Kai-man Kwan (Chinese: ) is a Chinese Christian philosopher at Hong Kong Baptist University.[1] He is the current Director of the Centre for Sino-Christian Studies.[2]

Education and career

After graduating as an electrical engineer from the University of Hong Kong in 1983, Kwan worked as a Science and Maths teacher first at Matteo Ricci College, and then at Carmel Alison Lam Foundation Secondary School. He completed his M.Phil. in 1991 and Ph.D. in 1993 from Oxford University under the supervision of Richard Swinburne.[3] The next year he joined Hong Kong Baptist University as a part-time Lecturer. He served as the Head of the Department of Religion and Philosophy from 2013 to 2018.[4] He was one of the founding members of the Centre for Sino-Christian Studies under the faculty of Arts and Humanities in 2001, where he served as Research Project Coordinator from 2001-2004 and as Associate Director from 2004–2006.[5] He is its current Director.

Kwan served on the "Academic Council" of the now-defunct, California-based International Children's Rights Institute,[6] an organization founded by Robert Oscar Lopez that unsuccessfully lobbied against gay marriage in the United States, Australia, and Taiwan.

Major publications

Chinese Titles

References

  1. ^ "Staff Profile". Department of Religion and Philosophy, HKBU. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  2. ^ "About". Centre for Sino-Christian Studies. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  3. ^ "Staff Profile". Department of Religion and Philosophy, HKBU. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  4. ^ "Wayback Machine capture of 10 May 2013". Department of Religion and Philosophy, HKBU. Archived from the original on 2013-05-10. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  5. ^ "Staff Profile". Department of Religion and Philosophy, HKBU. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  6. ^ "Academic Council | International Children's Rights Institute". internationalchildrensrights.com. Archived from the original on 16 May 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
Educational offices Preceded byLauren Pfister[1] Head Department of Religion and Philosophy Hong Kong Baptist University 2013 to 2018 Succeeded byEllen Y. Zhang Preceded byLauren Pfister Director Centre for Sino-Christian Studies current Succeeded by
  1. ^ "Staff Profile". Department of Religion and Philosophy, HKBU. Retrieved 29 June 2020.