WONG, Wai Ching Angela

PERSONAL:

Born in Hong Kong; daughter of Kin and Wah (Kong) Wong; married Chi Tim Lai, 1987; children: Shu Yin. Ethnicity: "Chinese/Cantonese." Education: Chinese University of Hong Kong, B.A., 1985; Southeast Asian Graduate School of Theology, B.D. (with honors), 1989; University of Chicago, M.A., 1991, Ph.D., 1997. Religion: Christian.

ADDRESSES:

Home—Warden's Quarters, Wen Chih Tang, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong. Office—Department of Modern Languages and Intercultural Studies, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong; fax: 852-2603-7755. E-mail—waiching@cuhk.edu.hk.

CAREER:

Hong Kong Christian Industrial Committee, Hong Kong, executive secretary, 1985-89; World Student Christian Federation, regional secretary for Asia and the Pacific, 1993-95; Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, assistant professor of theology, 1995-2000, associate professor of modern languages and intercultural studies and honorary associate professor of theology, 2000—, warden of Wen Chih Tang, Chung Chi College, 1997—. Asian Migrant Centre, served as chair and member of board of directors, 1994-99; Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, executive member of Gender Research Centre, 1995—; Asian Women's Resource Centre for Culture and Theology, member of executive committee, 1997-2001; Congress of Asian Theologians, co-moderator, 1999-2003; Christian Conference of Asia, member of presidium, 2000-05; United Board for Higher Education in Asia, member of board of trustees, beginning 2000.

MEMBER:

World Student Christian Federation (chair, 1995-99).

WRITINGS:

"The Poor Woman": A Critical Analysis of Asian Theology and Contemporary Chinese Women's Stories, Peter Lang Publishing (New York, NY), 2002.

Contributor to books, including Uprooted People in Asia, edited by Chris Tremewan, Christian Conference of Asia (Hong Kong), 1995; People of God, Peoplesof God: A Jewish-Christian Conversation in Asia, edited by Hans Ucko, World Council of Churches (Geneva, Switzerland), 1996; and Time for Fullness of Life for All: Six Bible Studies, Christian Conference of Asia (Hong Kong), 2000. Contributor to periodicals in English and Chinese, including Ministerial Formation, Journal of Feminist Studies of Religion, Asia Journal of Theology, In God's Image, Jian Dao: Journal of Bible and Theology, and Journal of Religion. Editor, Theology News, 1995-2001.

WORK IN PROGRESS:

Research on the working conditions of male and female workers in the churches of Hong Kong.

SIDELIGHTS:

Wai Ching Angela Wong told CA: "I have been nurtured by the Asian ecumenical movement, first by the World Student Christian Federation and then the Asian theological movement. Prompted by my concern for justice and peace, I have developed strong interests integrating feminism and theology in pursuit of gender equality in the Christian church. I thus enrolled in the Department of Practical Theology at the Divinity School of the University of Chicago, focusing specifically on feminist theologies and the Asian process of contextualization. Since then I have written mainly in respect to feminism, theology, and Asian identities. Recently my interests expanded to the area of post-colonial studies, and I ventured into projects on reinterpretation of the history of Chinese Christian women in early Hong Kong, situated between the cultures of East and West."