Prof. KWAN, Kai Man
Position
Professor

E-mail
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Tel
3411-7291

Room
CEC 802A

ORCID
0000-0003-3437-8645


Qualification & Experience
Qualification & Experience
Teaching
Research
Director, Centre for Sino-Christian Studies
Programme Director, M.A. in Ethics and Public Affairs
Lay Person Inspector of the Council on Human Reproductive Technology

Degree(s): D. Phil., Oxford University, U.K.
M. Phil., Oxford University, U.K.
B.D., University of Aberdeen, U.K.
Dip. Ed., The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
B.Sc. (Eng.), The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Work Experience:
Theology Division, Department of Religion, The Chinese University of Hong Kong


Courses Taught: LSE 7040 Values and Socio-cultural Issues in Hong Kong Today
LSE 7130 Social Justice
LSE 7140 Law, Liberty & Morality
LSE 7150 Human Rights in a Multicultural World
RELI 1005 Quest for Truth and Meaning
RELI 4015 Mysticism and Religious Experience
REL 7010 Graduate Seminar
REL 7071 Research Postgraduate Seminars
REL 7080 RPG Research Methodology Seminar in Religion and Philosophy

Teaching Areas: General Philosophy
Philosophy of Religion
Science-religion Dialogue
Political Philosophy and Social Ethics
Comparative Religion


Research Areas: Philosophy of religion; philosophy of science, science-religion dialogue, and social ethics

Current Projects: Naturalistic explanations of religious experience
The epistemology of phenomenal conservatism
The critical evaluation of the harm principle

Recent Publications: “Is Soren Kierkegaard a Friend or Foe of Natural Theology? A Chinese Perspective.” Jian Dao: A Journal of Bible & Theology 53 (Jan 2020): 41-82.
“The Argument from Religious Experience,” in Colin Ruloff, ed., Contemporary Arguments in Natural Theology (London: Bloomsbury Press), forthcoming.

Selected Outputs: The Rainbow of Experiences, Critical Trust, and God: A Defense of Holistic Empiricism (New York: Continuum, October 2011)
“The Dialectical Relationship between Human Rights and the Christian Faith: A Response to Prof. Laura Palazzani,” in Joseph Tham, Kai-man Kwan, & Alberto Garcia, eds., Religious perspectives on Human Rights and Bioethics (Springer Nature, 2017).
“Paul Tillich on the Relationship between Morality and Religion.” Journal of Sino-Christian Studies 28 (Dec 2019): 7-44.
“Reformed Traditions and Human Rights: Friends or Foes?” Ching Feng, forthcoming in 2020.

Selected Conference Presentations: 〈人權與烏托邦──悲觀主義vs樂觀主義〉，「多面向的烏托邦與普世價值的追求：紀念《烏托邦》成書500周年」學術會議，2016年4月26日，國立台灣師範大學文學院、國立台灣師範大學圖書館主辦，香港浸會大學文學院協辦。
〈有神論倫理與猶希佛雨難〉，「道德哲學與宗教倫理」學術會議，2016年5月6-8日，四州大學公共管理學院哲學系主辦。
Kai-man Kwan & Benedict Chan, “Reformation and Human Rights: Friends or Foes?” Presented in the International Conference on “Celebrating 500 Years of the Reformation - The Reformation’s Culturally Transformative Influences and Impacts: European and Asian Cultural Perspectives,” 22-23 September 2017, co-organized by the Centre for Sino-Christian Studies, & Department of Religion and Philosophy, HKBU.

Knowledge Transfer Activities / Projects: Talks on ethics, philosophy & religion in secondary schools