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.

Online Profile

• ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Loe-Joo-Tan
• Google Scholar: http://scholar.google.com.sg/citations?hl=en&user=XjBVC48AAAAJ

Research Interests

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

Works

Theses

• Ph.D
  • The Trinity and the Religions: An Assessment of Gavin D’Costa’s Trinitarian Theology of Religions with reference to the Patristic Trinitarianism of Basil of Caesarea
    University of St Andrews, 2012
    (http://research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk/handle/10023/3163)
• M.Th
  • An Assessment of Augustine’s Appropriation of the Trinitarian Theology of the Cappadocian Fathers
    Trinity Theological College, 2009
    (http://ttcportal.vvibrant.com/searchresult?BibId=76502&FP=SD)
• M. Eng
  • Novel Microstrip Couplers
    National University of Singapore, 1994
    (https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/172370)

Peer-reviewed Research Articles

• “’Things are not what they seem’: Dominus Iesus, Ecumenism and Interreligious Dialogue”, Journal of Ecumenical Studies, vol 48 no 4 (Fall 2013), pp. 523-543.
  (http://www.questia.com/library/journal/1G1-357757720/things-are-not-what-they-seem-dominus-iesus-ecumenism)
• “Gavin D’Costa’s Trinitarian Theology of Religions: An Assessment,” New Blackfriars. 1055 (Jan 2014), pp. 88-104.
  (http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nbfr.12023)
• “The Catholic Theology of Religions: A Survey of Pre-Vatican II and Conciliar attitudes towards other religions”, Scottish Journal of Theology, vol 67 no 3, pp. 285-303.
  (http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S003693061400012X)
• 〈犁头与刀剑——前尼西亚教会的战争伦理观〉(Ploughshares and swords – The Ethics of War for the Pre-Nicene Church),“战争与和平：冲突、暴力与和平的神学反思”，《建道学刊》第46期，页119-134
  (http://www.logos.com.hk/bf/acms/content.asp?site=logosbf&op=show&type=product&code=M106V46)
• LJ Tan, SP Yeo. “Unified Formulas for Analysis of Symmetrical Five-port Microstrip Ring Couplers (when implemented in various forms)”, International Journal of Microwave and Millimeter–Wave Computer–Aided Engineering, vol 7 no 4, pp. 309-317.
• SP Yeo, LJ Tan. “Symmetrical N-port Microstrip Ring Couplers”, International Journal of Microwave and Millimeter–Wave Computer–Aided Engineering, vol 6 no 2, pp. 100-106.
• SP Yeo, LJ Tan. “Modelling and Testing of Symmetrical N-port Planar Power Dividers”, Proceedings of ICCS ’94, vol. 1, 241-245.

Books

• 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.
• 〈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。
• “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.
• 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.

Presentations and Conferences

• 2013-09-25, FES Theological Consultation on “Theology of the Jubilee” by Chris Wright. Response paper – “Gregory of Nyssa’s αποκατάστασις and the Theology of Restoration”.
• 2013-12-13, FES华文组青年神学营 – “谈‘性’色不变”
• 2015-10-30 to -31, 香港建道神学院国际学术研讨会 – “犁头与刀剑：早期教会的战争伦理观”

Popular Writings

• 2013-12, “The Church and Same-Sex Attraction”, Trumpet, pp. 6-7.
• 2013-12, “神眼中的同性恋行为”, 角声, 页6-7
• 2014-08, “‘祂升天，坐在全能父上帝的右边’— 使徒信经的再思”, 角声, 页1-2
• 2015-04, “’He Ascended and Sitteth…’: Pastoral Reflections on the Ascension”, Trumpet, pp. 1-2.
• 2015-07 Feature article for ETHOS – “Modern Christian Martyrdom”
  [http://ethosinstitute.sg/modern-christian-martyrdom/]
• 2015-12, 〈道在人间：基督徒的工作观〉, 角声, 页6-7
• 2016-04, “Is True Worship ‘Use-less?’”, Theology of Worship Series Part 1, Trumpet, pp. 6-7.
• 2016-08, “True Worship isn’t found in this World”, Theology of Worship Series Part 2, Trumpet, pp. 6-7.
• 2016-12, “True Worship is Trinitarian in Character”, Theology of Worship Series Part 3, Trumpet, pp. 6-7.
• 2017-08 Credo – “Should Everyone Study Theology?: Yes and No
  (https://ethosinstitute.sg/study-theology/)
• 2017-04, “纯全的动机”， 敬拜的真谛（一）, 角声, 页6-7。
• 2017-08, “真敬拜非世上找得到”， 敬拜的真谛（二）, 角声, 页6-7。
• 2018-07 Ethos Institute feature article: A Common Platform
  (https://ethosinstitute.sg/a-common-platform/)
• 2017-12, “敬拜的对象是‘圣三一’”， 敬拜的真谛（三）, 角声, 页6-7。
• 2019-08, “神学适乎众信徒？”，, 角声, 页1-2。
• 2019-10-21 Credo article – Conditional Immortality
  (http://ethosinstitute.sg/modern-christian-martyrdom/)
• 2020-04-01 Special article – A Christian Theology of Life and Death
  (https://ethosinstitute.sg/christiantheologyoflifeanddeath/)
• 2020-04, “都是女人的错吗？”，, 角声, 页1-2。
• 2020-09 Feature article – One Saved, is the Entire Family Saved?
  (https://ethosinstitute.sg/one-saved-is-the-entire-family-saved/)
• 2021-04, “一人信主，全家都得救吗？”，, 角声, 页4-5。

Courses Taught

• Systematic Theology I, II
• Historical Theology I, II
• Spiritual Theology
• Patristic Trinitarianism
• Theology of Religions
• Philosophy for Understanding Theology

Other Awards

• Professional Memberships:
  • The Evangelical Theological Society (ETS)
  • American Academy of Religion (AAR)
• 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
  • Journal of Research on Christian Education
• Adjunct Lecturer (2017 – )
  • Nanyang Technological University (NTU), S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS)
    • Course code: AS6041 Christianity and Religious Diversity