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ASIAN PRACTICAL THEOLOGY

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2025

INTERSECTION OF TRAUMA AND PRACTICAL THEOLOGY IN ASIA

SCHEDULE

Conference Schedule・Day 1
Friday・13 JUNE 2025・09:00 - 17:10・Hong Kong Time Zone

09:00 - 09:10

Welcome Remarks

Prof. Simon Shui-Man KWAN

Professor, Divinity School of Chung Chi College, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

President, Asia Academy of Practical Theology (Hong Kong)

09:20 - 10:50

Parallel A

Parallel A1

Parallel A2

Parallel A3

Collective Trauma, Volcanic Eruption, and Revelation 3:7-13: Practical Theology in Southeast Asia

Mr. Risno TAMPILANG

Researcher, State Christian Religion Institute of Manado

The Wounded Christian in Hong Kong: Dechurch Phenomenon and Catherine Malabou’s Plasticity

Mr. Ka-Shing TSE

Assistant Editor, Christian Times

Between Divine Suffering and Impassibility: The Theological Dispute between Kitamori and Noro in Japan’s Theology

Ms. Masako U. HAYASHI

PhD Candidate, Tokyo Metropolitan University

Political Trauma and Religious Experience among the Nagas

Dr. Tezenlo THONG

Independent Scholar & Researcher

Transforming Trauma: Pastoral Care and Resistance in the Aftermath of State Violence

Dr. Annabel Manzanilla MANALO

Associate Professor and Chair, Counseling Department, Asian Theological Seminary

From Collective Trauma to Healing Together: The Church's Response and the Potential for Trauma-Informed Ministry in Hong Kong

Ms. Winnie Wing-Yan FUNG

Registered Social Worker & Registered Expressive Arts Therapist, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Filipino Spirituality of the Cross and Suffering: Healing and Re-traumatization Among Natural Disaster Victims

Rev. Josuah Macalos DE ROSAS

Assistant Professor of Practical Ministries, Silliman University Divinity School

Faith, Resilience and Recovery: Exploring the Interplay of Trauma and Spirituality in Fostering Hope

Rev. Sam Mea ATTA

Senior Lecturer, Metago Bible College

11:00 - 12:00

Keynote 1

Theologies and Practices of Post-Traumatic Remaking

Dr. Karen O’DONNELL

Academic Dean, Westcott House, Cambridge

14:00 - 15:30

Parallel B

Parallel B1

Parallel B2

Parallel B3

Pentecostal Divine Healing and Spiritual Warfare in Hong Kong: A Practical Theological Perspective

Dr. Christian Nathen NG

Research Fellow, Ecclesia Theological Seminary

Trauma, Healing, and the Full Gospel: A Pneumatological Analysis of the Elijah Mission's Prayer Healing Practices

Rev. Kwok-Ho LAU

Research Fellow, Ecclesia Theological Seminary

Discerning Spirits: A Pneumatological Analysis of Negative Religious Experiences in Pentecostal Healing Practices

Mr. Daniel Chun-Leung CHOW

Research Fellow, Ecclesia Theological Seminary

Posttraumatic Reactions and Psalm 119

Dr. Xi LI

Research Fellow, Shandong University

Reading the Crucifixion Story in John 19:16-27 through the Lens of Trauma

Mr. Yohanes Krismantyo SUSANTA

Lecturer, Institut Agama Kristen Negeri Toraja

Remembering Wounds, Celebrating Deliverance: A Pastoral Attitude towards Trauma Experiences

Rev. Indah Sriulina GINTING

Lecturer, Jakarta Theological Seminary

The Transformation of Trauma through a Biblical-based Healing Process: Using Arts as a Means to Connect with Trauma and God

Ms. V Wan-Chee YIM

Graduate Student, Divinity School of Chung Chi College, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Between Sacred Harm and Healing: Exploring Intimate Partner Violence in Evangelical Churches in the Philippines

Ms. Jasmine Helden Therese Penuela SY

Graduate Student, Asian Theological Seminary

Online Sexual Exploitation of Children (OSEC) and its Challenge to the Church as a Community of Care

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Rev. Giovanni Russel Dua BOSITA

Adjunct Faculty, TEE Program of UTS Philippines, Union Theological Seminary

15:40 - 17:10

Parallel C

Parallel C1

Parallel C2

Parallel C3

Collaborative Preaching for Collective Trauma Healing

Dr. Linna GUNAWAN

Independent Researcher

“We Sat Down and Wept by the Rivers of Zion” (Psalm 137): Internal Exile, Cognitive Dissonance, and a Contextual Reading in Hong Kong

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Mr. Ho-Sum TANG

Graduate Student, Divinity School of Chung Chi College, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

"I am a Post-Zionist Traumatic Subject": Trauma as an Auto-Hermeneutics Decolonial Method

Mr. Hadje Cresencio SADJE

PhD Candidate, University of Vienna，KU Leuven

To Queer or to Live Gender Paradox: a Gap for Meaning Making by Narrating through Trauma of LGBT Christians

Dr. Christopher Chi-Pang YIU

Specialist in General Surgery and Sex Therapist, FAMtastic

Trauma of Dalits: Role and Response of Christian Missionaries from "Sociomissiological" Perspective

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Dr. Jayabalan MURTHY

Postdoctoral Researcher, Kirchliche Hochschule Wuppertal

How to Minister to People Who Do Not Have the Words for Psychological Illnesses

Dr. Tom D. PARK

Theological Educator, Concordia Theological Seminary Taiwan

Breaking the Terror: Women's Traumatic Experiences of Sexual Violence

Dr. Elaine YIP

Hostess & Speaker, "Salt Light Fellowship" Faith Forum

Navigating Exclusion and Reconstructing Faith: A Qualitative Study on the Religious Trauma and Self-Help Strategies of Gay and Lesbian Christians in Hong Kong

Miss Yee-Lam HO
Independent Researcher

Ms. Shirley LAM

Independent Researcher

Investigating the Relationship Between Trauma, Spirituality, and Resilience, and Considering the Role of Faith in Navigating Suffering and Fostering Hope

Mr. Philip Michael Everett LANE

Doctoral Student, KU Leuven

Day 1 ・ End of Day

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