Inter-Relationship of Religions: A Critical Examination of the Concept of Particularity’, World Faiths Encounter, July, pp. 3-13.

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2000:

‘Architecture, Inculturation and Christian Mission: The Buildings of the Cambridge Mission to Delhi, and Their Meaning for the Church Today’, International Review of Mission, 89:353 (April), pp. 180-9.

Submitted/ under Peer Review:

‘Lived Religion as Hermeneutical Comparative Theology: Employing Shiva Nataraja (Lord of the Dance) Imagery in Christian Art and Music,’ Journal for Interreligious Studies.

‘Should Interfaith and Interreligious Dialogue include Atheists? Towards an Interworldview Perspective,’ Interreligious Insight.

Commissioned and/or in preparation:

‘The Religious Critique of Human Rights: Islamic, Confucian and Christian Perspectives on Protecting the Human’.

‘Ethics and the Christian-Atheist Dialogue’.

‘Interreligious Dialogue and Deliberative Democracy in the Public sphere: Philosophical Perspectives on UK and Singapore Case Studies’.

5.5 Other Publications

Book Reviews:

Forthcoming: ‘Michelle Voss Roberts, ed., Comparing Faithfully’, Reading Religion.

2016:

o ‘Robert Winzeler, Popular Religion in Southeast Asia’, Reading Religion, http://readingreligion.org/books/popular-religion-southeast-asia.

o ‘Lily Kong and Orlando Wood, Religion and Space: Competition, Conflict and Violence in the Contemporary World,’ Reading Religion, http://readingreligion.org/books/religion-and-space.

o ‘James L. Cox, The Invention of God in Indigenous Societies’, Journal of Religious History, 40.3, 437-8.

o ‘Anna Halafoff, The Multifaith Movement: Global Risks and Cosmopolitan Solutions’, Journal for the Academic Study of Religion 29.1, 108-09.

o ‘Heather Sharkey, ed., Cultural Conversions: Unexpected Consequences of Christian Missionary Encounters in the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia’, Journal of Religious History 40.1, 143-4.

2015:

o ‘David Cheetham, Ways of Meeting and the Theology of Religions’, Journal for the Academic Study of Religion 28.3, 348-9.

o ‘J. H. Peace, O. N. Rose and G. Mobley, eds, My Neighbour’s Faith: Stories of Interreligious Encounter, Growth, and Transformation,’ Modern Believing 56.4, 494-6.

o ‘Lian Xi, Redeemed by Fire: The Rise of Popular Christianity in Modern China,’ Journal of Religious History, 39.3, 448-9.

o ‘E. K-F. Chia, Edward Schillebeeckx and Interreligious Dialogue: Perspectives from Asian Theology,’ Modern Believing 56:3, 386-8.

o 'OddbjØrn Leirvik, Interreligious Studies: A Relational Approach to Religious Activism and the Study of Religion,' Teologisk Tidsskrift, 197-200.

o ‘Catherine Cornille, ed., The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Inter-Religious Dialogue’, Journal for the Academic Study of Religion, 28:1, 95-6.

2014:

o ‘Michael Pye, Listening to Shin Buddhism: Starting Points of Modern Dialogue’, Temenos 50: 2, 302-04.

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o ‘Mohammad Hassan Khalil, Islam and the Fate of Others: The Salvation Question’, Journal for the Academic Study of Religion, 27:2, 248-9.

o ‘Benjamin Penny, The Religion of Falun Gong’, Journal of Buddhist Ethics 21, 700-5.

o ‘Addison Hodges Hart, The Ox Herder and the Good Shepherd: Finding Jesus on the Buddha’s Path’, Reviews in Religion and Theology, 21:4, pp. 504-5.

o ‘Gerhard M. Martin and Katja Triplett (eds), Purification: Religious Transformations of Body and Mind’, Journal of Religious History, 38: 3, pp. 443.

o ‘Felicity Jensz and Hanna Acke (eds), Missions and Media: The Politics of Missionary Periodicals in the Long Nineteenth Century’, Journal of Religious History, 38: 3, pp. 441-2.

o ‘Catherine Cornille (eds), The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Inter-Religious Dialogue’, Journal of Religious History, 38:3, pp. 140-1.

o ‘Gavin D’Costa (ed.), The Catholic Church and World Religions: A Theological and Phenomenological Account’, Modern Believing, 55:3, pp. 314-7.

o ‘Frances Sleap and Omer Sener, edited by Paul Weller, Dialogue Theories’, Journal of Dialogue Studies, 2:1, pp. 113-14.

2013:

o ‘Frank Whaling, Introducing the Brahma Kumaris’, Journal of Religious History, 37:4, p. 582.

o ‘Keping Wang, Reading the Dao: A Thematic Enquiry’, Journal of Religious History, 37:3, pp. 423-4.

o Lori Beaman, Reasonable Accommodation: Managing Religious Diversity’, Journal for the Academic Study of Religion, 26:2, pp. 220-1.

o ‘Hugh Nicholson, Comparative Theology and the Problem of Religious Rivalry’, Journal for the Academic Study of Religion, 26:1, pp. 103-4.

o ‘Martin Hewitt (ed.) The Victorian World,’ Journal for the Academic Study of Religion, 26:1, pp. 113-4.

o ‘Ronnie Littlejohn, Daoism: An Introduction,’ Journal of Religious History, 27:1, pp. 148-9.

2012:

o ‘Rose Drew, Christian and Buddhist? An Exploration of Dual Belonging,’ Australian Religion Studies Review, 25:3.

o ‘Máire Byrne, The Names of God in Judaism, Christianity and Islam: A Basis for Interfaith Dialogue’, Journal of Religious History, 36:4, pp. 622-3.

o ‘Christian K. Wedemeyer and Wendy Doniger (eds), Hermeneutics, Politics and the History of Religions: The Contested Legacies of Joachim Wach and Mircea Eliade,’ Journal of Religious History, 36:4, pp. 626-7.

o ‘Paul L. Heck, Common Ground: Islam, Christianity, and Religious Pluralism,’ Journal of Religious History, 36:4, pp. 623-4.

o ‘Alison Twells, The Civilizing Mission and the English Middle Class, 1792-1850,’ Journal of Religious History, 36:4, pp. 624-6.

o ‘John Milbank, The Future of Love’, The Heythrop Journal, 53:3, pp. 545-8.

o ‘Graham Adams, Christ and the Other: In Dialogue with Hick and Newbigin’, Modern Believing, 53:3, pp. 315-7.

o ‘J. B. Cobb and W. M. McAfee (Eds), The Dialogue Comes of Age: Christian Encounters with Other Traditions’, Modern Believing, 53:1, pp. 86-8.

o ‘Chad Meister (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Religious Diversity’, Australian Religion Studies Review, 25:1, pp 75-6.

2011:

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o ‘Paul Knitter, Without the Buddha I could not be a Christian’, Australian Religion Studies Review, 24:1, pp. 108-9.

o ‘A. L. Herman, Influences: How Ancient Hinduism Dramatically Changed Early Christianity’, Journal of Religious History, 35:3, pp. 436-8.

o ‘Jan Olaf Bengtsson, The Worldview of Personalism’, Journal of Religious History, 35:3, p. 436.

o Stanley J. Griffiths, The Church in the Shadow of the Mosque’, Journal of Religious History, 35:1, pp. 119-20.

o ‘Gavin D’Costa, Christianity and World Religions: Disputed Questions in the Theology of Religions’, Studies in Interreligious Dialogue, 21:1, pp. 125-8.

2010:

o ‘Kevin Twain Lowery, The Maturity of Belief: Critically Assessing Religious Faith’, Journal of Religious History, 34:4, pp. 481-2.

o ‘Yanxia Zhao, Father and Son in Confucianism and Christianity’, Journal of Religious History, 34:4, pp. 482-3.

o ‘Stephen Bokenkamp, Ancestors and Anxiety: Daoism and the Birth of Rebirth in China’, The Journal of Religious History, 34:3, pp. 379-81.

o ‘Paul Collins, Christian Inculturation in India’, Journal of Religious History, 34:2, pp. 218-9.

o ‘Ian Richard Netton, Islam, Christianity and Tradition’, Journal of Religious History, 34:2, pp. 219-21.

o ‘Wilbert Shenk, North American Foreign Missions, 1810-1914: Theology, Theory, and Policy’, Journal of Religious History, 32: 4, p. 73.

o ‘Suzanne Cahill, Divine Traces of the Daoist Sisterhood’, Journal of Religious History, 34:1, pp. 94-6.

o ‘Stuart Chandler, Establishing a Pure Land on Earth: The Foguang Buddhist Perspective on Modernization and Globalization’, Journal of Religious History, 34:1, pp. 96-7.

o ‘Christopher Hancock, Robert Morrison and the Birth of Chinese Protestantism’, The Expository Times, 121:4, p. 204-5.

o ‘Joanne Pearson, Wicca and the Christian Heritage’, Interreligious Insight, 8:4.

2009:

o ‘Barbara Hendrischke, The Scripture of Great Peace: The Taiping Jing and the Beginnings of Daoism’, Journal of Religious History, 33: 4, p. 509.

o ‘Jung Mo Sung, Desire Market and Religion’, The Expository Times, 120:10, pp. 518-9.

o ‘Sandy Bharat, Christ Across the Ganges: Hindu Responses to Jesus’, Interreligious Insight, 7:1, pp. 87-8.

o ‘John Martin Sahajananda, Hindu Christ: Jesus’ Message Through Eastern Eyes’, Interreligious Inisght, 7:2, pp. 93-4.

2008:

o ‘Caroline Brazier, The Other Buddhism: Amida Comes West’, Interreligious Insight, 6:3, pp. 93-94.

o ‘Eric Reinders, Borrowed Gods and Foreign Bodies: Christian Missionaries Imagine Chinese Religion’, Journal of Religious History, 32: 1 (March), pp. 142-144.

o ‘Geoffrey Oddie, Imagined Hinduism: British Protestant Missionary Constructions of Hinduism, 1793-1900, Journal of Religious History, 32: 1 (March), pp. 137-138.

2005:

o ‘Phil Zuckerman, Invitation to the Sociology of Religion’, Interreligious Insight, 3: 1 (Jan), pp. 61-2.

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2004:

o ‘David Cheetham, John Hick: A Critical Introduction and Reflection’, Bulletin of the British Association for the Study of Religions, 101 (March), pp. 34-5.

2000:

o ‘Gavin Flood, Beyond Phenomenology: Rethinking the Study of Religion’, Culture and Religion, 1: 2, pp. 295-6.

Non-Peer Reviewed Articles and Commentaries:

2016

o ‘The Deconstruction of Religion: So What?’, Religious Studies Project, response to Teemu Taira’s podcast ‘Categorising “Religion”: From Case Studies to Methodology’, available at: http://www.religiousstudiesproject.com/2016/09/22/the-deconstruction-of-religion-so-what/.

o ‘Fashion, Feminism or Freedom: Dissecting France’s Ban on Burkini’, RSIS Commentary CO16219 (reproduced in Lianhe Zaobao 1 September 2016, p. 17 as ‘Dispute of France’s burkini ban’ (in Chinese), and 1 September 2016, Eurasia Review).

o ‘Not a Religious War: Reacting to Killing of French Catholic Priest’, RSIS Commentary CO16195 (reproduced in Eurasia Review 28 July 2016, as ‘French priest attack not in line with Islam’, New Straits Times (Malaysia) 2 August 2016).

o ‘Anti-Semitism and Islamophobia: Religio-Political Fault Lines in Secular Democracies’, RSIS Commentary CO16117 (reproduced in Eurasia Review 19 May 2016).

o ‘The Need for Global solidarity with Muslims’, RSIS Commentary CO16070 (reproduced in New Straits Times 28 April 2016).

o ‘Trump, Madonna, and Faith: The Role of Religious Leaders in Common Space’, RSIS Commentary CO16047 (reproduced in Eurasia Review 1 March 2016).

o ‘Rape and Murder among Refugees: A Crisis Point for Europe’s Immigration Policy?, RSIS Commentary CO16034 (reproduced in: the New Straits Times 19/02/16 as ‘Europe’s Muslim Refugee Dilemma’; Eurasia Review 16/02/16).

2015

o ‘Religion and Society: Hindu Extremists, Cows, and Muslims’, RSIS Commentary CO15232 (reproduced in Eurasia Review 30 October 2015, as ‘A Deadly Beef in India: Hindu Extremists, Cows, and Muslims’ in The Nation (Thailand) 3 November 2015).

o ‘The Islamisation of Europe: Myth or Reality?’, RSIS Commentary CO15224 (reproduced in Eurasia Review 24 October 2015, The Nation (Thailand) 26 October 2015).

o (With Anna Halafoff), ‘Editorial Introduction’, Studies in Interreligious Dialogue, ‘Multifaith Societies’ Special Issue (2 issues), 25.1, 37-42.

o ‘Discussing Religious Freedom: Need for Religious Literacy’, RSIS Commentary CO15171 (reproduced in Eurasia Review 17 August 2015; and as ‘The Need for Religious Literacy’ in The New Straits Times 31 August 2015).

o ‘Yoga and Violence: International Yoga Day and Indian Religious Politics’, RSIS Commentary CO15154 (reproduced in Eurasia Review 21 July 2015).

o ‘The British Election: Some Possible International Consequences’, RSIS Commentary CO15 129 (reproduced in Eurasia Review 2 June 2015).

o ‘When is a Caliph not a Caliph?’, RSIS Commentary CO15060 (reproduced in Today newspaper, Singapore).

o ‘Radical Islam, Islamism, and Jihadism: the Problem of Language and Islamophobia’, RSIS Commentary CO15012.

2014:

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o ‘Editorial: Introducing Interreligious Studies’, The Journal for the Academic Study of Religion, ‘Interreligious Studies’ Special Issue, 27.2, 127-31.

o ‘Introduction’, in Paul Hedges (ed.), Controversies in Contemporary Religion, vols 1-3, Westport, CN: Praeger, pp. ix-xviii.

o ‘Interreligious Studies: A New Direction in the Study of Religion?’, Bulletin of the British Association for the Study of Religions, November 2014.

2009:

o ‘Understanding Religion as Culture in Academic Discourse’, Conference of the International Journal of Arts and Sciences, Vol. 1:5, Gottenheim, Germany, 2008.

Conference Report:

1999:

o ‘Report on the British Association for the Study of Religions Annual Conference, 6th-9th September 1999, Stirling’, Bulletin of the British Association for the Study of Religions, November 1999.

5.6 Texts which discuss my work

2016:

o Adams, Graham, ‘Shaking the Typology: Being Honest and Hospitable’, in Hedges, Paul, Hettiarachchi, Shanthi and Harris, Elizabeth (eds), Twenty-First Century Theologies of Religions: Retrospection and New Frontiers, Currents of Encounter series, Amsterdam: Rodopi.

o Gaston, Ray, ‘The Typology and Theological Education: Towards a Practical Theology of Inter Faith Engagement’, in Hedges, Paul, Hettiarachchi, Shanthi and Harris, Elizabeth (eds), Twenty-First Century Theologies of Religions: Retrospection and New Frontiers, Currents of Encounter series, Amsterdam: Rodopi.

o Vélez de Cea, Abraham, ‘Comparative Theology of Religions and the Typology Exclusivism-Inclusivism-Pluralism’, in Hedges, Paul, Hettiarachchi, Shanthi and Harris, Elizabeth (eds), Twenty-First Century Theologies of Religions: Retrospection and New Frontiers, Currents of Encounter series, Amsterdam: Rodopi.

2015:

o Mong, Ambrose Ih-Ren, Accommodaion or Acceptance: An Exploration in Interfaith Relations, Cambridge: James Clarke and Co.

o Mong, Ambrose, Are Non-Christians Saved? Jospeh Ratzinger’s Thoughts on Religious Pluralism, Oxford: Oneworld.

o Mong, Ambrose Ih-Ren, Dialogue Derailed: Joseph Ratzinger’s War Against Pluralist Theology, Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications (Wipf and Stock Publishers).

2014:

o Leirvik, Oddbjørn, Interreligious Studies: A Relational Approach to Religious Activism and the Study of Religion, London and New York: Bloomsbury.

o Leirvik, Oddbjørn, ‘Interreligious Studies: A Relational Approach to the Study of Religion’, Journal of Interreligious Studies 12, pp. 15-19.

o Moyaert, Marianne, In Response to the Religious Other: Ricoeur and the Fragility of Interreligious Encounters, Lanham, Boulder, New York and London: Lexington Books.

2013:

o Daggers, Jenny, Postcolonial Theology of Religions: Particularity and Pluralism in World Christianity, London and New York: Routledge.

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o Depoortere, Frederiek and Lambkin, Magdalen, ‘Editor’s Introduction’, in Depoortere, Fredieriek and Lambkin, Magdalen (eds), The Question of Theological Truth, Currents of Encounter series, Amsterdam and New York: Rodopi, pp. 1-30.

o Depoortere, Frederiek and Lambkin, Magdalen, ‘The Question of Theological Truth in a Multireligious World: Reflections at the Interface of Continental Philosophy and Interreligious Studies’, in Depoortere, Fredieriek and Lambkin, Magdalen (eds), The Question of Theological Truth, Currents of Encounter series, Amsterdam and New York: Rodopi, pp. 267-307.

o Vélez de Cea, Abraham, The Buddha and Religious Diversity, Routledge Studies in Asian Religion and Philosophy series, London and New York: Routledge.

o Cheetham, David, Ways of Meeting and the Theology of Religions, Transcending Boundaries in Philosophy and Theology series, Farnham and Burlington, VT: Ashgate.

2012: o Brecht, Mara, ‘What’s the Use of Exclusivism’, Theological Studies 73:1, pp. 33-54.

2011:

o Vélez de Cea, Abraham, ‘A Cross-cultural and Buddhist-Friendly Interpretation of the Typology Exclusivism-Inclusivism-Pluralism’, Sophia, 50.3, pp. 453-80.

o Satyavrata, Ivan M., God Has Not Left Himself without Witness, Regnum Studies in Global Christianity, Oxford: Regnum Books International.

2010:

o Lambkin, Magdalen, ‘Can Scriptures Unite? A theological exploration of the irreligious practice of Scriptural Reasoning’, eSharp, 15, pp. 42-64.

2008: o Sparks, Adam, ‘The Fulfilment Theology of Jean Daniélou, Karl Rahner and Jacques Dupuis’,

New Blackfriars 89, pp. 633-56.

2006:

o Badham, Paul ‘The Significance of Rowland Williams’, Modern Believing 47:2, pp. 4-12.

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6. Research and Dissemination

6.1 Research Interests

Main Areas:

Interreligious Studies:

o The dynamics of interreligious encounter and interaction in terms of religious change and adaptation.

o The history (C19th till today) of interreligious and intercultural encounter, interaction, and dialogue in the relationship of Western Christian and Asian traditions.

o The theology and philosophy of interreligious encounters and dialogue.

o Interreligious ethics.

Modern and contemporary Christian thought:

o Especially the theology of religions, and intercultural and comparative theologies.

o Focus on global contexts, especially South and East Asia.

o Historical focus: C19th and early C20th; also contemporary focus.

Theory in the study of religion and theology:

o Notably definitions of religion and debates around postcolonialism.

Other Areas:

Sacred space, religious architecture, and pilgrimage.

Death studies and religion.

Religion in China and India.

Commentary (with representative examples):

My primary research interest focuses on Interreligious Studies, especially exploring encounters between Christianity and Asian non-Christian religions. Much of my work in this field has explored historical (Preparation and Fulfilment, 2001; ‘The Old and the New’, 2012) or theological aspects of the interaction (Controversies, 2010; ‘Hospitality, Power’, 2014), however, more recent work has focused upon the dynamics of multifaith and interfaith encounters within contemporary social contexts (‘Globalisation and Multifaith Societies’, 2015; ‘Interreligious Engagement and Identity Theory’, 2014). I have also written about issues of interreligious ethics, especially in relation to the Global Ethic hypothesis (‘Concerns about the Global Ethic’, 2008). One of my principle interests here is the way religions engage each other and the strategies of adaptation in such interaction (Preparation and Fulfilment, 2001; ‘Post-Colonialism, Orientalism, and Understanding’, 2008; ‘The Old and the New’, 2012), including creative theological work (Controversies, 2010; ‘An Experiment’, 2011). In particular, I have been engaging Gadamerian philosophical hermeneutics in a number of recent works (‘Comparative Theology and Hermeneutics’, 2016, ‘Gadamer, Play, and Interreligious Dialogue’, 2016).

My interest in Interreligious Studies extends into, and informs, many of my other research areas. For instance, my work in contemporary Christian thought, which engages the theology of religion and comparative theologies (‘An Experiment’, 2011; ‘The Old and the New’, 2012), also considers the broader context of recent Christian theology and changing patterns within theological schools, both in their Western and global contexts (‘Radical Orthodoxy’, 2012, ‘Is John Milbank’s’, 2008). It also informs my focus upon encounters of Christianity with Indian, Abrahamic and Chinese traditions (‘Islam’, 2009), while I maintain an active interest in Buddhist and Chinese religious traditions (‘China’, 2010; ‘Guanyin and Identity’, 2012, ‘Multiple Religious Belonging after Religion’, 2017). This interest has also led me into work in the critical theory of religion, especially in areas surrounding definitions of ‘religion’ and debates concerning post-colonialism and postmodernism (‘Post-Colonialism, Orientalism, and Understanding’, 2008; Controversies, 2010; ‘Can we Still Teach “Religion”’, 2010; ‘The Old and the New’, 2012).

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I also have interests in issues of sacred space and pilgrimage, and death studies (‘Remembering’, 2014).

Much of my research work is interdisciplinary, crossing over into the fields of history (Preparation and Fulfilment, 2001) or philosophy (‘A Post-modern Reading’, 2004; ‘Is John Milbank’s’, 2010; ‘What did Kierkegaard Intend’, 2016, ‘Comparative Theology and Hermeneutics’, 2016), and, more recently, has involved active collaboration with colleagues in sociology and social psychology (‘Globalisation and Multifaith Societies’, 2015, ‘Interreligious Engagement and Identity Theory’, 2014).

In terms of academic engagement, I have affiliations to various professional networks related to Interreligious Studies, especially the European Network for Intercultural Theology and Interreligious Studies, and the European Network for Buddhist-Christian Studies. I have also made various related funding bids, delivered keynotes, etc. in the field (detailed elsewhere). I have also guest edited special journal editions on ‘Interreligious Studies’ (2014) and ‘Multifaith Societies’ (2015).

My research work also engages with practical application and engagement with stakeholders in the area of Interreligious Studies, including work with groups such as the Network for Interfaith Concerns (NIFCON) of the Anglican Communion, other faith communities (e.g. the Babaji Yoga Sangam), and local, national and international interfaith organisations (e.g. the Southampton Council of Faiths, World Congress of Faiths, Tony Blair Faith Foundation, Dialogue Institute). I am also on the Panel of Experts of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and have delivered training for them to mid and senior ranking government officials on Freedom of Religion and Belief.

6.2 Conference Papers (Academic):

Date Place Paper Title Conference Title/ Society

2017

April Muenster, Germany

(Keynote) TBC ESITIS Bi-annual conference.

2016

November San Antonio, Texas, USA

‘Is There Such a Thing as the Dialogue of Life?’

American Academy of Religion Annual Conference

2015

April John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland

‘Methodological Polymorphism: Towards Interreligious Studies in Southeast Asia’

ESITIS Bi-annual conference.

2014

November Vienna, Austria ‘The British Government, Interfaith Dialogue, and Deliberative Democracy’.

King Abdullah Centre for Intercultural and Interreligious Dialogue.

November San Diego, USA ‘Identity Theory and Interreligious Communication’.

American Academy of Religion Annual Conference.

2013

November VU University, Amsterdam, Holland.

(Keynote) ‘Ethics and Hospitality in Comparative Theology’.

Expert Seminar on Comparative Theology.

September University of Winchester, UK.

(Plenary Session) ‘Why we still need the Theology of Religions Typology’ (debate with Prof. Gavin D’Costa).

30 Years of the Theology of Religions Typology: Retrospective and Future Prospects.

June Ghent, Belguim. ‘The Body(Sattva) on the Cross: Reflections on Interreligious and

European Network for Buddhist-Christian

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With University of Leuven, Belgium.

Comparative Christian-Buddhist Theologies of Redemptive Suffering’.

Studies.

April University of Deusto, Bilbao, Spain.

‘The Ethics of Comparative Religious Reading: Approaching the Sacred Space of Another Tradition’.

European Society for Intercultural Theology and Interreligious Studies.

March University of Leuven, Belgium.

(Plenary Session) ‘A Philosophical Reading of the Ethics of Belief in Kierkegaard’s Fear and Trembling’.

Symposium on Kierkegaard’s Fear and Trembling Today.

2012

March University of Roehampton, UK.

(Plenary Session) ‘The Old and the New Comparative Theologies: A Comparison’.

Symposium ‘Boundaries and Borders’.

2011

November University of Bern, Switzerland.

(Plenary Session) ‘Hospitality, Power and the Theology of Religions’ – invited contributor.

Symposium ‘Interreligious Relations and Theological Reflection: Ecumenical Overview and Issues’.

July Liverpool Hope University, UK.

‘Dialogue, Liberation and Hope in Buddhism and Christianity’.

European Network of Buddhist-Christian Studies.

May University of Winchester, UK.

‘Legitimating Self-Immolation in Political and Spiritual Contexts in Relation to Mahayana Buddhist Traditions of Burning’.

‘Death Day II’.

April Mamara University, Istanbul, Turkey.

‘Theology and Hospitality in Relation to Intercultural Translation and the Integrity of Tradition’.

The European Society for Intercultural Theology and Interreligious Studies.

April Lund University, Sweden.

‘Privileging Prejudice in Theology: Radical Orthodoxy and the Other’.

‘Stereotyping the Other: Exploring the Anatomy of Religious Prejudice – and Ways to Dismantle It’.

March Stockholm School of Theology, Sweden.

(Plenary Session) ‘The Body on the Cross: Reflections on an Interreligious and Intercultural Theology’.

Symposium ‘Body, Pain and Passion’.

2010

September University of Winchester, UK.

‘Dialogue and Power Dynamics: Respecting the Religious Other in Encounter’.

‘Interfaith and Social Change: Engagement from the Margins’.

July St Ethelburga’s Centre for Peace and Reconciliation, London, UK.

(Keynote) ‘Biblical Hospitality and the Religious Other: A Reflection on Possibilities for Evangelical Engagement with Interfaith Dialogue’.

‘Evangelical Perspectives on Interfaith Dialogue’.

June Griffiths University, Brisbane, Australia.

‘Inter-Religious Dialogue and Identity Theory’.

Australian Association for the Study of

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Religions.

2009

December University of Melbourne, Australia.

‘Religious Difference and the Difference of Religion: An Initial Reply to the Cultured Despisers of the Category ‘Religion’.

Australian Association for the Study of Religions.

April University of Salzburg, Austria.

‘An Experiment in Interreligious Theology: Guanyin in the Light of Queer Theology’.

The European Society for Intercultural Theology and Interreligious Studies.

2008

November Gottenheim, Germany.

‘Understanding Religion as Culture: An Academic Approach to Faith Traditions’.

International Journal of Arts and Sciences Conference.

October University of Glasgow, UK.

‘The Iconography of Guanyin: A Subversive Religious Figure’.

‘Art, Religion, Identity: An Interdisciplinary Symposium’.

September Winchester University, UK.

‘Negotiating a Possible Basis for Human Rights Discourse between the Western (Christian), Islamic and Chinese (Confucian) Contexts’.

‘Interfaith Dialogue in Modernity and Post-modernity’.

September York St John University, UK.

‘Remembering and the Creation of Sacred Place (in the Christian Tradition)’.

British Association for the Study of Religion.

2007

September University of Winchester, UK.

‘Interfaith Dialogue and the Global Ethic’.

‘Faith, Spirituality and Social Change’.

July Queenstown, New Zealand.

‘Defining Religion: A Religious Orientation Typology’.

New Zealand Association for the Study of Religion.

1999

September University of Stirling, UK.

‘Martial Arts, Religion and Methodology’.

British Association for the Study of Religion.

1998

September University of Wales, Lampeter, UK.

‘Fulfilment Theology in Britain Before 1913’.

British Association for the Study of Religion.

6.3 Invited Lectures, Public Talks, and Other Papers

Date Place Paper or Contribution Event/ Funding Source

2016

May RSIS, NTU, Singapore. ‘Interreligious Dialogue and Deliberative Democracy in the Public Sphere?: Philosophical Perspectives on Case Studies from the UK

RSIS Lunchtime Seminar Series.

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and Singapore’.

January National University of Singapore, Singapore.

‘Christian Extremism’. Contribution to Panel Discussion on Religious Extremism.

January Marina Mandarin Hotel, Singapore.

‘Initial Report on SRP Research Findings’.

2nd SRP Symposium.

2015

May Oxford Centre for Christian-Muslim Studies, University of Oxford, UK.

‘Secular and Religious Others in Muslim-Christian Dialogue: Theorizing the Shifting Third’

Invited Lecture.

April St Edmund’s College, Cambridge University, UK.

‘Politics and the Religions in the UK: Interfaith Dialogue, Government, and Deliberative Democracy’

Invited lecture by Woolf Institute and Von Hügel Institute, Cambridge University.

April Birmingham University, UK.

‘Gadamer’s Hermeneutics as a Tool for Comparative Theology’

Research Seminar Series, Department of Theology and Religion.

2014

April Union Theological Seminary (Columbia University), NY, USA.

‘Ethics, Relationality and the Other: Some Perspectives on Comparative Theology and Interreligious Studies from the UK and Europe’.

Invited Lecture.

April Virginia Theological Seminary, USA.

‘Why John Hick is more right than wrong’.

VTS Deanery Visiting Scholar.

March St Michael’s Church, Oxford, UK.

‘Christians and Other Religions’ – debate with Prof. Gavin D’Costa.

Public Theology in Oxford lecture series.

February University of Winchester, UK.

‘The Body(Sattva) on the Cross’.

Dept of TRS Research Seminar Series.

2013

November Petersfield Museum, UK.

‘Faith, Faiths, and Multifaith Societies’.

Public Talk.

November University of Southampton, UK.

Respondent/ reviewer. Dialogue Society (Gülen/ Hizmet Movement) Book Launch of Weller, Sleap and Sener, Dialogue Theories.

November University of Potsdam, Germany.

Lectures: ‘John Hick’, ‘Daoism, Orientalism, and the Western Imagination’, and ‘Ritual

Erasmus Teaching Exchange.

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Theory in Buddhism’.

June University of Winchester, UK.

‘Remembering and the Creation of Sacred Space in Glastonbury’.

TRS Dept Research Student Study Day: Staff Paper.

May University of Potsdam, Germany.

Lectures: ‘Luther, Lutheranism and Interfaith Dialogue’; ‘The Ethics of Interfaith Dialogue Online’; ‘Embodiment and Buddhist Traditions’.

Erasmus Teaching Exchange.

2012

May University of Potsdam, Germany.

Lectures: ‘Muslim-Christian Dialogue’; ‘Philosophy and Secularism’; ‘Mission and Postcolonialism’; ‘Heresy and Heterodoxy in Chinese Religion’.

Erasmus Teaching Exchange.

April University of Southampton, UK.

Respondent/ reviewer. Dialogue Society (Gülen/ Hizmet Movement) Book Launch of Weller and Ihsan, European Muslims.

February University of Winchester, UK.

Guanyin and Queer Theology.

LGBT Month Public Event.

2011

December Lambeth Palace, London, UK.

Invited Respondent. (NIFCON) Anglican Communion’s Network for Interfaith Concerns’ Symposium: ‘The Presence of Faith’.

May St Thomas Moore School, Bedford, UK.

‘What is Interfaith Dialogue?’.

Invited lecture.

May University of Winchester, UK.

‘Pilgrimage, Memory and Identity’.

Postgraduate Study Day – staff paper.

2010

June University of Potsdam, Germany.

‘Foundations in the Christian Theology of Religions’.

Guest lecture.

2009

December Melbourne, Australia. Attendee. World’s Parliament of Religions.

September Winchester Cathedral, UK.

‘Plurality, Unity and the Theology of Religions’.

Winchester Cathedral Canon’s Training Day.

2008

September London, UK. ‘Some Western Perspectives on the Encounter with

Babaji Yoga Sangam 55th Annual World

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Daoism’. Parliament of Religions.

May Winchester, UK. ‘Post-Modern Theologies’.

Winchester Diocesan Clergy Tutor Training Session.

2007

October Winchester University, UK.

‘Contemporary Christian Thinking on Other Faiths’.

Theology and Religious Studies Subject Centre Public Lecture.

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7. Research Degree Supervision and Examination

7.1 Research Supervision

Current:

None.

Past:

MPhil/PhD thesis: ‘A Comparison of Orthodox Christian and Daoist Conceptions of Illness and Spiritual Health’ (2013-2014 p/t).

o Left supervision team on appointment to new job.

PhD thesis: ‘A Christian Perspective on Enabling Spiritual Formation Amongst Leaders in Organisational Contexts’ (2009-2015 p/t).

o Left supervision team on appointment to new job.

Completed:

PhD thesis: ‘Remembering Al-Andalus: A Sūfī Approach to Self and Other and its Contribution to Conflict Transformation in Israel-Palestine’ (2009-2013). AHRC Funded.

o External Examiner: Professor Reuven Firestone.

o Published as: Sufism and Jewish-Muslim Relations: The Derekh Avraham Order in Israel, Routledge Sufi Series, London and New York: Routledge, 2016.

PhD thesis: ‘The Formation of Anglican Clergy attitudes to Other Religions’ (2009-2016 p/t).

o From January 2015 as External Advisor.

o External Examiner: Professor Paul Weller.

7.2 External Examination of Research Degrees

2013: External examiner, PhD thesis ‘Hindu-Christian Dialogue and the Blurred Boundaries of Religious Identity’, Canterbury Christchurch University, UK (supervisor: Dr David Burton).

2011: External examiner, PhD thesis ‘Is Theology Rational? A Critical Study of Ward’s “Introduction” to the Postmodern God and Milbank’s Theology and Social Theory: Beyond Secular Reason’, Trinity St Davids University, UK (supervisor: Dr Augustine Cassiday).

2011: External examiner, DMin thesis ‘Theological Unity in Religious Diversity?’, University of Derby, UK (supervisor: Prof. Paul Weller).

2007: External examiner, MPhil thesis ‘The Clash of Mission and Interfaith Dialogue: John Cobb’s Pluralism as a Solution in the Korean Context’, University of Birmingham, UK (supervisor: Dr David Cheetham).

7.3 Other Activities

Chairing viva upgrades.

Chairing viva voce examinations.

Internal examination of PhD theses.

Interviewing prospective research students (have undertaken interview training).

Completed university training for research supervisors (100% in online test of procedures).

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8. Professional Status and Activities

8.1 Professional Memberships

1998 – present Elected member Ecclesiological Society.

1999 – present Member British Association for the Study of Religion (EASR/ IAHR)

1999 – present Member Modern Church

2004 – present Member World Congress of Faiths

2007 – present Member New Zealand Association for the Study of Religion (IAHR)

2007 – present Member Religious History Association

2008 – present Member American Academy of Religion

2009 – present: Member The European Society for Intercultural Theology and Interreligious Studies

2009 – present

2010-2013

Member

Executive Committee Member

The Australian Association for the Study of Religions

2011 – present Member European Network of Buddhist-Christian Studies

2013 – present Member UK Association for Buddhist Studies

8.2 Other Activities: e.g. conference organization, funding applications, partnerships, work with non-academic groups, etc.

Date Organization/ Place/ Etc.

Event/ Notes

2017 SRP Academic organiser for 3rd International SRP Interfaith symposium: ‘The Ambivalence of the Sacred: Religion, Conflict, and Peacebuilding’. Two-day event. Distinguished speaker: Prof Scott Appleby.

2016 VU (Free University), Amsterdam

Visiting Scholar, November to December: delivering workshops and seminars for graduate students and faculty.

2016 SRP Executive Programme: ‘Religion, Conflict, and Peacebuilding’. Academic content organiser and co-coordinator for 5-day executive programme to government officials, faith leaders, members of civil society, c. 50 participants from Singapore.

2016 SRP and MUIS (Islamic Religious Council, Singapore)

Delivering full-day session on ‘Perspectives from the Study of Religion: Theology, Identity, Religious Others, and Fundamentalism’ as part of two-week (10 day) intensive training course ‘Islamic Thought in Context: Living in Plural Societies’ to Islamic religious teachers.

2016 OSCE (Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe).

Invited to deliver training seminar for mid and senior ranked government officials in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan on Freedom of Religion and Belief. Government departments represented: Ministry of Internal Security; Members of Parliament; National Institute for Democracy and Human Rights under the President; Ministry of Justice; Council on Religious Affairs under the President; General Prosecutor's Office.

2016 SRP, Marina Mandarin Hotel

2nd SRP International Symposium, c. 500 delegates attending two day event. Minister of Law and Home Affairs: guest of honour;

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Prof Julius Lipner: keynote; Catholic Abp: keynote.

2015 SRP, Raffles Conference Centre

Executive Programme on ‘Religious Violence and Fundamentalism’, principal organiser and co-coordinator of academic content of 5-day executive programme to government officials, faith leaders, members of civil society, c. 45 participants from several SEA countries.

2015 SRP/ MUIS (Islamic Religious Council, Singapore)

Delivered session ‘Introducing Theology of Religions’ as part of 1 day training course ‘Living in Plural Societies: Islamic Perspectives’ to Islamic religious teachers and students.

2015 Studies in Interreligious Dialogue

Guest Editor (with Anna Halafoff), Special Edition on ‘Multifaith Societies’, 2 volumes.

Contributors include: Hendrik Vroom and Frans Wijsen, Oddbjørn Leirvik, Marion Maddox, Lori Beaman, Alan Race.

2015 OSCE (Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe).

Delivered 3 day training seminar for mid and senior ranked government officials in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan on Freedom of Religion and Belief. Government departments represented: Ministry of Internal Security; Members of Parliament; National Institute for Democracy and Human Rights under the President; Ministry of Justice; Council on Religious Affairs under the President; General Prosecutor's Office.

2014 American Academy of Religion Annual Conference

Convener of Studies in Interreligious Dialogue panel on ‘Interreligious Identities’.

2014 Journal for the Academic Study of Religion.

Guest Editor, 27:2, Special Edition on ‘Interreligious Studies’.

Contributors include: Reinhold Bernhardt, Andre van der Braack, Marianne Moyaert.

2014 Dialogue Society, UK Advisor for discussions on Dialogue Theories 2 book project.

2014 Liverpool Hope University, UK

External reviewer for revalidation of BA (hons) Theology and Religious Studies

2014 OSCE (Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe).

Delivered 3 day training seminar for mid and senior ranked government officials in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan on Freedom of Religion and Belief. Government departments represented: Ministry of Internal Security; Members of Parliament; National Institute for Democracy and Human Rights under the President; Ministry of Justice; Council on Religious Affairs under the President; General Prosecutor's Office.

2014 University of Winchester, UK.

Local Coordinator of Symposium ‘Theologies and the Great War’.

2014 - Columbia University Press

Peer Review for book proposals.

2013 University of Potsdam, Germany (November).

Visiting Erasmus Scholar.

2013 National University of Singapore.

Application for Visiting Senior Scholarship in Asian Studies for summer 2014.

2013 Tony Blair Faith Foundation, UK.

Lecturer for online Global Religious Literacy Course – Christianity.

2013 – 2014

Hampshire Interfaith Network, UK.

University liaison with HIN for development of future interfaith strategy.

2013 – Ashgate Books/ Peer Review for book proposals.

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present Routledge Publishers

2013 University of Potsdam, Germany (May).

Visiting Erasmus Scholar.

2013 Istanbul, Turkey, incl. Fatih University and Gülen/ Hizmet Movement.

Organizing and leading overseas student field study.

2012 – present

Bloomsbury Publishing, UK

Peer Review for 4 book projects.

2012 – 2013

University of Winchester, UK,

with:

World Congress of Faiths.

Co-organizer (with Alan Race) of ‘Thirty Years of the Theology of Religions Typology: Retrospective and Future Prospects’ (2013), marking 30 year anniversary of Alan Race’s Christians and Religious Pluralism.

£1300 funding from World Congress of Faiths; £1300 funding UoW research support grant.

Speakers include: Paul Knitter, Marianne Moyaert, Reuven Firestone, Oddbjørn Leirvik, Gavin D’Costa, Ulrich Winkler.

A book from the conference is under contract with Rodopi (‘Currents of Encounter’ series).

2012-2014 Pearson/Edexcel, UK. Religious Studies Strategic Advisory Group for ‘A’ Level developments.

2012 De Montfort University, UK

External Review Panel Member for review of MA Interreligious Relations.

2012 University of Potsdam, Germany.

Visiting Erasmus Scholar.

2012 - present

BBC, UK. Guest on Sunday Breakfast with Tim Daykin, Solent. Topic ‘Humour and Religion’ (2012).

Guest on Sunday Breakfast with Tim Daykin, Solent. Topic: ‘Interfaith Dialogue’ (2013).

Consultant for Beyond Belief, Radio 4. Topic: ‘Changing Patterns on Death and Palliative Care in Religions in the UK’ (2014).

2012 (September)

Istanbul, Turkey,

with Dialogue Society, UK (Gülen/ Hizmet Movement).

Organised staff visit to Turkey, in co-operation with the Dialogue Society, with the aim of establishing student visits to Istanbul as part of undergraduate degree programme; first student visit undertaken in 2013.

2011 – 2012

British Association for the Study of Religion.

Local organizer for British Association for the Study of Religion annual conference (2012).

2011 – 2012

British Society for the Philosophy of Religion.

Attained British Society for the Philosophy of Religion Public Lecture Grant. Visiting lecturer: Dr Pamela Sue Anderson, Oxford University.

2011 – 2013

Southampton Council of Faiths, UK.

Planning project with colleague to set up a symposium with local interfaith and faith groups on the theme ‘Ecology, Religion and Interfaith Ethics’ – seeking funding sources.

2011 Xavier College, Chennai, India

(With other colleagues) British Academy International Partnerships funding bid – bid unsuccessful due to staff reorganization in partner institution.

2010 – 2012

Southampton Council of Faiths, UK.

Organized an Interfaith Roundtable Discussion with Southampton Council of Faiths and university colleagues associated with

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National Interfaith Week (2010). Organized National Interfaith Week event (2011) with Southampton Council of Faiths and Winchester University chaplaincy.

SolidariTea Interfaith event run between TRS, chaplaincy and SCoF (March, 2012).

2010 University of Potsdam, Germany.

Negotiated Erasmus partnership with the University of Potsdam.

2009 – 2010

University of Winchester, UK,

with:

Tony Blair Faith Foundation.

Co-organizer international academic conference ‘Interfaith Dialogue and Social Change: Encounters from the Margins’, Winchester, UK (2010).

Speakers included: Prof. Michael Northcott and a representative from the Tony Blair Faith Foundation.

2007 – 2008

University of Winchester, UK,

with:

World Congress of Faiths, UK,

Dialogue Institute, USA,

St Philips Centre for Study and Engagement, Leicester, UK.

Organized and obtained funding (£8,350) for international conference, ‘Interfaith Dialogue in Modernity and Post-Modernity’ (2008).

Co-organizers: Rev. Dr Alan Race and Prof. Leonard Swidler. In co-operation with the World Congress of Faiths and the Dialogue Institute.

Speakers included: Profs Rosemary Radford Ruether, Reuven Firestone, Khaleel Mohammed, Harold Kasimow, Ursula King, Perry Schmidt-Leukel.

A book from the conference has been published.

8.3 Editorial Positions

2016 – present: Associate Editor Brill Research Perspectives in Theology series.

2016 – present: Editorial Board Currents of Encounter series.

2016 – 2020: Associate Editor Interreligious Studies and Intercultural Theology.

2015: Guest Editor (with Studies in Interreligious Dialogue, Special Edition: ‘Multifaith Anna Halfoff) Societies’.

2014 – 2016: Editorial Board Studies in Interreligious Dialogue.

2014: Guest Editor Journal for the Academic Study of Religion, Special Edition: ‘Interreligious Studies’.

2010 – 2013: Co-editor Australian Religion Studies Review (from 2013: Journal for the Academic Study of Religion).

2008 – present: Editorial Board Journal of Religious History.

8.4 Other Indices of Esteem/ Awards

2016: Visiting Scholar, Free University (VU), Amsterdam, Holland.

2014 – present: Panel of Experts Member, OSCE (Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe).

2014: Virginia Theological Seminary, USA: VTS Deanery Visiting Scholar Bursary.

2014: Fellow of Higher Education Academy, UK.

2011 – present: Associate Scholar of the Centre of Religions for Peace and Reconciliation, University of Winchester, UK. (Patron: Abp John Sentamu; partner organizations: Religions for Peace International, New York, USA, and St Ethelburga’s Centre for Reconciliation and Peace, London, UK).

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2010 – 2013: Executive Committee Member, Australian Association for the Study of Religion.

2009 & 2010: Awarded Bruce Mansfield Prize for best paper in Journal of Religious History (Wiley-Blackwell) 2008-2009 for ‘Post-Colonialism, Orientalism, and Understanding: Religious Studies and the Christian Missionary Imperative’.

One of ten papers reprinted in journal’s 50th Anniversary Issue, 2010.

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9. Skills and Training

9.1 Languages

Chinese: spoken/listening – lower-intermediate; reading/writing – intermediate.

German: basic communication.

9.2 Training Sessions and Seminars Attended

2016 Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

2015 Health and Safety in the Workplace Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

2014 Tackling Homophobia and Celebrating Diversity. Stonewall at University of Winchester, UK.

2012 Equality and Diversity. University of Winchester, UK.

2011 Erasmus Mundus. British Council.

2011 Interview Training. University of Winchester, UK.

2010 Erasmus Funding Streams. HEEFS, UK.

2010 Facilities and Programmes for Overseas Students. University of Winchester, UK.

2007 – 2014 Research Supervisor Training.

(Completed evaluation tests in 2011 – 100% score in procedural knowledge).

Ongoing attendance to develop professional competence.

University of Winchester, UK.

2008 Inter-cultural Awareness. University of Winchester, UK.

2007 Understanding International Students. University of Winchester, UK.

2005 – present

Research & Knowledge Exchange seminars. University of Winchester, UK.

2005 – present

Learning & Teaching seminars and training events. University of Winchester, UK.