Wang Xinsheng

Research Areas

Representative Papers

A. Publication in foreign languages

1. “Overcoming Nihilism and the Modernization of China”

2. “On Rule-Utilitarianism”

3. “Nietzsche’s Superman: Towards a Revaluation of Values”

(The above three articles were published in 1997 and 1998 respectively in G.. F. Mclean, ed., Council for Research in Values and Philosophy Series, ISBN 1-56518-116-6 et al.).

4. Dialogue entre le Jesus du Coran et celui de la Bible (Chine France-Europe Asie: Itineraire de concepts, Presses de l’Ecole normale superieure, 2018, ISBN:978-2-7288-0584-6, p.335-346)

5. A Contemporary Interpretation of Thomas Aquinas: The Doctrine of “Converso ad Phantasmata” from the perspective of Karl Rahner (Reflections on Enlightenment from Multiple Perspectives, 2019, ISBN:9781565183407 p.189-199)

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B. Papers on Western Philosophy (in Chinese)

1. A New Exploration of Nietzsche's Superman Theory (Exploration and Controversy, No. 5, 1992)

2. Dictionary of Philosophy (Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House, 2002 edition, about 10,000 words, about 50,000 words of memorabilia)

3. Summary of Thomas Aquinas's Encyclopedia of Theology, (Summary of Western Philosophical Masterpieces, Jiangxi People's Publishing House, October 2002, 12,000 words) 4. Summary of Feuerbach's The Nature of Christianity, (Summary of Western Philosophical Masterpieces, Jiangxi People's Publishing House, October 2002, 11,000 words)

5. Dictionary of Modern Western Philosophy (Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House, 2007, written in about 10,000 words)

6. Dictionary of Foreign Philosophy (Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House, 2008, 10,000 words)

C. Papers on Islam (in Chinese)

1. Beyond the Clash of Civilizations: An Analysis of Islam (Fudan Journal, Social Science Edition, No. 6, 2001, 10,000 words)

2. Islam and Nationalism (Winter 2002, 15,000 words)

3. The Status of Women in the Qur'an from a Comparative Perspective (Contemporary Religious Studies, Shanghai, No. 1, 2003, 9,000 words)

4. The Three-in-One of Abrahamic Religion from the Perspective of the Narrative of Dwelling in Christ (Christian Scholarship, Vol. 2, Shanghai Ancient Books Publishing House, 2004, 7,000 words)

5. A Preliminary Study of the Qur'anic Text (Arab World Studies, 2010, No. 1, 8,000 words)

6. On the Concept of Women in the Quran (Journal of Northwest University for Nationalities, No. 1, 2011, 8,000 words)

7. The Truth of the Marxist View of Religion Lasts for a Long Time: Revisiting Engels' Discourse on Arab-Islamic Culture (Journal of Shandong University) (Social Sciences Edition), 2020, No. 4, 10,000 words; Chinese Social Sciences Digest, 2020, No. 12)

D. Papers on Christianity (in Chinese)

1. A Review of the Textual Significance of the Bible Scrolls in the Dead Sea Scrolls for the Study of the Old Testament (Fudan Journal, Social Science Edition, No. 4, 2003, 9,000 words)*This article is cited in the article The Development of World History Studies in China in Recent Years: A Survey by Chen Qineng of the Institute of World History of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences published on the website of the International Committee for Historical Science (CISH/ICHS) (note 20) (www. Cish.org/f/evenenments/cassworld2.htm）

2. The Theme of Jesus Christ's Teachings from the Gospels (Traditional Values and Social Progress, Jiangxi People's Publishing House, 2004, 7,000 words)

3. A Review of Carl Lana's Theological Transcendental Anthropology (Fudan Journal, Social Science Edition, No. 1, 2007, 10,000 words)*This article was included in Xinhua Digest, No. 9, 2007.

4. The Silent Promoter of the Catholic Church: Karl Rahner's Learning (Xu Zhiwei, ed., Review of Christian Thought, Vol. 5, 2007, 22,000 words)

5. The Tension Between the Mainstream and the Undercurrent of the Church after the Second Vatican Council: On the Challenges Faced by Pope Benedict XVI (Commentary on Christian Thought, ed. Xu Zhiwei, Vol. 7, 2007, 20,000 words)

6. Karl Rahner's Anthropological Argument and Its Transcendence of the Traditional Proof of God's Existence (Fudan Philosophical Review, Vol. 4, 2008, 10,000 words)

7. On the Theological Dimension of Heidegger's Critique of Being-Theology-Logic (Philosophical Studies, No. 3, 2010, 12,000 words)

8. The Significance of the Concept of Anonymous Christians in the Context of the Second Vatican Council (Studies in World Religions, No. 1, 2011, 11,000 words)

9. From Theocentric Theology to Humanistic Theology: Karl Rahner's Coordinates in Contemporary Catholic Theology (Religion and Philosophy (II), Social Sciences Academic Press, ISBN: 9787509744130, 2013)

10. Anonymous Christians and Religious Fashion (Bohai Vision: Religion and Cultural Strategy, Social Sciences Academic Press, ISBN: 978-7-5097-5651-5, 2014)

11. Contemporary Dialogue between Catholicism and Islam: A Case Study of Karl Rana and John Paul II (Religion and Philosophy (6th Edition), Social Sciences Academic Press, ISBN: 9787520104050, 2017)12. Dictionary of Christianity (Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House, 2010, about 200,000 words)

E. Newspaper Articles

1. China is the Hope of the Future World: An Interview with Richard Rorty on his Visit to Fudan (Wenhui Reading Weekly, 2004-08-03, 4,000 words)

2. The American Philosopher Who Has a Chinese Knot in His Heart - Remembering Richard Rorty (Wen Wei Po, 2007-06-17, 5,000 words)

3. Default Science is the Bottom Line of Orthodox Religion: An Interview with Professor Wang Xinsheng, Vice Dean of the School of Philosophy and Doctoral Supervisor of Fudan University (Guangming.com, Theory Channel, 2014-08-13)

4. ISIS is not Islam, teach you to know Islam as a peaceful religion (The Paper, Marketplace of Ideas, 2015-04-08)

F. Translation Papers

1. The Self-Individuation of Life/A· T. Timinitzka (Chinese Phenomenology and Philosophy Review: Volume I: Basic Issues of Phenomenology, Shanghai Translation Publishing House, 1995, 12,000 words)

2. The Declaration of Faith / Carl Barthes (Selected Essays on Western Religious Philosophy, Shanghai People's Publishing House, 2002, 6,000 words)

3. Modern Man in Pursuit of the Soul / Jung (Selected Essays on Western Religious Philosophy, Shanghai People's Publishing House, 2002, 10,000 words)

4. American Universities and the Hope of Social Justice: Rorty's Fudan Speech (Fudan Philosophical Review, Vol. 2, 2005, 20,000 words)

5. Marx, Marxism and the Rural Problem (I): Marx and the Peasant Village Society/Theodore Shanin (Political and Economic Analysis of Agriculture (Research Reference Series on the Basic Viewpoints of Marxist Classics), Chongqing Publishing House, 2008, 25,000 words)

6. Marx, Marxism and the Rural Problem (II): Marx and Revolutionary Russia/Spring Kapian (Political and Economic Analysis of Agriculture (Research Reference Series on the Basic Viewpoints of Marxist Classics), Chongqing Publishing House, 2008, 25,000 words)

7. The Spirit of the Warrior and the Political Philosophy of Zarathustra / Pangel (Nietzsche in the West (Revised), East China Normal University Press, 2014, 40,000 words)

Offering courses

1. 15 undergraduate courses: as lecturer and assistant professor: (1) Modern Western Philosophy (2) Cultural Anthropology (3) Biblical Studies (4) Professional English; As Associate Professors and Professors: (5) Introduction to Islam (6) History of Islam (7) Theory and History of Islam (Chinese/English) (8) Selected Readings of Original Islamic Works (Chinese/English) (9) Biblical Literature (in cooperation with foreign teachers) (10) The Bible and Christianity (Chinese/English) (11) Selected Readings of Original English Religious Texts (12) The Bible and Western Religious Culture (13) The Quran and Islamic Civilization (14) Abrahamic Religious Studies (15) Western Religious Studies (H) (16) Quranic Studies

2. 4 postgraduate courses (some of which use English textbooks): (1) Philosophy of Religion (in cooperation with foreign teachers) (2) Special Topics in World Religions (3) English for Philosophy Professionals (4) Karl Rahner and Vatican II Conference (5) Independent Doctoral Courses.

Research Areas

Degrees and Faculty Work Experiences

Degrees：

BA.( September 1980 to July 1984, an undergraduate student in the Department of Philosophy, Fudan University); MA (Jul. 1984-Jul. 1987 , MA student in Foreign Philosophy, Fudan University) Ph.D (Jul. 2003-Jul. 2008: Ph.D. candidate in foreign philosophy, Fudan University)

Faculty Work Experiences：

1987-1989, Lecturer Department of Philosophy, Fudan University;1989-2002, Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Fudan University (1995-2000 Visiting Scholar, Catholic University of America);.2002.02—2010.03, Associate Professor, School of Philosophy, Fudan University; 2010.04-present Full Professor, School of Philosophy, Fudan University

Visiting Scholars

1995.11—2000.05 Catholic University of America;2004.02—2004.05 Hong Kong Dao Fung Shan Institute of Chinese Christian Studies; 2008.12—2009.04 University of California, Berkeley, USA.

Lecturing experience：1. Salesian University of Italy (The Religious Situation in China, Carl Rahner's Transcendental Anthropology) 2. École Supérieure de Paris, France (The Deconstruction and Reconstruction of the Arab Sacred and Secular Order in the Obscurantist Period by Islam, Many Aspects of the Sinicization of Islam)

Academic Part-Time：

Council Member of the Chinese Society of Religions

Council Membe of Shanghai Anthropological Society.

Director of the Center for Christian Studies, Fudan University.

Representative Publications

Books in Chinese

(1) The Quran and Islamic Culture (Ningxia People's Publishing House, 3rd printing, 2016)

(2) Intensive Reading of the Bible (Fudan University Press, 7th printing, 2021)

(3) A Study of Karl Lana's Religious Thought (Shanghai Joint Publishing House, 2022)

Translations to Chinese

:(1) Reasons and Persons by Parfit Derek (Shanghai Translation Publishing House, December 2004, independent translation, 600,000 words; Third printing in 2020)

(2) The Complete Works of Dewey: Early Works, Vol. 4 (East China Normal University Press, June 2010, first translator)

(3) The Complete Works of Dewey: Late Works, Volume 9 (East China Normal University Press, March 2016, first translator)

(4) Reason and Insight (Fudan University Press, April 2012, first translator)

(5) A Secular Age by Charles Taylor (Shanghai Joint Publishing Co., Ltd., December 2016,co- translator)

(6) Supernatural Nature: Selected Works of Dewey's Religious View and Art Theory (East China Normal University Press, November 2018, edited by Wang Xinsheng and Chen Jia)