Chloë Starr

Chinese Biblical Anthropology

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Cao Jian’s study of the translation and reception of the Hebrew Scriptures in Chinese literary, political, and philosophical writings offers an impressive new vision of the scope of intellectual engagement with Scripture in the late Qing and early twentieth centuries. From political readings of the Jewish nation to poetic renditions of Lamentations, Cao’s book expands and enriches our understanding of the Bible in Chinese history as pedagogical text, literary inspiration, and intellectual sounding-board.”

Emerging Theologies from the Global South

Theology

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Faithful Disobedience

Theology

“This important compendium of house-church writings offers English-language readers and scholars an inside view of the house-church narrative of the arc of Chinese church history. By combining academic essays with church sermons and interviews, the volume draws attention to two key elements in Wang Yi's writings that have guided his thought and ministry: church-state relations and a theology of martyrdom within an eschatological dimension.”

Meditations on the Birth of Christ

Bible Studies & Devotionals

“Grounded in his biblical scholarship, You Bin's profound meditations on the lives of Mary and Jesus offer an invitation to find ourselves in the Advent story and see Christ born in us. Reflections on the Beatitudes intertwine Chinese understandings of Heaven and earth and the nature of divinity, and call us to a faith that is active and ethical as it is reflective and spiritual.”

The Art of Contextual Theology

Theology

“The study of theology is greatly enriched by this new work from Victor Ezigbo that asks what it means for community context to be a fundamental—and equally-weighted—constituent of theology alongside Scripture, reason, and tradition. From ancestor Christology to Dalit anthropology, Ezigbo’s case studies illuminate with breadth and precision how context so understood challenges all theologians, as it relocates the form and practice of Christian theology to local communities across the globe.”

The Diffused Story of the Footwashing in John 13

History & Biography

“Chen Yanrong’s exquisite study of a single moment in the Gospel narrative—Jesus’ washing of his disciples’ feet—in twenty-six texts from the Ming and Qing dispels the myth of the missing Roman Catholic Bible. Chen’s meticulous analysis shows how Bible stories were transmitted in paraphrase, in catechisms and pedagogical texts, though poetry, commentary and art—and how these interpretations of Christ recalibrate our understanding of the contextualization of Christianity in China.”

The Translation of the Bible into Chinese

History & Biography

“This well-timed volume, coinciding with the hundredth anniversary of the Chinese Union Version Bible, offers a highly readable and accessible study of the translation history and reception of China’s most widely read Bible edition. Peng’s study is particularly helpful in updating the story of the Union Version to the present day as it contends with new translations and online reading aids.”

What Has Jerusalem to Do with Beijing?

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“K.K. Yeo addresses culture with the same analytical acuity as he addresses the Bible, and the dialogue between these brings rich new insight to Christian theology. Yeo’s cross-cultural hermeneutic issued a provocative methodological challenge to ‘mainstream’ theologians, while this twentieth anniversary re-issue celebrates Yeo’s scholarship as well as the great growth of Chinese theology in the intervening decades—growth brought about in no small part by Yeo’s contribution.”