Johnny Lai
Thesis title: Reading Oliver O’Donovan’s Theology of ‘The Common Good’ in the Context of Hong Kong
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Background
I am from Hong Kong and currently a PhD researcher at the University of Edinburgh working on a thesis "Reading Oliver O'Donovan's Theology of 'The Common Good' in the Context of Hong Kong".
I obtained my bachelor's degree in mathematics at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. I studied a Master of Divinity at China Graduate School of Theology. I completed a MTh Theology in History at University of Edinburgh in 2023. Before coming to Edinburgh, I worked as a minister at Abounding Grace Baptist Church and had three-year teaching experience in local secondary schools in Hong Kong.
Qualifications
BSc - Mathematics Chinese University of Hong Kong (2009)
PGdip - Education University of Hong Kong (2010)
Master of Divinity China Graduate School of Theology (2016)
MTh - Theology in History (Distinction) University of Edinburgh (2023)
Responsibilities & affiliations
PG Convener 2024-25 Society for the Study of Christian Ethics
Undergraduate teaching
2024-25 Tutor - DIVI08026 – The God(s) of the Philosophers: Proposals and Problems
Research summary
Christian Ethics, Political Theology, Contemporary Systematic Theology
Current research interests
Christian Ethics in Oliver O'Donovan's thought, Theologies arisen in the context of Hong KongOrganiser
2024: Postgraduate Forum at SSCE annual conference (5th Sept): Studying Ethics with Social Media. Speakers: Robert Song, Rachel Muers and Anthony Reddie.
Papers delivered
2024: Postgraduate Colloquium (7th June): Hauerwas in dilemma? Analysing two strands of political theology in Hong Kong which employ Hauerwas’ social ethic.
2024: Scottish Universities Biblical Studies Postgraduate Day Conference (3rd June): An evaluative study of theological interpretation of Ezekiel 14:1-11 through conversing with traumatic reading
2024: The Society for the Study of Christian Ethics postgraduate Conference (22nd-23rd March): ‘We Are What We Eat’: Towards A Theology of Eating as a Respectful Communion of Peoples