Contemporary Christianities in Southeast Asia: Challenges and Opportunities

Peter C. Phan

doi:10.46567/ijt.v9i1.209

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Peter C. Phan Georgetown University

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https://doi.org/10.46567/ijt.v9i1.209

Abstract

This is a guest editor's introduction to the special issue "Christianities in Southeast Asia"

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Author Biography

Peter C. Phan, Georgetown University

Peter C. Phan, who has earned three doctorates, is the inaugural holder of the Ignacio Ellacuría Chair of Catholic Social Thought at Georgetown University, USA. His research deals with the theology of icon in Orthodox theology, patristic theology, eschatology, the history of Christian missions in Asia, liberation, inculturation, and interreligious dialogue. He is the author and editor of over 30 books and has published over 300 essays. His writings have been translated into Arabic, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Serbian, Spanish, Chinese, Indonesian, Japanese, and Vietnamese, and have received many awards from learned societies. He is the first non-Anglo to be elected President of Catholic Theological Society of America and President of American Theological Society. In 2010 he received the John Courtney Murray Award, the highest honor bestowed by the Catholic Theological Society of America for outstanding achievement in theology. He has also been awarded four honorary doctorates.

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