Episode 4: Interview with Dr. Simon Chan - Toward An Asian Evangelical Ecclesiology.  

About the Guest: Simon Chan (PhD, Cambridge) is a renowned theologian who has been the Earnest Lau Professor of Systematic Theology at Trinity Theological College in Singapore. He is also the Editor of the Asian Journal of Theology since 2016. He is the author of Man and Sin, Pentecostal Theology and the Christian Spiritual Tradition, Spiritual Theology: A Systematic Study of the Christian Life, and Liturgical Theology: The Church as Worshiping Community and Grassroots Asian Theology: Thinking the Faith from the Ground Up.  

0:00 -  Introduction 

3:21 - What do we mean by Asian Evangelicalism? 

7:50 - Why does Asian Evangelical Ecclesiology need to consider other traditions in Asia? 

15:37 - How does seeing social justice as intrinsic to the church’s life and being impact the church? 

25:26 -  What is the essence of the being of the church? 

37:50 - Why does baptism matter in the Asian context? 

45:32 - - Understanding individualism and spirituality in Asian urban settings 

49:54 - Why do we have ritual deficits in the church? 

1:00:04 - Modes of Worship: Historically and liturgically grounded while being relevant 

1:10:34 -  Book recommendations and further engagement 

1:15:22 -  Closing Remarks   

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