Langham Postdoctoral Research Project

  Sponsors: Chee-Chiew Lee

Langham Postdoctoral Scholars present Majority-World Research from Asia in Biblical, Theological and Contextual Historical fields.

Saturday, November 21

9:00–11:00 AM

Presiding: Professor Michael Graves (Wheaton College, USA)

Lilian Li Wing Ting (China Graduate School of Theology, Hong Kong): "A Hidden Exodus: Intertextual Echoes of the Moses Narrative in the Masoretic Text of Esther"  (14 minutes)

Discussion (3 minutes)

Lanuabang Jamir (Union Biblical Seminary, Pune, India): "Gastro Politics: Negotiating Identity and Power through Food in Acts 10–11" (14 minutes)

Discussion (3 minutes)

Ming Shun Chiang (Trinity Theological College, Singapore): "Christianity and Nation-Building in the modern state of Singapore" (14 minutes)

Discussion (3 minutes)

Rula Khoury Mansour (Nazareth Evangelical College / Nazareth Centre for Peace Studies, Israel): “Roots Before Fruits: Why Peacebuilding Needs Formation, Not Just Strategy” (14 minutes)

Discussion (3 minutes)

Hubertus Surif (Amanat Agung Theological Seminary, Jakarta, Indonesia): “Partnership with the Triune God in Prayer in Philippians” (14 minutes)

Discussion (3 minutes)

Edgar Ebojo (Philippines Bible Society/ Asia Graduate School of Theology, Philippines): “Resting to Listen: An Indigenous Filipino Ecological Reflexion on ‘Rest’ in the Book of Hebrews” (14 minutes)

Discussion (3 minutes)

Chee-Chiew Lee (Singapore Bible College): "Cycles of Time from Creation to New Creation: A Dialogue on Biblical New Creation with Two Asian Cosmologies and Modern Science" (14 minutes)

Discussion (3 minutes)