Simon Shui-Man Kwan
Biographic Data
| ID | 5909458 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Simon Shui-Man Kwan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Simon Shui-Man |
| FAMILY NAME | Kwan |
| SIGNATURE | KWAN S S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9912-5919 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Asian Spiritualities and Social Transformation
Presents a cross-cultural and inter-religious understanding of the ways social transformation in Asia is related to the diversity of Asian spiritualities.
Is hospitality enough for Interfaith Spiritual Care by Christians
This paper is largely theoretical. The main concerns are not the ‘hows’ of Interfaith Spiritual Care, but answers to several questions: (1) What are the main approaches to ISC? (2) Are there any common features among these approaches? If so, what are the commonalities? (3) Is there a colonizing tendency inscribed in these approaches that one should be cautious about in the Asian context? (4) How might one decolonize such approaches for the Asian …
Negotiating the meaning of spirituality in holistic health care from a Chinese perspective
This paper argues for a cross-cultural understanding of spirituality, suggesting that the meanings of spirituality currently available in the holistic healthcare literature are largely Western, which are heavily loaded with a spirit–body dualism. This constitutes one of the reasons why many Chinese-speaking people would not, or would not be able to, fully appreciate the importance of spirituality in the context of holism, which often manifests in…
Postcolonial Resistance and Asian Theology
Presenting a fundamental re-thinking of Asian theology, this book focuses on theological indigenization in Asia in light of the postcolonial theory of resistance advanced by Homi K. Bhabha, among others. Two types of anti-colonialist resistance within Asian theologies are identified and interrogated. The first is nationalistic in kind, operating from a theological language that is binaristic and oppositional. The second is illustrated by that whi…
Theological Indigenisation as Anti-Colonialist Resistance: A Chinese Conception of the Christian God as a Case Study
Clinical Efficacy of Ritual Healing and Pastoral Ministry
From Indigenization to Contextualization: A Change in Discursive Practice rather than a Shift in Paradigm
From Indigenization to Contextualization: A Change in Discursive Practice rather than a Shift in Paradigm
Clinical Efficacy of Ritual Healing and Pastoral Ministry
Theological Indigenisation as Anti-Colonialist Resistance: A Chinese Conception of the Christian God as a Case Study
Postcolonial Resistance and Asian Theology
Presenting a fundamental re-thinking of Asian theology, this book focuses on theological indigenization in Asia in light of the postcolonial theory of resistance advanced by Homi K. Bhabha, among others. Two types of anti-colonialist resistance within Asian theologies are identified and interrogated. The first is nationalistic in kind, operating from a theological language that is binaristic and oppositional. The second is illustrated by that whi…
Negotiating the meaning of spirituality in holistic health care from a Chinese perspective
This paper argues for a cross-cultural understanding of spirituality, suggesting that the meanings of spirituality currently available in the holistic healthcare literature are largely Western, which are heavily loaded with a spirit–body dualism. This constitutes one of the reasons why many Chinese-speaking people would not, or would not be able to, fully appreciate the importance of spirituality in the context of holism, which often manifests in…
Is hospitality enough for Interfaith Spiritual Care by Christians
This paper is largely theoretical. The main concerns are not the ‘hows’ of Interfaith Spiritual Care, but answers to several questions: (1) What are the main approaches to ISC? (2) Are there any common features among these approaches? If so, what are the commonalities? (3) Is there a colonizing tendency inscribed in these approaches that one should be cautious about in the Asian context? (4) How might one decolonize such approaches for the Asian …
Asian Spiritualities and Social Transformation
Presents a cross-cultural and inter-religious understanding of the ways social transformation in Asia is related to the diversity of Asian spiritualities.
Sociology (7 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Religion, Society, and Development (4 works) · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (4 works) · Anthropology (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Chinese history and philosophy (2 works)