September Lecture Series | CCS

Organiser: The Centre for Christian Studies, CUHK

Lecture 1: The Emergence of Theology in the Patristic Era
This lecture is substantially supported by a grant from the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China (Project No.: CUHK 14605023), and is part of the course THEO2235/5335 Systematic Theology I, taught by Colten Yam in Term 1.
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Volker Henning Drecoll (University of Tübingen)
Date & Time: 15 Sept. 2026, 7:00-9:30 PM
Venue: Room 502, Yasumoto International Academic Park (YIA), The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Lecture 2: Augustine’s Confessions: A Return to Christianity
This lecture is part of the course, THEO3236 /5953 Special Topics on Theological Studies II E (IMAGO DEI - Theology and Literature), taught by Naomi Thurston in Term 1.
Speaker: Rev. Dr. Ambrose Mong Ih Ren 孟 一仁 (Holy Spirit Seminary; St Francis University; Holy Cross Church, Hong Kong; CUHK)
Date & Time: Wed., 16 Sept. 2026, 7:00-9:30 PM
Venue: CCT G01, Theology Building, Chung Chi College, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Luncheon Lecture Series: Studies in World Christianity
This lecture is part of the Centre for Christian Studies’ Luncheon Lecture Series
Mizo Christianity and the Challenge of Citizenship in a Hindutva State
Speaker: Dr. Marina Ngursangzeli Behera (OCMS, Oxford)
Who is a Christian? Implicit Boundaries in World Christianity Studies
Speaker: Dr. Michael Biehl (Hamburg University/University of Pretoria)
Moderator: Prof. Naomi Thurston (Divinity School of Chung Chi College, CUHK)
Date & Time: Friday, 18 Sept. 2026, 12:30-2:00 PM
Venue: Activities Room, LG2, President Chi-tung Yung Memorial Building, Chung Chi College, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Inquiries: centre-cs@cuhk.edu.hk