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Wing Yin Li

Wing Yin Li, PhD

PhD Student | Theology

Bio:

Wing Yin Li, born and raised in Hong Kong, is a Ph.D. student in theology, ethics, and politics. Wing’s research engages the apocalyptic as a theological category by reading apocalyptic literature as resistance literature against empires and explores the theopolitical functions of the apocalyptic discourse.

Wing is the recipient of both Presidential Merit Scholarship and Trustees Merit Scholarship. They hold an M.A. with honors in philosophy and theology from the University of Edinburgh and an MDiv. from Princeton Theological Seminary. Wing was a Louisville Doctoral Fellow from 2024 to 2026.

Currently based in Toronto, Wing is an adjunct instructor at Martin Luther University College, a sessional instructor in the Cantonese Continuing Education Program at Emmanuel College, and the editorial assistant for Theology Today.

Beyond academia, Wing is a candidate for ordination in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) and has years of ministry experience with local churches across the U.K., Hong Kong, and the U.S.

Publications:

Wing Yin Li, “A Transcendent Interdependence: Countering Slow Violence in Minamata with a (Pre)Animistic Ecological Solidarity,” Journal of Ecumenical Studies 60, no. 4 (2025): 556–578.