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Chair (Acting) and Assistant Professor, Division of Intercultural Studies, Alliance Bible Seminary
Dr. Toby Kan is a Hong Kong–based missiologist serving as Acting Chair and Assistant Professor in the Division of Intercultural Studies at Alliance Bible Seminary. From 2015 to 2023, he served as an intercultural worker with Interserve International, gaining significant cross-cultural mission experience. He currently contributes to multiple mission organizations in leadership and advisory roles, including Interserve Hong Kong, Hong Kong Alliance Mission, SEND International East Asia, and Christar Hong Kong. Dr. Kan is committed to strengthening mission engagement in Hong Kong and equipping leaders for intercultural ministry.
Academic Background
- Ph.D., Middlesex University / Oxford Centre for Mission Studies, UK (2024)
- M.Th. (Research), Alliance Bible Seminary, Hong Kong (2012)
Selected Publications / Research Works
- Kan, Toby. “‘Revolutionary Youth’ in Egypt: Interfaith Relations Since the 2011
Revolution.” Contemporary Review of the Middle East 10, no. 2 (2023): 147–64. - Kan, Toby. “Social Discourses in Egypt: Historical Developments of Interfaith Relations Between Christians and Muslims.” Mission Studies 40, no. 1 (2023): 120–49.
- Kan, Toby, and Henrik L. Hansen. “Christian-Muslim Dialogue as Socio-Political Action in Egypt.” In Christianity and Transforming States: Mapping Varied Christian Experiences and Responses, edited by David Emmanuel Singh, 199–217. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2024.