Personal profile

Dr. Yao Xinzhong has been Professor of Ethics at Renmin University of China, & Professor Emeritus at King’s College London since 2013. He worked in UK higher education institutes (University of Kent, University of Cardiff, University of Wales, Oxford University and King’s College London) for 23 years (1990-2014). He became Professor of Religion and Ethics in 2002 and served as Head of Department of Theology and Religious Studies at University of Wales, Lampeter 1999-2003. He was appointed as a senior Research Fellow at the Ian Ramsey Centre, University of Oxford (2004-2007), before moving to King’s College London as Professor of Religion and Ethics in 2008. At King’s College he founded King’s China Institute and served as its Director for five years (2009-2014). He was elected as a Fellow of Royal Society of Arts in 1998 and has been the Fellow of Royal Asiatic Studies since 2001. He is currently the Associate Editor-in-General of Journal of Chinese Philosophy , and Deputy Executive Director of the International Society of Chinese Philosophy (USA). His research and teaching areas range from comparative philosophy, ethics, Confucian studies, to religious studies and Chinese religion. He has published books and research articles both in Chinese and in English. Among his English publications are Religion in Contemporary China (eds., Routledge 2017), Reconceptualizing Confucian Philosophy in the 21 ^st Century (ed., Springer & China Higher Education Press, 2017), Confucian Studies—Critical Concepts in Asian Philosophy (eds., Routledge, 2010), Chinese Religion—A Contextual Approach (Continuum, 2010), Religious Experience in Contemporary China (University of Wales Press, 2007); Wisdom in Early Confucianism and Israelite Traditions (Ashgate, 2006; Routledge, 2016); Encyclopedia of Confucianism (ed., Routledge, 2003); An Introduction to Confucianism (University of Cambridge Press, 2000) and Confucianism and Christianity--A Comparative Study of Jen and Agape (Sussex Academic Press, 1996).