Dr Calida Chu
@calidachu
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Postdoctoral Researcher @UniOfStAndrews. Asso. Editor @PrThJournal. PhD @CSWCEdinburgh. Researching #PublicTheology, Digitality, and #Decoloniality.
Scotland, United Kingdom
Joined May 2016
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 @CSWCEdinburghβs 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
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 @CSWCEdinburghβs journal, where I did my PhD. (1/2) #HongKongProtests
https://t.co/AOYKtdFOsZ
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Yesterday, we celebrated the 10-vol Edinburgh Companions to Global Christianity (@EdinburghUP). π₯π With us were editors Kenneth Ross (Centre honorary fellow) and Todd Johnson, and contributing editors Mariz Tadros and Gina Zurlo. #WorldChristianity
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βGoodbyeβ is an alteration of βGod be with you.β
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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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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
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The uni won't accept freshers for 15 subject areas
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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
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Published in Practical Theology (Vol. 18, No. 5, 2025)
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π’Just outβππ‘π’ππππ ππ πππππ πΆβπππ π‘πππππ‘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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@CalidaChuβs 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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To save you reading my 6,000 prose, hereβs the conclusion: βMay we #theologians never forget for whom our theologies speak; may we #musicians remember the songs that make our hearts sing.β #WorldChristianity
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Research Methods in Applied Settings Download link in Comment:
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PhD scholarships from Scholar Leaders for theologians based in the majority world Deadline: 15 November 2025 https://t.co/dR2vyUFBUo
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Instructions Please fill out the inquiry form, and a member of our team will be in touch with you shortly. For scholarships beginning in the coming academic year, we especially invite applicants who...
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Call for Papers for #YaleEdin2026: Popular, Folk, Grassroots and Pop Culture in World Christianity and the History of Mission #WorldChristianity #MissionHistory
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Popular, Folk, Grassroots and Pop Culture in World Christianity and the History of Mission10β12 June 2026 β§ New College, University of Edinburgh β§ #YaleEdin2026Yale-Edinburgh Conference on World Chβ¦
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We are delighted with the news! Congratulations, Dr. @calidachu!
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 ππ³π’π€π΅πͺπ€π’π ππ©π¦π°ππ°π¨πΊ, effective from Jan 2026. @PrThJournal
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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 βPope Leo XIV Dilexi Te and Liberation Theologyβ. Auguri!
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 ππ³π’π€π΅πͺπ€π’π ππ©π¦π°ππ°π¨πΊ, effective from Jan 2026. @PrThJournal
https://t.co/ZM72IewLgC
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This is such brilliant news! Congratulations @calidachu!
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 ππ³π’π€π΅πͺπ€π’π ππ©π¦π°ππ°π¨πΊ, effective from Jan 2026. @PrThJournal
https://t.co/ZM72IewLgC
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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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ππ 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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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 ππ³π’π€π΅πͺπ€π’π ππ©π¦π°ππ°π¨πΊ, 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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Gospel of the Day (Luke 6,20-26) βBlessed 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.β https://t.co/glDPpogeSl
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