Xueying Wang
Assistant Professor
Primary Area: World Religions and World Church
Biography
Xueying Wang’s research focuses on Catholicism in China, especially the late imperial period. She pays special attention to the writings of Chinese Catholics, whose voices have traditionally been neglected. She has published articles on the work of Chinese Catholic intellectuals including Yan Mo, Zhang Xingyao and Xia Dachang, who offered divergent perspectives on how their Confucian heritage could be harmonized with their newfound Catholic faith. Through careful examination of their writings, Wang explores theological topics such as human nature, sacrifices, and Jesus Christ in the cultural context of late imperial China. She is also interested in the translation of Catholic concepts into Chinese. She is currently writing a monograph tentatively titled: Chinese Literati on the Rites Controversy: A Comparative Theological Perspective.
Research Interests
Catholicism in China, Mission History, Confucianism
Selected Publications
Forthcoming. Examining Similarities and Differences between Catholicism and Confucianism in 17th-Century China: The Example of Zhang Xingyao. Catholic University of America Press.
2024. “The Translation of Saints and the Confucian Discourse of Sages in Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century in China: The Examples of Alfonso Vagnone, Zhang Xingyao and Yan Mo.” Intellectual History Review, 2024.
2022. “‘The Ancient Rites of China’: Yan Mo 嚴謨 on Ancestral Rites during the Chinese Rites Controversy.” Journal of World Christianity, 12 (1): 90‒112.
2021. “The Concept of the Soul during the Chinese Rites Controversy: The Example of Xia Dachang 夏大常.” Journal of Chinese Religions, 49 (2): 169‒190.
Translated into Chinese: 2023. “中國禮儀之爭中有關靈魂的概念：以夏大常為例.” Translated by Ge Xiaoxue 葛小雪. Yazhou gainian shi yanjiu 亞洲概念史研究, 10. (Forthcoming.)
2020. “Mencius, Xunzi, Augustine, and John Chrysostom on Childhood Moral Cultivation.” In Confucianism and Catholicism: Reinvigorating the Dialogue. Ed. Philip J. Ivanhoe, Erin Cline, Michael Slater (Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press): 109‒134.
Education
- PhD., University of Notre Dame