Mission and Vision

Founded in 2012, Faith and Global Engagement is a multidisciplinary platform in the Faculty of Arts that explores the significance of the Christian tradition in dialogue with the contemporary world.

Mission and Vision

Founded in 2012, Faith and Global Engagement is a multidisciplinary platform in the Faculty of Arts that explores the significance of the Christian tradition in dialogue with the contemporary world.

Mission and Vision

Founded in 2012, Faith and Global Engagement is a multidisciplinary platform in the Faculty of Arts that explores the significance of the Christian tradition in dialogue with the contemporary world.

Vision

Our vision is to enable students to flourish in a world of religious pluralism by encouraging them to:

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acquire religious literacy.

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acquire religious literacy.

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pursue transcendent questions.

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pursue transcendent questions.

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seek values and virtues that build flourishing communities.

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seek values and virtues that build flourishing communities.

Mission

We aim to accomplish
our vision by:

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Lectures

hosting distinguished lectures on the role of the Christian faith in tackling current issues.

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Lectures

hosting distinguished lectures on the role of the Christian faith in tackling current issues.

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Research

carrying out research on the relation between faith and human flourishing from our regional perspective.

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Research

carrying out research on the relation between faith and human flourishing from our regional perspective.

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Lead for Life

pioneering large undergraduate courses across all faculties on character development and leadership skills, drawing on timeless values and virtues across traditions.

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Lead for Life

pioneering large undergraduate courses across all faculties on character development and leadership skills, drawing on timeless values and virtues across traditions.

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Courses

providing Common Core courses that focus on meaning, purpose and virtue.

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Courses

providing Common Core courses that focus on meaning, purpose and virtue.

Faith

Engagement

Faith is not a private form of knowledge for the initiated, but has always been a mode of engagement with the globe. It is a guiding star that has inspired and sustained societies and cultures over millennia. Today, its values, whether overt or tacit, continue to shape and challenge the world. Faith poses big questions; it engages with big issues; and it grapples with big problems. No matter how insurmountable the crises we currently face, faith is a compass that requires us to imagine a better future for the common good so that our communities can flourish. Faith is a form of knowledge to be trusted, tested and entrusted to others.

Faith

Engagement

Faith is not a private form of knowledge for the initiated, but has always been a mode of engagement with the globe. It is a guiding star that has inspired and sustained societies and cultures over millennia. Today, its values, whether overt or tacit, continue to shape and challenge the world. Faith poses big questions; it engages with big issues; and it grapples with big problems. No matter how insurmountable the crises we currently face, faith is a compass that requires us to imagine a better future for the common good so that our communities can flourish. Faith is a form of knowledge to be trusted, tested and entrusted to others.

Faith

Engagement

Faith is not a private form of knowledge for the initiated, but has always been a mode of engagement with the globe. It is a guiding star that has inspired and sustained societies and cultures over millennia. Today, its values, whether overt or tacit, continue to shape and challenge the world. Faith poses big questions; it engages with big issues; and it grapples with big problems. No matter how insurmountable the crises we currently face, faith is a compass that requires us to imagine a better future for the common good so that our communities can flourish. Faith is a form of knowledge to be trusted, tested and entrusted to others.

“Faith is a compass for engaging the globe. At Faith & Global Engagement, we explore how Christian thought – in relation with other beliefs – can be a way of navigating the complex issues shaping the contemporary world. Join us as we invite scholarship from different perspectives to help us find our bearings together."

Light/Star

Compass Needle


Light Rays / Interconnectivity

Academic Advisory Board

Dr. David F Allen, M.D., M.P.H

Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association

Prof. Jeremy Begbie

Duke Divinity School, Duke University | Faculty of Music, University of Cambridge

Prof. Alister McGrath

Andreas Idreos Professor of Science and Religion, University of Oxford

Prof. Lionel Tarassenko

Chair in Electrical Engineering, University of Oxford | Director of Institute of Biomedical Engineering | Fellow, St. Johns College

Prof. Miroslav Volf

Founder and Director, Yale Center for Faith and Culture | Henry B. Wright Professor of Theology, Yale University

Prof. Kang Phee Seng

Founding Fellow, International Society for Science and Religion | Former Vice President, Professor, Founding Director of the Centre for Faith and Public Values at China Graduate School of Theology

Advisors

Mrs. Wendy Tong Barnes

Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, CK Asset Holdings Limited

Mrs. Grace Lee Baughan

Founder of Be Still Media

Dr. Natalie Chan

Director of Ray Bakke Centre for Urban Transformation

Ms. Hillary Chan

Retired Senior Partner, Egon Zehnder

Mr. Tom Chan

Retired businessman

Mr. Chan Yim-kwong

Regional Director-Agency, AXA China Region Insurance Co Ltd

Mrs. Tammy Fan

Director-General of The Fan Family Charitable Trust

Ms. Lillian Kiang

Chief Executive Officer, Bei Shan Tang Foundation

Mr. David Sun, GBS, JP

Former Chairman, Ernst and Young of the Far East Area

Ms. Joyce Tam

Executive Director (Private Wealth Management), Goldman Sachs

GET INVOLVED

Support Our Work

There are three ways you can help support our work:

First, you can help by attending our various public lectures, and spreading the word of our work throughout the Hong Kong community. The easiest way to do that is to subscribe to our newsletter, and then invite your friends to come with you for the various events. You can subscribe here and ask your friends to subscribe as well.

Second, you can make a financial donation. As part of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Hong Kong, Faith and Global Engagement is a privately funded academic programme that relies on the financial support of individuals, granting agencies, and foundations to operate. All of what you see on this website is possible through your donations. All donations to HKU are tax deductible. You will receive a receipt from HKU.

Third, is that you can collaborate directly with us in our work. Faith and Global Engagement is designed as a flexible platform to allow others to work with us towards the same vision. We would be interested in connecting with you to see how your expertise and interests might align with our aspirations described above. Please feel free to contact Prof. Daniel Chua, FGE’s Founding Director at dchua@hku.hk.