Dr Lucas Chan

Michael Hurley, S.J., Postdoctoral Fellow for 2013-14

Lucas (Yiu Sing Luke) Chan, S.J., a native Hong Kong Chinese, is the Michael Hurley, S.J., Postdoctoral Fellow for 2013-14. He has taught at the Department of Cultural and Religious Studies of the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley, a graduate school of Santa Clara University. He received three MA degrees from the UK (Education Management), the Philippines (Theology), and the United States (Moral Theology). He later gained his Ph.D. in Theological Ethics at Boston College, USA, under the mentorship of Catholic ethicist Professor James F. Keenan, Scripture scholar Professor Daniel Harrington, and feminist scholar Professor Lisa Sowle Cahill. In 2010-11, he received two year-long Fellowships from Yale University and Georgetown University.

Over the years, he has served, studied, and received his training in various parts of the world, including Singapore, Britain, Ireland, Cambodia, Macau, the Philippines, United States, Italy, and Germany. While living in the United States, he served as a consultant to the Bioethics Committees of two hospitals in Boston. Since 2005, he has served as a member of the Planning Committee for the two international Catholic Theological Ethics in the World Church (CTEWC) conferences held in Padova and Trent, Italy, in 2006 and 2010 respectively. He is currently the Chair of CTEWC’s Asian Regional Committee and a member of the editorial board of Asian Horizons, a Catholic theology journal in India. In 2015, as the Chair of the Asian regional committee, he will be hosting the first ever pan-Asian Catholic Theological Ethics conference in Bangalore, India. Dr. Chan has published two course adoption books in the United States on biblical ethics. He will be co-editing a book on The Bible and Catholic Theological Ethics in the World Church, and teaching an intensive course in India.

Areas of expertise & Research Interests

Foundational Catholic Theological Ethics, Virtue Ethics, Catholic Sexual Ethics, Biblical Ethics, Confucian Ethics.

Modules taught (this year)

Religion and Ethics in a Pluralist World

Education

Postdoctoral/Visiting Fellowships Yale University, Georgetown University, USA
Ph.D Boston College, USA
S.T.L./M.A. Weston Jesuit School of Theology, USA
M.Div. Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines
M.Ed.&B.Phil University of Birmingham, UK

Contact details

Email: chanl@tcd.ie
Direct Tel: +353 (01) 1 896 4776
General Tel: +353 (0) 1 8964770, Ext. 4776
Fax: +353 (0) 1 672 5024

Select publications

• Biblical Ethics in the Twenty-first Century: Developments, Emerging Consensus, and Future Directions. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2013.
• “Catholic Theological Ethics: Some Reflections on the Asian Scenario.” In Moral Theology in India Today. Edited by Shaji George Kochuthara, 101-21. Bangalore: Dharmaram, 2013.
• The Ten Commandments and the Beatitudes: Biblical Studies and Ethics for Real Life. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield/Sheed and Ward, 2012.
• “Bridging Christian and Confucian Ethics: Is the Bridge Adequately Catholic and Asian?” Asian Christian Review 5, no. 1 (Summer 2011): 49-73.
• “As West Meets East: Reading Xunzi’s ‘A Discussion of Rites’ - Through the Lens of Contemporary Western Ritual Theories.” In ‘Ahme nach, was du vollziehst.’ Positionsbestimmungen zum Verhaltnis von Liturgie und Ethik. Edited by Martin Stuflesser and Stephan Winter, 101-20. Regensburg, Germany: Friedrich Pustet KG, 2009.