Simon Chan is a Singaporean Chinese Christian theologian and ordained minister of the

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Biography

Chan received his

M.Div. For graduate-level theological institutions, the Master of Divinity (MDiv, ''magister divinitatis'' in Latin) is the first professional degree of the pastoral profession in North America. It is the most common academic degree in seminaries and di ...

from Asian Theological Seminary and his MTheol in Systematic Theology from South East Asia Graduate School of Theology. He then completed his

Ph.D. A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, Ph.D., or DPhil; Latin: or ') is the most common degree at the highest academic level awarded following a course of study. PhDs are awarded for programs across the whole breadth of academic fields. Because it is a ...

Historical Theology Historical theology is the study of the history of Christian doctrine. Stanley Grenz, Grenz, Guretzki and Nordling describe it as, "The division of the theological discipline that seeks to understand and delineate how the church interpreted Scri ...

from

Cambridge University , mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts. Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge. , established = , other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ...

Until 2016, Chan was the Earnest Lau Professor of Systematic Theology and Dean of Studies at

Trinity Theological College, Singapore Trinity Theological College (TTC), Singapore, was founded in 1948 as a union college between Anglicans, Methodists, and Presbyterians for theological training. The Lutherans joined the union in 1963. Academic programmes are offered in both Englis ...

. From 1997 to 2013, he edited the seminary's Trinity Theological Journal. Since 2016, he has been the editor of the Asian Journal of Theology.

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References

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Theologians Theology is the systematic study of the nature of the divine and, more broadly, of religious belief. It is taught as an academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itself with the unique content of analyzing the s ...

20th-century Protestant theologians 21st-century Protestant theologians Alumni of the University of Cambridge