Wai-Ching Angela Wong (Chinese: 黃慧貞; born 15 November 1959) is a Hong Kong scholar of Asian feminist theology. She is the Vice President for Programs at the United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia since 2016.[1]

Biography

Growing up in Hong Kong, Wong received a BA from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1985, a BD from South East Asia Graduate School of Theology in 1989, and an MA (1991) and PhD (1997) in Religious Studies from University of Chicago Divinity School. Her PhD thesis was later published as "The Poor Woman": A Critical Analysis of Asian Theology and Contemporary Chinese Fiction by Women (2002).[2] In 2000, she began teaching at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, first in Chung Chi College before eventually moving to the Department of Cultural and Religious Studies.[3] In 2016, she joined the United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia as Vice President for Programs.[1]

Wong is known as a pioneer of Asian feminist theology, drawing on postcolonial theology.[4][5]

Works

  • Wai-Ching Angela Wong (2002). The Poor Woman: A Critical Analysis of Asian Theology and Contemporary Chinese Fiction by Women. Peter Lang. ISBN 978-0-8204-4899-2.
  • Tam, Siumi Maria; Wong, Wai-Ching Angela; Wang, Danning, eds. (2014). Gender and Family in East Asia. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-73887-8.
  • Wong, Wai-Ching Angela; Chiu, Patricia P. K., eds. (2018). Christian Women in Chinese Society: The Anglican Story. Hong Kong University Press. ISBN 978-988-8455-92-8.

References

  1. 1 2 "Meet Our New Vice President for Programs: Dr. Wai Ching Angela Wong". United Board. 28 September 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  2. ↑ Wai-Ching Angela Wong (2002). The Poor Woman: A Critical Analysis of Asian Theology and Contemporary Chinese Fiction by Women. Peter Lang. ISBN 978-0-8204-4899-2.
  3. ↑ "Prof. Wong Wai Ching Angela 黄慧貞教授". www.crs.cuhk.edu.hk. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  4. ↑ Kwan, Simon Shui-Man (2013). Postcolonial Resistance and Asian Theology. Routledge. pp. 10–13. ISBN 978-1-134-70254-1.
  5. ↑ Brazal, Agnes M. (2019). A Theology of Southeast Asia: Liberation-Postcolonial Ethics in the Philippines. Orbis Books. p. xxxvii. ISBN 978-1-60833-758-3.
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