David Chi-Ya Chao
Director of the Center for Asian American Christianity at Princeton Theological Seminary
About
Dr. David C. Chao is the Director of the Center for Asian American Christianity at Princeton Theological Seminary, where he teaches courses and leads programs in Asian American theology and ministry. His research focuses on the faith and practice of ordinary Asian Christians in diasporic contexts, the intersection of Christian doctrine and liberation, and the theological contributions of Karl Barth. Chao also examines the convergence and divergence of Protestant and Catholic dogmatics and explores the role of Christian doctrine in addressing contemporary social and political challenges.
He holds a BA from Yale University, an MDiv from Regent College (Vancouver), and both a ThM and PhD from Princeton Theological Seminary. His forthcoming book, Concursus and Concept Use in Karl Barth’s Doctrine of Providence, is under contract with Routledge. He also has a forthcoming book with Wiley Blackwell on Asian American theology.
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Recent Posts
“The 1517 Project and World Christianity: Migration and the Uses of Doctrine.”
