Ann Gillian Chu 朱安之
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Ann Gillian Chu 朱安之
@gillianchuphd.bsky.social
Assistant Professor with Hong Kong Baptist University. Visiting Research Fellow @leedsprhs.bsky.social. PhD @uniofstandrews.bsky.social. I post about #hongkongchristians and #hongkongstudies.
November 12, 2025 at 10:00 AM
感謝大學浸信會的邀請,有幸參與堂慶30週年的校園事工主日崇拜🙏🏻
November 9, 2025 at 7:20 AM
(1/2) My @templetonfdn.bsky.social-funded research project, "Left-behind Elderly Parents," is coming to an end today. I am thankful for the research team, led by Prof. Carissa Sharp, for the friendships I have gained along the way, and for my Research Assistant, Ms. Claire Cheung, for her support.
October 31, 2025 at 5:48 AM
"God outside of (Hong Kong) churches: How dechurched Hong Kong Christians understand the role of churches and Christian communities in relation to their faith identities" Jan 2026 @equinoxpub.bsky.social "Religion and the Sense of Self" ed. @theowildcroft.bsky.social equinoxpub.com/projects/rel...
October 22, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Thanks for citing our work!

Jason Lam, "Politics: a Topic that cannot be Avoided in Diasporic Chinese Churches," in Chinese Church in Context: Voices from Downunder, eds. Grace Kwan Sik Tsoi and Philip P. Chia (Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2025), 177-198.
October 22, 2025 at 2:20 AM
I’m glad to have been able to present our BA (Hons) Religion, Philosophy, and Ethics program alongside my colleagues at Hong Kong Baptist University’s Info Day, and met with many DSE students. I hope to see some of you on campus in 2026/27!
October 22, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Thanks for celebrating my achievements, @sgsah.bsky.social! issuu.com/sgsah/docs/s...
October 21, 2025 at 9:09 AM
I’m glad to be able to visit @icaew.bsky.social Hong Kong office this morning, and got a cute swag 😍 (Collaborations in the pipeline - stay tuned!)
October 15, 2025 at 1:56 PM
September 25, 2025 at 2:29 PM
New swag!
September 19, 2025 at 3:56 PM
September 18, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Our departmental office asked me if I wanted to take new headshots - I said yes, and here are the results 😊
September 15, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I'm on this year's PhD fellowship promo 😂 Details here: gs.hkbu.edu.hk/page/detail/...
September 12, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I'll be joining my colleagues to give a talk on Religious Studies. Free registration for our department's BA (Hons) students here: rel.hkbu.edu.hk/activities/O...
September 12, 2025 at 3:05 PM
New swag!
September 11, 2025 at 12:21 PM
I am glad to be able to witness the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Life Course Development Research Institute and the Translational Research Centre for Digital Mental Health (TRC-DMH) at Tung Wah College!
September 10, 2025 at 2:17 AM
September 3, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Thanks for including my work in your course reference list! www.theology.cuhk.edu.hk/sites/defaul...
September 2, 2025 at 3:35 PM
In semester 1 of 2025/26, I’ll be teaching the undergraduate course ITS 1018 Transdisciplinary Guided Study I, and the PhD course ARTD 7010 RPG Research Methodology Seminar in the Arts and Humanities. I look forward to meeting first-year undergraduate and research postgraduate students!
August 30, 2025 at 5:42 PM
August 30, 2025 at 2:08 PM
August 27, 2025 at 5:33 PM
(2/2) This marks the end of a busy summer, traversing between countries (Canada, England, Hong Kong, the Netherlands) and disciplines (Baptist studies, philosophy, psychology, and theology). I'm grateful for all these opportunities to explore!
August 25, 2025 at 7:12 AM
I chaired a panel and co-presented a paper at the Centre for Sino-Christian Studies 2nd International Conference on Philosophy of Religion/Inaugural Conference of the Asian Society for Philosophy of Religion. Prof. Rachel Robertson and I presented a paper titled "Joys in Online Religious Spaces."
August 25, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Thanks for citing my work!

Thurston, Naomi Elaine. "From Chinese Theology to Alternative Sinicizations: Theological Reception History and Moltmann’s Theology in Greater China" Neue Zeitschrift für Systematische Theologie und Religionsphilosophie (2025).
August 25, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Surreal to see a year’s worth of work, funded @templetonfdn.bsky.social, coming to fruition at Cross-training Psychology+Theology Capstone Event and the International Association for the Psychology of Religion 2025 Conference, held @unibirmingham.bsky.social. Poster:
www.canva.com/design/DAGnV...
August 23, 2025 at 11:09 AM