Lauren Frederick Pfister (born 1951) is a Christian theologian and scholar of Confucianism. He is Professor Emeritus at Hong Kong Baptist University and is a founding fellow of the Hong Kong Academy of the Humanities.[1][2] He was awarded the honor of "Distinguished Scholar" at the Tenth International Symposium on the History of Christianity in Modern China.[3]

Early life and career

Pfister studied theology and philosophy at the University of Denver in 1973 and the Conservative Baptist Theological Seminary at Denver in 1978. He taught Biblical Hebrew at the Asian Theological Seminary in Philippines before moving to Hong Kong Baptist College, after completing his doctoral studies in Confucian philosophy at the University of Hawaii in 1987.[3]

In the years following, he served as Assistant/Associate Editor of the Journal of Chinese Philosophy (1997-2017), Chairman of China Partner Hong Kong Ltd. (2008-2017), Founding Fellow of the Hong Kong Academy of Humanities (2011-present), Head of the Department of Religion and Philosophy at Hong Kong Baptist University (2011-2012), and Director of the Centre for Sino-Christian Studies (2012-2017).[1] He has published over 130 articles in various journals and a number of books.[3] He gave a special guest lecture at the Confucius Institute for Scotland, University of Edinburgh in February 2008.[4]

Works

Books

  • Pfister, Lauren F., ed. (2022). Polyglot from the Far Side of the Moon: The Life and Works of Solomon Caesar Malan (1812-1894). Monumenta Serica. ISBN 9781032136639.
  • Pfister, Lauren F. (2004). Striving for "The Whole Duty of Man": James Legge (1815–1897) and the Scottish Protestant Encounter with China. Vol. 1–2. Peter Lang. ISBN 9780820464411.

Other

  • Pfister, Lauren F., ed. Hermeneutic Thinking in Chinese Philosophy, vol. 1 of the Journal Supplement Series to the Journal of Chinese Philosophy. Boston: Blackwell, 2006. 159 pages.
  • Pfister, Lauren F., ed. Modern and Contemporary Chinese Hermeneutics. Journal of Chinese Philosophy 34, no. 1 (March 2007). 149 pages.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Prof. PFISTER, Lauren Frederick". Hong Kong Baptist University. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  2. ↑ "Executive". The Hong Kong Academy of the Humanities. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 Ng, William Yau-nang (2017). "A Life between East and West: Dedication to Professor Lauren F. Pfister". Ching Feng. 16: 3–22. hdl:20.500.12424/170684.
  4. ↑ "Special Guest Lecture". Confucius Institute for Scotland. 15 February 2008. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
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