Wai-Ching Angela Wong


Wai-Ching Angela Wong is a Hong Kongese scholar of Asian feminist theology.

Biography

Growing up in Hong Kong, Wong received a BA from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1985, a BD from South East Asia Graduate School of Theology in 1989, and an MA and PhD in Religious Studies from University of Chicago Divinity School. Her PhD thesis was later published as "The Poor Woman": A Critical Analysis of Asian Theology and Contemporary Chinese Fiction by Women. In 2000, she began teaching at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, first in Chung Chi College before eventually moving to the Department of Cultural and Religious Studies. In 2016, she joined the United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia as Vice President for Programs.
Wong is known as a pioneer of Asian feminist theology, drawing on postcolonial theology.

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