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Dr Tan Loe Joo

Dr Tan Loe Joo

Degrees:
BEng Hons., Electrical Engineering (National University of Singapore)
MEng, Electrical Engineering (National University of Singapore)
MDiv, Biblical Languages (Regent College, Canada)
MTh, Systematic Theology (Trinity Theological College, Singapore)
PhD, (Divinity) (University of St Andrews, UK)

Denomination: Brethren

Area of Research: Theology (C/E)

Research interest:
Patristic theology, Trinitarian Theology of Religions, Eastern Orthodoxy, Post-Vatican II Catholicism

Previous Employment:
DSO National Laboratories – Senior Member of Technical Staff/Project Manager
Fellowship of Evangelical Students – Full-time staff

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Biography

Dr Tan Loe Joo is a Lecturer in Systematic and Historical Theology at Trinity Theological College. He was previously a full-time staff with the Fellowship of Evangelical Students (FES) in charge of NUS Campus Ministry, and a Senior Member of Technical Staff (SMTS)/Project Manager of the Centre for Electronic Warfare at DSO National Laboratories. He and his family worship at Ang Mo Kio Gospel Hall (Brethren), where he also maintains a teaching and pulpit ministry.

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Research Interests

  • Patristic theology
  • Trinitarian Theology of Religions
  • Eastern Orthodoxy
  • Post-Vatican II Catholicism
Works

Theses

Peer-reviewed Research Articles

Books

  • 《论三位一体:早期教会三一神论的发展与形成》,新加坡: 三一神学院,2024年

Publisher’s link: https://www.ttc.edu.sg/english/OntheTrinity

  • The Trinity and The Religions, Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, 2018

Publisher’s link: https://bit.ly/2Olpe9o
Amazon link: http://a.co/d/a1SYP4R

  • Religious Pluralism: A Christian Perspective, Bible Society of Singapore, 2016

Publisher’s link: https://bit.ly/2RwSdcg

Other Articles

  • “οὐσία, ὑπόστασις and ἐπίνοια: St Basil’s Contribution to the Development of Trinitarian Doctrine”, Trinity Theological Journal, no 21 (2013), pp. 1-15.
    (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/339271285_Ousia_Hypostasis_and_Epinoia_St_Basil’s_Contribution_to_the_Development_of_Trinitarian_Doctrine)
  • 〈从重洗派的教会观看今天新加坡华文教会的处境〉(The relevance of the Anabaptist movement for the Chinese Church in Singapore),载《信仰心当代情:三一神学院华文部讲师文集》,刘毓江、刘淑平、林德平编,页40-52。新加坡:三一神学院,2013。
    (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/339271730_congzhongxipaidejiaohuiguankanjintianxinjiapohuawenjiaohuidechujingThe_relevance_of_the_Anabaptist_movement_for_the_Chinese_Church_in_Singapore)
  • Book Review of “Towards Better Disagreement: Religion and Atheism in Dialogue” by Paul Hedges, London: Jessica Kingsley, 2017. Asian Journal of Theology 31, no. 2 (2017): 139-143.
    https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341622358_Review_of_Paul_Hedges_Towards_Better_Disagreement_Religion_and_Atheism_in_Dialogue_London_Jessica_Kingsley_2017)
  • “Exploring the Doctrine of the Trinity as a Resource for Human Society.” In Visions of a Good Society in Southeast Asia: Social Imaginaries and Inter-Religious Dialogue, edited by Ming Shun Chiang, pp. 125-132. Singapore: Trinity Theological College Publication, 2018.
  • “The Holy Spirit: Retrieving the Patristic Pneumatology of the Fourth Century.” In Spirit Wind: The Doctrine of the Holy Spirit in Global Theology—a Chinese Perspective, edited by Peter L. H. Tie and Justin T. T. Tan, 128-146. Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publishing, 2020.
  • “Chastity and the Christian Tradition.” In Homosexuality, the Bible and the Church, edited by Keith Lai, Terry Kee and Ngoei Foong Nghian, 159-177. Singapore: National Council of Churches of Singapore, 2021.
  • ‘The Impossibility of an Inclusivist Trinitarian Theology of Religions’. Evangelical Theological Society (ETS) Annual Meeting, presented (in absentia) at Denver, CO, 16 Nov 2022.
  • “圣灵——重拾第四世纪的教父圣灵论”。杨虹译。载陈廷忠、池峈锋合编。《濡我以灵风:普世圣灵论的华人献呈》,117-139。香港:德慧文化图书有限公司,2022。
  • “在你的光中我们必得见光”- 浅剖纳西安的贵格利的三一神学。《成为光明之子: 迎向虚实交错、超联通、断裂的世界》,新加坡:三一神学院,2023

Presentations and Conferences

Popular Writings

Courses Taught

  • Systematic Theology I, II
  • Historical Theology I, II
  • Spiritual Theology
  • Patristic Trinitarianism
  • Theology of Religions
  • Philosophy for Understanding Theology
  • Guided Study: Basil of Caesarea Against Eunomius

Other Awards and Appointments

  • Professional Memberships:
    • The Evangelical Theological Society (ETS)
    • AIEP-IAPS (Association Internationale d’Études Patristiques/International Association of Patristic Studies)
    • Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID) ID: 0000-0001-8806-8453
  • Awards:
    • Trinity Theological College – Dr Timothy YH Chow Memorial Scholarship, Best Thesis (Systematic Theology), 2009
    • Graduates Christians Fellowship Scholarship – 2009-2012
    • Brash Scholarship – 2009-2012
    • National University of Singapore – Faculty of Engineering Book Prize, 1994
  • Peer reviewer
    • Asian Journal of Theology
    • Langham Monographs
    • Journal of Research on Christian Education
  • Adjunct Lecturer (2017 – 2021)
    • Nanyang Technological University (NTU), S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS)
      • Course code: AS6041 Christianity and Religious Diversity