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Rev. Prof. Tobias BRANDNER

Rev. Prof. Tobias BRANDNER

Professor

M.Div., Th.D. (University of Zurich)

About Rev. Prof. Tobias BRANDNER

Tobias Brandner received his doctoral degree from the University of Zurich based on a systematic-theological study on the ecumenical search for unity. His teaching covers World Christianity, mission studies, and ecumenical studies. His research focuses on Christian ministry and pastoral theology in prison, mission movements in Asia past and present, Christianity in Southeast Asia, and on post-denominational theological movements, especially Pentecostal-charismatic Christianity. His core interest is on the interaction between Christian faith and political, social, and personal change. 

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  • Research Interests
    • Faith and ministry in the penal context
    • Mission in Asia
    • Christianity in Southeast Asia
    • Ecumenism and post-denominational movements, especially Pentecostal-charismatic Christianity
  • Recent Research ProjectS
    1. Religious life in the penal contexts of Southeast Asia
    2. Christianity in the global city of Hong Kong (Bloomsbury Academics book project)
    3. Chinese overseas mission (GRF, concluded)
    4. African migrant Christianity in Hong Kong
  • Representative Publications
    Books (since 2014)
    1. Christians in the City of Hong Kong: Chinese Christianity in Asia's World City (Christians in the City: Studies in Contemporary Global Christianity). London: Bloomsbury Academic 2023 (to be published in Nov. 2023).
    2. Pilgrims and Popes. A Concise History of Pre-Reformation Christianity in the West. Eugene, OR: Cascade, 2019 (Chinese translation as 《分久必合，合久必分：從耶穌時代到改革前夕的西方基督教批判史》，莫介文譯（香港：明風出版社，2016）.
    3. Beyond the Walls of Separation. Christian Faith and Ministry in Prison, Eugene, Oregon: Cascade, 2014 (Chinese translation as鐵窗內的心靈世界。港基督教監獄事工面面觀，基道 2010).
    Articles (since 2016)
    1.  “Chinese Missionaries in Cross-Cultural Overseas Mission: Emergence of a New Missionary Nation?” International Bulletin of Mission Research (2023) 47 (3), 356-369
    2. “’The room is small, but the heart is big’ – Religion and community life in prison: a case study from the Philippines.” Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology Vol. 21/4, August 2020, 1-20.
    3. “Emerging Christianity in Cambodia: People Movement to Christ or Playground for Global Christianity?” International Bulletin of Missionary Research 2020, Vol. 44(3) 279–289.
    4. “Religious Volunteer Visitors in the Penal Context of Hong Kong: Roles, Experiences, Transformations.” Social Sciences and Mission. Special Edition on Prison and Religion in the Global South. Volume 33 / 1-2 (2020), 128-156.
    5. “Guest Editor’s Introduction.” Social Sciences and Mission. Special Edition on Prison and Religion in the Global South. Volume 33 / 1-2 (2020), 1-8.
    6. “A Besieged Boom: Christianity in China.” Theology Today 2019, Vol. 76(3), 194–199.
    7. “The Church as Family: Strengths and Dangers of the Family Paradigm of Christianity in the Chinese Contexts.” Theology Today 2019, Vol 76 (3), 217-223.
    8. “A Case Study on Conversion in the Context of Prison in Hong Kong: Experiences, Narratives, and Transformations.” International Journal of Practical Theology 22 (1) / 2018: 1–19. 
    9. “Basel Mission and Revolutions in Nineteenth and Twentieth-Century China: Debating Societal Renewal.” Mission Studies 35 (2018), 7–30. 
    10. “Pentecostals in the Public Sphere: Between Counterculturalism and Adaptation (Observations from the Chinese Context in Hong Kong).” PentecoStudies 16.1 (2017), 117–137. 
    11. “Missionare als Kritiker des Komitees,” Interkulturelle Theologie. Zeitschrift für Missionswissenschaft 42, no. 2–3 (2016): 194–206.

 

>>  Click here to Prof. BRANDNER's profile on Divinity School of Chung Chi College website.