FACULTY
He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God. - Micah 6:8
Dr. Agnes Chiu, Ph.D., J. D.
China Evangelical Seminary North America Assistant Professor,
Director of Research & Strategic Initiatives,
Director of the Center for Public Theology, Legal Counsel
Major Teaching Courses:
Systematic Theology, Christian Ethics, Public Theology, Work Theology, Stewardship Work as Mission, Conflict Management at the Workplace
Areas of Expertise:
Systematic Theology, Christian Ethics, Public Theology, Work Theology, Neo-Calvinism, Abraham Kuyper
Academic Research Focus / Interests:
Neo-Calvinism, Practical Theology, Work Theology, Abraham Kuyper, Herman Bavinck, Chinese Churches Theology
Biography:
Dr. Agnes Chiu was born in Hong Kong and is fluent in Cantonese, Mandarin, and English. Her academic research focuses on the theology of Abraham Kuyper, with particular attention to issues of labor and social ethics within the Chinese and broader Sinophone context. She also explores how political power shapes public theology in contemporary settings. Dr. Chiu is a licensed attorney in the state of California and actively serves in various leadership and ministry roles at the Chinese Evangelical Free Church of Los Angeles.
Education:
- Fuller Theological Seminary: Ph.D. in Christian Ethics
- Fuller Theological Seminary: M.A. in Biblical Studies
- University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law: Juris Doctor
- University of California, Irvine: B.A. in Social Ecology, Specialized in Criminology
Publication:
- The Social Question and the Thoughts of Abraham Kuyper with a translation of Bijlage to the Social Question from Dutch to English. publication 2022.
- . "Forty Years of Modernization: A Dialogue Between Kuyper and the Chinese Labor Context." Protestantism and Modernity, Dao Feng Press. publication 2022
- Church and Public Theology, Asian Christian Ethic: Evangelical Perspective. Editors Bernard Wong and Aldrin Peñamora. Langham Publishing. 2022.
- Church and Public Theology, Asian Christian Ethic: Evangelical Perspective. Editors Bernard Wong and Aldrin Peñamora. Langham Publishing. 2022..
- "The Theological Perspective of Image of God and the Need for a Public Theology," in Image of God, Tien Dao Publisher, Hong Kong. June 2018.
- The Emergence of the Conservative Legal Movement and Public Theology in the Context of U.S. Supreme Court Justices Appointment, Resonance: A Theological Journal, Vol. 4-2 Christianity and Culture, Summer 2018.
- "And You Welcome Me?" A Theological Response to the Militarization of the US-Mexico Borders and the Criminalization of Undocumented Migrants Co-authored by Ilsup Anh, Agnes Chiu, and William O'Neill, CrossCurrents, Volume 62, Issue 3, 303-322, September 2013.
- Out of Antagonistic Destiny: Peacemaking in an Employment Context, a Collection of Essays in Honor of Glen H. Stassen, Christian Ethics Today, November 2014.
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