公義 vs.復和: 紛亂時代的人際關係

Mother Teresa (HKU’93 honorary doctorate Social Sciences), a Catholic nun who devoted her life to helping India’s poor, was arguably the most influential spiritual revolutionary of her time. Canonised by Pope Francis, the “saint of the gutters” served the poor of Calcutta and challenged religious thought of people the world over. Prof Mary Poplin (Claremont…

The establishment of the state of Israel in 1948 (called by the Arabs “al- naqbe” – the disaster) and the results of the 6-day war in 1967 (called by the Arabs “al-naqse” – the shame) have sharpened the focus of the Jewish-Arab conflict to be on the relationship between Israelis and Palestinians. The tension has…

Presenting Ray Chan’s ceramic works, Gabriel Leung’s mixed-media installations, and Stephen Wong’s series of paintings, “At the Still Point of the Turning World” is a depiction and materialisation of the artists’ personal means and journeys of searching for the “still point” – a constant ritual, respite, or an oblique resolution in the face of chaos, crisis, or uncertainties…

Organisers: Centre for Comparative and Public Law, the Faith and Global Engagement initiative, and Bridging Gaps This interfaith dialogue will explore the relationship between spiritual ethos and power in a number of world religions – Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, and Judaism. In particular, the forum will address how religious engagement with political, legal and economic issues…

An informal gathering with Prof. NT Wright Prof. N.T. Wright is the former Bishop of Durham in the Church of England and one of the world’s leading Bible scholars. He serves as the chair of New Testament and Early Christianity at the School of Divinity at the University of St. Andrews. For twenty years he…

“Self” is an important theme in the Bible. Abram was named Abraham to start off a new identity as he believed in God’s promise. Jesus Christ humbled himself, standing in the position of sinners, to achieve salvation. When people become Christians, they change their identity from sinners to sons of God. Believers can overcome sinful…