Choan-Seng Song

Choan-Seng Song (Chinese: 宋泉盛; pinyin: Sòng Quánshèng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sòng Choân-sēng) (* 1929 ) is a Taiwanese Protestant theologian.

Song studied philosophy at the National Taiwan University and theology in Edinburgh (1955–58), New York (1958–59) and Basel (1959/60) as well as at Union Theological Seminary , where he completed his doctorate in 1965 . From 1956 to 1970 he was director of the theological faculty of the Tainan Theological College, 1977 to 2004 president of the World Reformed Federation . He was Professor of Theology and Asian Culture at the Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley.

He gained notoriety in particular through the development of a contextual Asian theology that combines Christian theology with Asian religious motifs.

Publications (selection)

• New China and Salvation History: A Methodological Inquiry. In: South-East Asia Journal of Theology 15, 2, 1974, pp. 52-67.
• Christian Mission in Reconstruction: an Asian Analysis, (New York: Orbis Books, 1975). ISBN 978-0-88344-074-2
• Third-Eye Theology: Theology in Formation in Asian Settings, (New York: Orbis Books, 1979). ISBN 978-0-88344-474-0
• The Compassionate God: An Exercise in the Theology of Transposition, (New York: Orbis Books, 1982). ISBN 978-0-334-01951-0
• Theology from the Womb of Asia, (New York: Orbis Books, 1986). ISBN 978-0-88344-518-1
• Jesus the Crucified People, (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1990). ISBN 978-0-8006-2969-4
• Jesus and the Reign of God, (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1993). ISBN 978-0-8006-2671-6
• Jesus in the Power of the Spirit, (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1994). ISBN 978-1-57910-958-5

literature

• Karl H. Federschmidt : Theology from Asian sources. The theological path of Choan Seng Songs against the background of the Asian ecumenical discussion. Lit, Munster; Hamburg 1994, ISBN 3-8258-2061-0

Web links

• Karl H. Federschmidt: Theology from Asian sources. The theological path of Choan Seng Songs against the background of the Asian ecumenical discussion (online version 2008)