The latest issue of the Journal of Research for Christianity in China has been released, featuring a wide range of scholarly articles on theology, history, biblical interpretation, and the sinicization of Christianity in China.

Mr. Yohanes Krismantyo Susanta presents a feminist and trauma hermeneutic reading of John 19:16-27, arguing that the stripping and humiliation of Jesus's body represent a form of sexual violence that creates solidarity with contemporary victims of trauma.

Dr. Xi Li presents a reading of Psalm 119 that interprets its co-existing lament and wisdom elements as negative and positive post-traumatic reactions to trauma experienced by the psalm's speaker.

War trauma shaped contrasting theological responses in Japan, with Kitamori developing divine suffering theology rooted in Bushido aesthetics, while Noro defended divine impassibility through relational engagement, revealing practical theology's tension between cultural contextualization and doctrinal integrity when addressing collective trauma.

Using Salim's hermeneutics and collective trauma theory, the study reinterprets biblical metaphors of "pillars," "open doors," and "trials" through the lens of Southeast Asian volcanic disasters, proposing that trauma-informed ministry must embody presence within suffering rather than escape from it.

The remarkable life of John C. H. Wu reveals a journey from intellectual brilliance and inner conflict to a powerful spiritual synthesis that finally harmonized East and West within his own soul.

Fudan University researcher Dr. Xie Dingjian traces the story of "Jingjiao", showing how Persian Christians translated the Trinity using Buddhist concepts and carved their faith into Chinese stone monuments over 1,000 years ago.

Zhou Pingping, professor of philosophy at Tongji University, examined how Christian entrepreneurs navigated China’s turbulent 19th-century crises to drive early modernization at a recent academic meeting.

Prof. Vanderputten explores how societies construct foundation narratives. His analysis reveals that these narratives, while not always historically accurate, served essential functions in establishing community identity, spiritual legitimacy, and connections to divine purpose.

Professors Wang Zhongjiang and Zeng Qingbao lecture on "Death and Eternal Life," contrasting ancient Chinese pursuits of immortality with Christian theological understandings of resurrection and hope.