Francis Ching-wah Yip

Francis Ching-wah Yip (Chinese: 葉菁華; b. 1967)[1] is Director and Associate Professor of Divinity School of Chung Chi College (DSCCC), Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK).[2]

For other uses, see Francis Yip (disambiguation).

Biography

Yip attended in Christian primary schools and was active in student fellowship during high school. He obtained a Bachelor of Social Science, major in Journalism at the CUHK. Between 1992 and 1995, he studied M.Div. at the DSCCC. before receiving a scholarship to do a Th.D. at Harvard Divinity School and graduated in 2004.[2][1] His Ph.D. thesis was then published as a monograph, naming Capitalism as Religion? A Study of Paul Tillich’s Interpretation of Modernity.[3]

He joined the DSCCC in 2005 as Assistant Professor. In August 2020, he succeeded Ying Fuk-tsang as the Director of DSCCC. He was nicknamed as ‘Teacher Frog’ by his students at DSCCC.[4]

Works
  • Capitalism as Religion? A Study of Paul Tillich's Interpretation of Modernity. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Theological Studies, Harvard, 2010. ISBN 9780674021471

References
  1. "香港中文大學崇基學院神學院 Divinity School of Chung Chi College, CUHK". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2020-12-15.
  2. "葉菁華". 香港中文大學崇基學院神學院 (in Chinese). 2016-10-18. Retrieved 2020-12-15.
  3. Yip, Francis Ching-Wah, 1967- (2010). Capitalism as religion? : a study of Paul Tillich's interpretation of modernity. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard Divinity School. ISBN 978-0-674-02147-1. OCLC 314114066.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. "亂世中堅守合一精神 專訪崇基學院神學院新任院長葉菁華". christiantimes.org.hk. Retrieved 2020-12-15.
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