Announcement on Journals Merging

The Hong Kong Journal of Catholic Studies is a bilingual academic journal published in Chinese and English by the Centre for Catholic Studies of The Chinese University of Hong Kong. It aims to promote academic exchanges between the Chinese and the West, covering topics ranging from theology, social sciences, history, culture and interfaith dialogue, etc; and thereby promote the development of Catholic academic research in the Greater China region and overseas Chinese Catholic communities. This journal focuses on the study of Catholicism using humanistic and sociological approaches as well as textual analysis and fieldwork. Meanwhile, the Catholic Theological Review is a biannual theological academic journal published by the Mana Culture Press. It aims to strengthen the relationship between the Catholic faith and contemporary Chinese culture in terms of dialogue, interaction, and integration by promoting the Chinese expression of various Catholic disciplines (Bible, theology, canon law, etc.). In other words, the former journal studies the Catholic faith from the outside, while the latter discusses it from the inside. Both use the peer review mechanism to maintain academic standards.

Beginning in March 2025, the two journals will merge and be named the International Journal of Catholic Studies, published biannually by the Centre for Catholic Studies of The Chinese University of Hong Kong to integrate Catholic academic resources.   ...Read More