◆Name: Rui Xin

◆Professional Title: Associate Professor

◆Email Address: ruixin03@163.com

◆Research Interests

Comparative Literature;

World Literature

◆Courses Taught

Western Literature and Christian Culture;

Literature and Art in Middle Ages and Renaissance in Europe.

◆Education/ Work Experience

Education Background

Ph. D, Comparative Literature and World Literature, Renmin University, Sept. 2006-Jul. 2010;

MA, Literary Theory, Liaoning University, Sept. 2003- Jul. 2006;

BA, Chinese language and literature, Liaoning University, Sept. 1997-Jul. 2001.

Work Experience

Research Fellow, Fu Jen Academia Catholica, Taibei, Fu Jen Catholic University, Aug. 2010-Jun. 2012;

Assistant Professor, College of Humanities, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian Province. P. R. China, Jul. 2010- Sept. 2014;

Associate Professor, School of Culture and Communication, Shandong University, Weihai, Shandong Province. P. R. China, Since Sept. 2014.

◆Selected Publications

Published Monograph

Rui Xin. From Logos to Kenosis. Beijing: Peking University Press, 2013.

Translation

John Caputo. The Weakness of God: A Theology of the Event, translated by Rui Xin. Taiwan: Chinese Christian Literature Council Ltd., 2017.

Published Papers

1.Rui Xin. Discipline and Confession: The Historical Dialogue between Michel Foucault and St. Augustine. Logos & Pneuma Chinese Journal of Theology(A&HCI), Dec. 2016(45): 361-397.

2. Rui Xin. The Construction of "New Theology": A Study of Graham Ward’s Barth, Derrida and the Language of Theology. Regent Review of Christian Thoughts(CSSCI), Aug. 2016(21): 239-252.

3. Rui Xin. The Forgotten Wisdom: A Study of French Jesuits Joachim Bouvet and His Research on Yi-Jing. World Sinology, Vol.14. Dec. 2014: 124-139.

4. Rui Xin. A Study of John D. Caputo’s "Theology of Weakness" Centered around The Weakness of God: A Theology of Event. Journal for the Study of Christian Culture, Nov. 2013(30): 143-163.

5. Rui Xin. The Absence of "Meaning" and the Searching for it: from Edmund Husserl to Jacques Derrida and Mark C. Taylor. Journal of Xiamen University(Art & Social Sciences)(CSSCI), Jun. 2013(3): 122-130.

6. Rui Xin. The Exploration of Taiwanese Aborigines’ Cultural Identities. Journal of Beijing Film Academy, Jul. 2013(2): 63-67.

7. Rui Xin. After Babel: The Dialogue on "Translation" between Walter Benjamin and Jacques Derrida. Sino-Christian Studies (A&HCI), Dec. 2012(14): 133-156.

8.Rui Xin. The King Mathematician: the Men who had Illuminated That Era. World Sinology, Vol.10, Nov. 2012: 99-115.

9.Rui Xin. The Phenomenology of Prayer. Philosophy and Culture (A&HCI), Vol.38, Sept. 2011(9): 129-150.

10.Rui Xin. Homo, Cultura, Transcendentia: Interdisciplinary Dialogue on Catholic Studies. Sino-Christian Studies (A&HCI), Jul. 2011(11): 225-230.

11.Rui Xin. Re-interpretation of Augustine's Confessions in the Postmodern Theology. Logos & Pneuma Chinese Journal of Theology(A&HCI), Jan. 2011(34): 159-183.

12.Rui Xin. The Endless Mourning: Exploration of Thought in Jean Francois Lyotard's The Confession of Augustine. Foreign Theoretical Trends (CSSCI), Jul. 2011(7): 87-92.

13.Rui Xin. Writing! Interpretation!——Another Judaeo-Christian Account of Logos: A Disscussion Centered Around Jacques Derrida and Susan A. Handelman. Regent Review of Christian Thoughts, Nov. 2011(14): 48-62.

14.Rui Xin. Logos: the Dialogue on "Theological Language" between Deconstruction and Radical Orthodoxy. Journal for the Study of Christian Culture(CSSCI), Mar. 2009(21): 120-141.

15.Rui Xin. The Image of Sin: Korean Movie under the Vision of Christian Culture. Journal of Oriental Studies (CSSCI), Jan. 2008(1): 224-237.

16.Rui Xin. Sinology · Other · Religion. Journal for the Study of Christian Culture (CSSCI), Mar. 2007(17): 295-300.

17.Rui Xin. Apocalypse and Beauty: Remarks on Introducing Theological Aesthetics written by Balthasar. Journal for the Study of Christian Culture (CSSCI), Nov. 2007(18): 329-342.

◆ Research Projects

1.Rui Xin, The Literary Classic in the Postmodern Context: Re-interpretation of St. Augustine’s Confessions, supported by Fujian Social Science Foundation, No. 2013C058.

2.Rui Xin, Studies on Re-interpretion of St.Augustine in the Postmodern Theology, supported by Shandong Social Science Foundation,No. 18DWWJ08.

3. Rui Xin, St. Augustine’s Literary Theory and the Tradition of Reading in Modern West World, supported by National Social Science Foundation, No. 19BWW071.

◆ Honors/ Awards

 The Award of "The Future Plan for Young Scholar" in Shandong University, Jun. 2016.