Our Team
Ximian Xu
Ximian Xu (preferred name: Simeon) is a Duncan Forrester Fellow at the University of Edinburgh. Before joining Edinburgh in 2013, he was awarded a Bachelor of Engineering in China and Master of International Trade and Commerce Law in Australia. Ximian has completed a Master of Divinity (First Class Honour), Master of Theology (Distinction), and PhD in systematic theology at the School of Divinity, University of Edinburgh.
Simeon has published several articles on Herman Bavinck, Karl Barth, contextual theology. He is currently working on theological engagement with ethics of artificial intelligence. He is the founding editor of Studies in Dutch Neo-Calvinism Series (Chinese).
Books:
Xu, Ximian. The Digitalised Image of God: Artificial Intelligence, Liturgy, and Ethics. Taylor and Francis Group, 2024,
Papers:
“Give Us Dutch Neo-Calvinism: Retrieving and Reconsidering Dutch Neo-Calvinism in the Chinese Context.” In Modern Chinese Theologies, Volume 2: Independent and Indigenous. Edited by Chloë Starr. 69– 88. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2023.
“How to Make Sino-Reformed Theology Possible? Retrieving Abraham Kuyper’s Proto-Reformed Contextual Theology.” Journal of Chinese Theology 8 (2022): 163–185. Doi: https://doi.10.1163/27726606-20220010.
“The Scientific Calling of the Church: Herman Bavinck’s Exhortation for the Churches in Mainland China.” Studies in World Christianity 27, no. 2 (2021): 145-169.
“The Dialogue between Herman Bavinck and Mou Zongsan on Human Nature and Its Quality.” Journal of Reformed Theology 11, no. 3 (2017): 298-324.
“The Sage of Sages: T. C. Chao’s Christology in Yesu Zhuan.” Studies in World Christianity 23, no. 2 (2017): 162-180.