Dr. Jimmy Chan Wai-ming

Dr. Jimmy Chan Wai-ming

Assistant Professor of Theology, Division of Theological Studies

Executive Director, Alliance Bible Seminary Centre of Canada (ABSCC)

 

  • B.A.Sc. (Chemical Engineering-Chemistry Honours), University of British Columbia, Canada
  • B.Sc. (Computer Science, Minor in Commerce), University of British Columbia, Canada
  • B.A. (Psychology), University of British Columbia, Canada
  • M.Sc. (Physical Chemistry), University of Toronto, Canada
  • M.Div. (Theological Studies), Alliance Bible Seminary, Hong Kong
  • Th.M., Alliance Bible Seminary, Hong Kong
  • M.Ed. (Field: Online Teaching and Learning), University of Toronto, Canada
     
  • Ph.D. (Theological Studies), University of Toronto, Canada, 2023
  • Minister, C&MA Hebron Church, Hong Kong, 2011-2016
  • Pastor, Richmond Hill Christian Community Church, Toronto, Canada, 2016-2021
  • Assistant Professor of Theology, Carey Theological College, 2021-2024
  • Alliance Bible Seminary, 2024-present


 

Called to full-time ministry during his university and career years, Dr. Jimmy Chan studied in Alliance Bible Seminary for preparation as a pastor. He has been ministered young and career adults for many years.  He was the recipient of the 2021 Congress Graduate Merit Award granted by The Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences and has presented papers at various international conferences. As a pastor-theologian, Dr. Chan is interested in exploring how patristics (or early Christianity), especially Augustinian theology, relate to contemporary biblical hermeneutics and theological applications. 

Research areas:
Theology of Emotions and Happiness, Theological Anthropology, Trinitarian theology, Ecclesiology, Biblical Theology, Historical Theology, Apologetics, and Chrisitan Ethics.


email: jimmywmc@abs.edu

 

Books

  1. Chan, Jimmy. Living a Happy Life in a Troubled World? A Critical Exploration of Augustine’s Christian Reception of Stoic Ethics in De civitate Dei . Studia Patristica Supplements. Vol. 14(?). Leuven: Peeters, 2026. (Forthcoming, 2026)

 

Book Chapters 

  1. Chan, Jimmy. “Seeing God Face to Face: Augustine’s Vision of the Spiritual Body in De Civitate Dei 22, 29..” In  I Volti Di Dio Nel Cristianesimo Antico. SECC. I-IX. XLIX Incontro di Studiosi dell’Antichità Cristiana (Roma, 11-13 maggio 2023), edited by Massimiliano Ghilardi, 367-376. Rome: Pontificium Instituttum Patristicum Augustinianum, 2024.     
  2. Chan, Jimmy. “Living with Happiness in a Troubled World? A Critical Exploration of Augustine’s Reception of Stoic Emotions in De civitate Dei.” In Studia Patristica Vol. CXVIII: Papers presented at the Eighteenth International Conference on Patristic Studies held in Oxford 2019. Vol. 15: Augustine and His Writings, ed. Markus Vinzent, 181–202. Leuven: Peeters, 2021. 
  3. Chan, Jimmy. “The Restoration Word Group in De civitate Dei, Books XI-XXII: A Study of an Important Backbone of Augustine’s Theology of History.” In Studia Patristica XCVIII: Papers presented at the Seventeenth International Conference on Patristic Studies held in Oxford 2015. Vol. 24: St Augustine and his Opponents, ed. Markius Vinzent, 561–568. Leuven: Peeters, 2017. 

 

Journal Articles

  1. Chan, Jimmy. “‘Dust As We Are’: Augustine’s Ethopoetic Call through Creation in the Confessions.” Special Issue in Studia Patristica . Papers presented at the IV International Patristic Conference held in Lublin 2022. Christians of the Patristic Period in Relation to Nature, ed. Markus Vinzent, October 18–20, 2022. Leuven: Peeters, 2024. 
  2. Chan, Jimmy. “The Therapeutic Gospel for the Traumatic World. Stigmata Domini Iesu Christi in Corpore as the Crown of Victory.” Vox Patrum 90 (2024), 107-120. https://doi.org/10.31743/vp.16899. 
  3. Chan, Jimmy. “Bienestar emocional en Agustín y el estoicismo.” Augustinus: revista trimestral publicada por los Padres Agustinos Recoletos 63, no. 250-251 (2018): 299–315. 
  4. Chan, Jimmy; Dupont, Anthony. “Restauratio in De ciuitate Dei. The Role of the Restoration Motif in Understanding Augustine’s Theology of History.” La Ciudad de Dios. Revista Agustiniana 229/1 (2016): 55–78. 
  5. Routkevitch, Dmitri; Chan, Jimmy; Xu, J. M., Moskovits Martin, “Electrochem. Porous Anodic Alumina Templates for Advanced Nanofabrication”, Electrochem. Soc. Proc. Ser. 1997, PV 97-7, 350. 
  6. Routkevitch, Dmitri; Chan, Jimmy; Davydov, Dmitri, Avrutsky, Ivan, Xu, J. M., Yacaman, M. J., Moskovits, Martin. “Electrochemical Fabrication of the Nano-Wire Arrays: Template, Materials and Applications.” MRS Proceedings. 1996, 451.

 

Academic Conference Presentations

  1. Chan, Jimmy. “From ‘Image’ to ‘Person’: A Theological Evaluation and Constructive Proposal on Artificial Neural Networks, Embodiment, and Transhumanist Anthropology.” Paper presented (in Mandarin) at the Sino-Chinese Christian Online Lectures: “Revisiting the Human Person in the Age of Technology: Interdisciplinary Dialogue in Theological Anthropology.” December 12, 2025.
  2. “Christ the Humble Teacher: Augustine’s Exegesis of Matthew 11:28–30 and the Subversion of Roman Paideia in North Africa,” Annual Meeting of Society of Biblical Literature (SBL), Boston, MA, November 22, 2025.
  3. “Augustine’s Reception of Nicene Christology: The Exegesis of John 5:19–30 in Anti-Arian Polemics,” Annual Meeting of Society of Biblical Literature (SBL), Boston, MA, November 22, 2025.
  4. “Interior Intimo Meo: The Crisis of the Self in the Confessions X and the Healing of the Imago Dei through Augustine’s Trinitarian Mysticism in Book X of De Trinitate,” The 50th Patristic, Medieval, and Renaissance (PMR) Conference, Villanova University, PA, October 24, 2025.
  5. “’The Father and I Are One (Jn 10:30)’ One What? A Critical Evaluation of Augustine’s Defense of Homoousion in His Correspondence with Pascentius,” Nicaea at 1700: The First Council and the "Way Together", Sacred Heart Major Seminary, Detroit, October 3, 2025.
  6. “Prompting Augustine: Exploring the Benefits and Limits of Digital Patristics through Chat GPT in Understanding the Confessions”, Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society of Patristic Studies (CSPS), Jun 3, 2025.
  7. “Contextual and Comparative Reading on Augustine: Three Sermons on the Holy Maccabean Martyrs (300, 301, 301A): What was at Stake?” Annual Meeting of the North American Patristics Society (NAPS), Chicago, IL, May 24, 2025.
  8. “Augustine’s Confessions and the Digital Self: Disordered Loves and Algorithmic Identity,” Christian Formation amid Emerging Technologies Symposium, McMaster Divinity College, Hamilton, ON, May 8, 2025.
  9. “How Many of Jesus’ Disciples Are Good, and How Many Are Bad? Augustine’s Rhetorical Use of the Twelve,” Annual Meeting of Society of Biblical Literature (SBL), San Diego, CA, November 23, 2024.
  10. “Dashing Little Ones of Babylon against the Rock? Augustine’s Christological-Ecclesial Interpretation of the Horrifying Verses of Psalm 137:8–9,” in “History of Biblical Interpretation” panel of the Institute for Biblical Research (IBR) in the Annual Meeting of Society of Biblical Literature (SBL), San Diego, CA, November 23, 2024.
  11. “Church Unity: Bottom-Up (Augustine) and Top-Down Interpretations (Calvin) of 1 Cor 10:16-17,” Annual Meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society (ETS), San Diego, CA, November 20, 2024. 
  12. “Augustine’s Transformation of Aristotelian Moral Virtues in De civitate Dei: The Hope for Human Flourishing in Difficult Times.” Papers presented at the Early Christianity and Human Flourishing Panel entitled “Emotion, Affect and Virtue in the Christian Pursuit of Well-Being” in the Nineteenth International Conference on Patristic Studies to be held in Oxford, August 8, 2024.
  13. “The Ineffability of God in De Doctrina Christiana Book 1 (with Preface 5) and Sermo 117: Is there a change in Augustine's understanding of language to speak about God?" to be presented at the XLX Incontro di Studios dell’Antichità Cristiana (Early Christian Studies meeting), Augustinian Patristic Pontifical Institute, Rome, Italy, May 9–11, 2024.
  14. “Allies through the Centuries: An Exploration of the Influence of Plotinus' Enneads on Augustine's Critique of Stoicism.” Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL), San Antonio, TX, November 18, 2023. 
  15. “Augustine's Engagement Strategies with the Roman Empire after 410: What Can We Learn from Them?” Annual Meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society (ETS), San Antonio, TX, November 14–16, 2023.
  16. “Seeing the Sacred in Friends: Augustine’s Rhetoric and Theological Use of amiticia in De fide rerum quae non videntur.” The 48th International Patristic, Medieval, and Renaissance (PMR) Studies Conference, Villanova University, Philadelphia, PA, October 27, 2023.
  17. “Exploring the Role of Justitia in Augustine’s Theological Anthropology as a Guide to Navigating Pluralism in Late Antiquity.” Annual Meeting of Asia-Pacific Early Christian Studies Society (APECSS), Trinity Theological College, Singapore, September 8, 2023. 
  18. “Carolingian Eucharistic Controversy Reconsidered: Exploring the influence of Augustine's Sermo 272 in Ratramnus' De corpore et sanguine Domini.” Tenth Annual Symposium on Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO, Jun 13, 2023.
  19. “From the Creation Narrative to Eschatological Hope: Exploring the Function of ‘Seed’ (Semen) in On Genesis: A Refutation of the Manichees and Literal Meaning of Genesis as a Theological Connective between Plants and Humans.” Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society of Patristics Studies, Congress 2023, York University, Toronto, ON, May 30, 2023.
  20. “Seeing God face to face: Augustine’s vision of the spiritual body in De civitate Dei 22, 29.” XLIX Meeting of Scholars of Ancient Christianity: The Faces of God in Ancient Christianity (1st-9th cent.), XLIX Incontro di Studios dell’Antichità Cristiana (Early Christian Studies meeting), Augustinian Patristic Pontifical Institute, Rome, Italy, May 12, 2023. 
  21. “Augustine's parrhesia in Books XIX-XXII of De civitate Dei: Calling for Fearlessness in the Kingdom of Christ.” Seminar: Parrhesia in Augustine, McGill University, Oka, QB, December 14, 2022. 
  22. “Digital Theology and Digital Theological Education: Opportunities and Challenges.” Opening Plenary Session, Asia Theological Association (ATA) General Assembly, Penang, Malaysia, September 26, 2022.
  23. “从奥古斯丁的‘盼望’讲章再思信、望、爱的处境神学 （Rethinking the Contextual Theology of Faith, Hope and Love through Augustine’s Sermo 354A).” 第六届教父哲学论坛会议 (The 6th Annual Meeting of Philosophia Patristica), 复旦大学哲学 学院 (The School of Philosophy of Fudan University), Shanghai, China [virtual], September 24, 2022. 
  24. “An Intertextual Study of Augustine’s Theology of Hope through Sermones 80, 254, 158, 359A, 233 and De civitate Dei.” The 11th Nordic Patristic Meeting, Aarhus, Denmark, August 25, 2022.
  25. “Augustine’s Theological Anthropology of Diuersitate Linguarum in De Civitate Dei.” Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society of Patristics Studies, Congress 2022, University of Alberta [virtual], AB, May 31, 2022. 
  26. “Teaching in Turmoil: Augustine’s Learner-centered Approach in Psalmo 61.” Thematic Session: ‘Authors, Teachers, and Learners in Late Antiquity,’ Annual Meeting of North American Patristic Society, Chicago, IL, May 26, 2022. 
  27. “Domestic Peace (pax domestica) as the Critical Component of Pax in a Just Society: Augustine’s Socio-Rhetorical and Theological Turn in Book XIX of De ciuitate Dei.” Annual Meeting of North American Patristic Society, Chicago, IL [virtual], May 27, 2021. 
  28. “Augustine's Approach to Emotions: When History, Theory and Theology Meet.” New Horizons in Early Christian Studies: Challenges and Opportunities. University of St. Michael’s College in the University of Toronto, Toronto [Virtual], Mar 27, 2021.

 

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