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Postdoctoral Researcher @UniOfStAndrews. Asso. Editor @PrThJournal. PhD @CSWCEdinburgh. Researching #PublicTheology, Digitality, and #Decoloniality.

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Dr Calida Chu
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I first presented this paper on city #lament, #CCM and a grassroots theology at @UniOfStAndrews. Glad that this has now been published while I am a staff here, and at @CSWCEdinburgh’s journal, where I did my PhD. (1/2) #HongKongProtests https://t.co/AOYKtdFOsZ
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"May we theologians never forget for whom our theologies speak; may we musicians remember the songs that make our hearts sing." @calidachu
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Dr Calida Chu
18 days
I first presented this paper on city #lament, #CCM and a grassroots theology at @UniOfStAndrews. Glad that this has now been published while I am a staff here, and at @CSWCEdinburgh’s journal, where I did my PhD. (1/2) #HongKongProtests https://t.co/AOYKtdFOsZ
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World Christianity
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Yesterday, we celebrated the 10-vol Edinburgh Companions to Global Christianity (@EdinburghUP). πŸ₯‚πŸŽ‰ With us were editors Kenneth Ross (Centre honorary fellow) and Todd Johnson, and contributing editors Mariz Tadros and Gina Zurlo. #WorldChristianity https://t.co/zvLJHQhiya
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β€˜Goodbye’ is an alteration of β€œGod be with you.”
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Dr Calida Chu
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H/T if your members are interested in signing: @uk_trs, @SST_Theology, @ssce_uk, @BIAPTheology, @NATREupdate
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Dr Calida Chu
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My former employer, @UniofNottingham, will be the first Russell Group university to cut #Theology degrees from next year onwards: https://t.co/jUC1yPL2pH Do consider to sign this student-led petitions: https://t.co/QtFsUjbzZs @UoNUCU
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The uni won't accept freshers for 15 subject areas
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Practical Theology Journal
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Latest @PrThJournal online. From @dustindbenac 'Practical theology is, after all, a richly contextual and collaborative discipline and practice, such that our work is as much a craft as it is a formal academic discipline' https://t.co/qAtFU5uSd9 @BIAPTheology
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Published in Practical Theology (Vol. 18, No. 5, 2025)
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World Christianity
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πŸ“’Just out—𝑆𝑑𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑛 π‘Šπ‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘™π‘‘ πΆβ„Žπ‘Ÿπ‘–π‘ π‘‘π‘–π‘Žπ‘›π‘–π‘‘π‘¦ 31.3. What a privilege to publish this final issue of our 30th anniversary year with exceptional articles that are representative and reflective of #WorldChristianity and #MissionStudies. https://t.co/Mwa2FH0lRE
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World Christianity
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@CalidaChu’s article looks at the way Contemporary Christian Music was used in the protests of the 2010s in Hong Kong, and demonstrates the ways that music represents a grassroots theology of lament. #CCM #HongKongeseChristianity #grassrootstheology 5/6 https://t.co/jejmkWVAgP
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Dr Calida Chu
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To save you reading my 6,000 prose, here’s the conclusion: β€œMay we #theologians never forget for whom our theologies speak; may we #musicians remember the songs that make our hearts sing.” #WorldChristianity
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Scholarship for PhD
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Research Methods in Applied Settings Download link in Comment:
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Practical Theology Hub
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We are delighted with the news! Congratulations, Dr. @calidachu!
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Dr Calida Chu
2 months
I am late to this announcement (partly because we were in search of the next Associate Editor), but I am happy to announce that I will be promoted as Editor-in-Chief of π˜—π˜³π˜’π˜€π˜΅π˜ͺ𝘀𝘒𝘭 π˜›π˜©π˜¦π˜°π˜­π˜°π˜¨π˜Ί, effective from Jan 2026. @PrThJournal https://t.co/ZM72IewLgC
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Prof. Mario I Aguilar
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Dear Calida, my congratulations on becoming the Editor of Practical Theology! A worthy editor coming out of Scholars at the Peripheries. Encouraged by the news! I shall be preparing a paper on β€œPope Leo XIV Dilexi Te and Liberation Theology”. Auguri!
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Dr Calida Chu
2 months
I am late to this announcement (partly because we were in search of the next Associate Editor), but I am happy to announce that I will be promoted as Editor-in-Chief of π˜—π˜³π˜’π˜€π˜΅π˜ͺ𝘀𝘒𝘭 π˜›π˜©π˜¦π˜°π˜­π˜°π˜¨π˜Ί, effective from Jan 2026. @PrThJournal https://t.co/ZM72IewLgC
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Dr. Sanjee Perera
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This is such brilliant news! Congratulations @calidachu!
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Dr Calida Chu
2 months
I am late to this announcement (partly because we were in search of the next Associate Editor), but I am happy to announce that I will be promoted as Editor-in-Chief of π˜—π˜³π˜’π˜€π˜΅π˜ͺ𝘀𝘒𝘭 π˜›π˜©π˜¦π˜°π˜­π˜°π˜¨π˜Ί, effective from Jan 2026. @PrThJournal https://t.co/ZM72IewLgC
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Dr Calida Chu
2 months
Thanks to the contact Pastoral Trust, editoral team, and especially our capable editor @dustindbenac, to set up the examples for us all to carry the baton forward.
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Dr Calida Chu
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π˜—π˜› is strong at its collaboration effort, pastoral insights, and theological input through social scientific methods. I look forward to inheriting these traditions, while expanding our partnership/friendship locally/globally.
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Dr Calida Chu
2 months
I am late to this announcement (partly because we were in search of the next Associate Editor), but I am happy to announce that I will be promoted as Editor-in-Chief of π˜—π˜³π˜’π˜€π˜΅π˜ͺ𝘀𝘒𝘭 π˜›π˜©π˜¦π˜°π˜­π˜°π˜¨π˜Ί, effective from Jan 2026. @PrThJournal https://t.co/ZM72IewLgC
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Published in Practical Theology (Vol. 18, No. 3, 2025)
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Vatican News
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Gospel of the Day (Luke 6,20-26) β€œBlessed are you who are poor, for the kingdom of God is yours. Blessed are you who are now hungry, for you will be satisfied. Blessed are you who are now weeping, for you will laugh.” https://t.co/glDPpogeSl
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