FACULTY

Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will. (Romans 12:2)

Dr. Wenyu Xie, Ph.D.

China Evangelical Seminary North America Associate Professor, Resident Faculty
Major Teaching Courses:

Bible Books, Old Testament Theology, Biblical Languages, Hermeneutics

Areas of Expertise:

Historical Theology, Advanced New Testament Hermeneutics, Confucian Classics and Christian Dialogue

Academic Research Focus / Interests:

History of Christian Theological Thought, Confucian Thought Studies, Contemporary Issues in Epistemology

Biography:

Dr. Wenyu was born in Meixian, Guangdong, China. His early search for truth led him through Daoism, Buddhism, and ancient Greek philosophy, but ended in repeated frustration. After being baptized in 1993, he found guidance in divine truth. Called in 2004 to testify for Christ in Chinese academia, he taught at Shandong University (2005–2021) and concurrently served as Professor of Historical Theology at China Evangelical Seminary North America.

Education:
Publication:
Recent English Thesis:
  • Global ethics: sentimental education or ideological construction?
    Journal of Global Ethics, 2024,20(1):83-90
  • Sincerity and the Impasse of the Exemplary Person: An Analysis of the Zhongyong, with Attention to Christian Faith, in Reconceptualizing Confucian Philosophy in the 21st Century, Yao Xinzhong, Springer, 2017,257-271
  • Competing Paradigms in the Dialogue Among Civilizations: Core Values vs. Universal Values, Journal of Chinese Humanities, 1:2 (2015.2)  267-279
  • Conceiving Possibility: Kierkegaard and Zhuangzi,Frontiers of Philosophy in China, Beijing, China, 9:3 (October, 2014.3) 381-395 
  • Chinese Religiosity and Chinese Science of Nature,Frontiers of Philosophy in China, Beijing, China, 9:13 (January, 2014)
  • Kant’s Better Man and the Confucian JunziFrontiers of Philosophy in China, Beijing, China, 7: 3 (October, 2012) 481-497
  • The Concept of Cheng and Confucian Religiosity,Journal of East-West Thought, Pomona, California, 2:1 (March 2012) 91-106
  • The Concept of Junzi in the ZhongyongFrontiers of Philosophy in China, Beijing, China, 6:4 (October, 2011) 501-520
  • The Enlightenment: Conscience and authority in judgment,[My Copy]Frontiers of Philosophy in China, Vol. 4, No. 2. (1 June 2009) 264-281
  • Non-sensuous Perception and its Philosophical Significance,in Whitehead and China: Relevance and Relationships, ed. Wenyu Xie, Frankfurt / Lancaster, Germany: ontos verlag, 2005,
  • Approaching the Dao: From Laozi to Zhuangzi,Journal of Chinese Philosophy, Hawaii, 27:4 (December, 2000) 469-488
Recent Chinese Thesis:
  • 教育與啟蒙的張力:康德教育思想的實踐困境
  • 《現代教育論叢》,2024年第六期
  • 《天主實義》與中西思維的問題意識,《國學與西學》2023年12月,總第25期
  • 從敬畏感到良知,《宗教與哲學》(第十輯)2023年
  • 自由與善——基於柏拉圖相關文本的分析,《北京大學學報》,2023年第四期
  • 情感認識論的主體和對象,《哲學研究》2022年第1期
  • 真理困境與基督教恩典論,《哲學與文化》第四十八卷第十期  2021年第10期
  • 本性如何重建,《中南大學學報》2020年第5期
    情感分析與偶態形而上學,《河北學刊》2020年第4期
  • 意志的主體與對象,《哲學動態》2020年第1期
    奧古斯丁論神的形像,《基督教學術》(第22輯),2019年12月 )
  • 界定正義概念——以《理想國》和《羅馬書》為文本,《基督宗教研究》(25輯),2019年11月
  • 選舉制與推舉制——現代西方與儒家仁政的政治領袖產生機制之比較,《文史哲》2019年第6期
  • “敬-誠-忠”情感結構中的儒家仁政,《南國學術》2019年第3期​
  • 康德宗教哲学的问题意识和基本概念,《中国社会科学评价》2018年第4期
  • 情感对象是在情感中被界定的,《南国学术》2018年第3期
  • 解构性的正义概念,《北京大学学报》,2018年第4期
  • 真理与真知——从爱任纽与华伦提努之间的争论谈起,《河北学刊》2018年第1期
  • 古希腊哲学中的良心与真理,《社会科学》2018年02期
  • “敬仰”与“信仰”:中西天命观的认识论异同,《南国学术》2017年第2期
  • 正义与真理——柏拉图《理想国》的问题、方法和思路,《中山大学学报》2017年第2期