Vol. 55: The Afterlives of Sacred Stories (Spring 2026)

Editorial Foreword

The Evolution of Narratives of Suffering Through the Ages

YANG Junjie, pp. i-xi

 


I. Dao Wu Chang Ming: Study of Theories and Classics

 Reconstructing Cain and Abel: Crime and Punishment in N. V. Gogol's "Terrible Vengeance"

SONG Yinnan, pp. 2-32

 

Love in Suspension: Christian Discourse and the Translingual Circulation of Hototogisu (The Cuckoo)

SUN Luodan, pp. 33-56

 

Eden and Christ in New York: Nostalgia and Rewriting Classics in Moyshe-Leyb Halpern's Yiddish Poetry

BAO Anruo, pp. 57-84

 

Whence Comes Joy? A Rereading of Lu Xun's "Revenge (II)"

YANG Junjie, pp. 85-104

 


II. Hun Yuan Zhi Xing: Study of Christian Thinkers

Turning and Reshaping: The Inward Turn in Desiderius Erasmus's Christian Humanism

XU Ruorong, pp. 106-126

 

Movement and Rebirth: Kierkegaard's Concept of Repetition

LUO Xinbei, pp. 127-152

 


III. Hua Tong Xuan Li: Study of Christianity, Society and Ethics

From Zurich to Geneva: The Pivotal Bernese Reformation (1519-1537)

Paulos HUANG, TIAN Ye, pp. 154-184

 


IV. Fa Yu Shui Feng: Dialogue between Chinese Culture and Christianity

"Xi Yang Guan Yi Yu" of Hua Yi Yi Yu and European Missionaries' Understanding of Chinese Political Culture in the 18th Century

LIN Chunjie, pp.187-213

 


V. Fa Liu Shi Dao: Study of Chinese Historical Records on Christianity

Brothers of the Chen Chih Hui and Social Transformations in Modern China

CHEN Qian, pp. 216-251

 


VI. Qing Ji Ming Gong: Academic Debate and Responses

"A Hundred Schools of Thought Contend" — and the Need for Expansion: Observations from the 25th Congress of IOSOT (Berlin)

YAN Zhaoyu JIANG Zhenshuai, pp. 254-266