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| CONTACT INFORMATION | Case Western Reserve University | Religious Studies Department | 243 Tomlinson Hall, 10900 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44106-7112 | jonathan@jonathantan.org | Academia.edu |
| RESEARCH INTERESTS | • World Christianity • Global Catholicism • Asian & Asian American Christianity • Comparative Religions • Liturgical Studies • Christian Sacred Music • Ecumenical & Interreligious Studies • Migration Studies • Mission Studies • Buddhism • Confucianism • Daoism • Religion, Culture & Society |
Jonathan Y. Tan is Archbishop Paul J. Hallinan Professor of Catholic Studies in the Department of Religious Studies and affiliated faculty in the Chinese, Ethnic Studies, Asian Studies, and International Studies programs at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio (USA).
Jonathan holds a Ph.D. from The Catholic University of America (Washington, DC), a M.A. from the Graduate Theological Union (Berkeley, California), and a LL.B. (Honours) from the National University of Singapore Law School. Previously, he taught at Australian Catholic University (Sydney, Australia) Xavier University (Cincinnati, Ohio) and The Catholic University of America.
Jonathan is the author of Introducing Asian American Theologies (Orbis Books, 2008), which was funded by the Louisville Institute's First Book Grant for Scholars of Color, 2005 and remains the principal one-volume survey of Asian American Christian theologies. His second book, Christian Mission among the Peoples of Asia (Orbis Books, 2014) has been named by the International Bulletin of Missionary Research as one of 15 outstanding books of 2014 for mission studies. His most recent book The Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences (FABC): Bearing Witness to the Gospel and the Reign of God in Asia (Fortress Press, 2021) is a definitive study of the contributions of the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences (FABC) to an emerging contemporary Asian Catholic way of being church and doing theology.
Jonathan is also the lead editor of World Christianity: Perspectives and Insights (Orbis Books, 2016), which has been named by the International Bulletin of Mission Research as one of the 10 outstanding books of 2016 for mission studies, and co-editor of Theological Reflections on the Hong Kong Umbrella Movement (Palgrave Macmillan, 2016). He is also one the editors, together with Elaine Wei Fun Goh, Kah-Jin Jeffrey Kuan, and Amos Yong of From Malaysia to the Ends of the Earth: Southeast Asian and Diasporic Contributions to Biblical and Theological Studies (Claremont, CA: Claremont Press, 2021).
Together with Rubén Rosario Rodriguez, he curated the Political Theology Network's Symposium -- Making Sense of Minority Christian Voting Trends: Complicating the Liberal/Conservative Binary (June - July 2021), which seeks to make sense of the rise in conservative Christian minority voters for Trump in the November 2020 election.
SELECTED / RECENT MEDIA MENTIONS
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2025
- Alaina Bartel. "Canonizing a millennial saint: CWRU experts weigh in on what Carlo Acutis means for today’s church" Case Western Reserve University--The Daily (8 September 2025)
- Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle. "Tagle: renewal in the Church through the mission". PIME Asia News (13 April 2025). Reprinted in Catholic Sabah (14 April 2025)
- Chad de Guzman. "What to Know About the Vatican’s Relationship With China—and What the Next Pope Means for It". Time (25 April 2025)
- Marc Ramirez. "As Pope Francis' funeral nears, fascination with papacy's rituals take center stage". USA Today (25 April 2025).
- [Hanna Samosir]. "Paus Fransiskus akan ke Timor Leste, imigrasi prediksi 1.000 WNI lintasi perbatasan" ["Pope Francis will head to Timor Leste, immigration predicts 1,000 Indonesian citizens will cross the border" -- in Bahasa Indonesia] BBC News Indonesia (3 September 2024, updated 6 September 2024)
- Imam Santoso. Refleksi Kesuksesan Kunjungan Bersejarah Paus Fransiskus di Indonesia: Bukti Indonesia Miniatur Dunia yang Multikultural ["Reflection on the Success of Pope Francis’ Historic Visit in Indonesia: Proof that Indonesia is a Miniature World of Many Cultures" -- in Bahasa Indonesia] JalanDamai.org (6 September 2024)
- "Kunjungan Apostolik Paus Fransiskus Buktikan Indonesia Negara yang Bertoleransi Tinggi." [Pope Francis' Apostolic Visitation Proves Indonesia Is A Nation With High Tolerance -- in Bahasa Indonesia] Radio Republik Indonesia Voice of Indonesia Voice of Indonesia (4 September 2024)
- Alinda Hardiantoro & Rizal Setyo Nugroho. "Tempuh 32.000 Km, Ini Alasan Paus Fransiskus Datang ke Indonesia dan 3 Negara Lainnya" ["Travelling 32,000 km, This is the Reason Pope Francis has come to Indonesia and 3 Other Nations" -- in Bahasa Indonesia] Kompas (4 September 2024)
- Binti Nikmatur. "Mengapa Paus Fransiskus Kunjungi Indonesia sebagai Negara Mayoritas Muslim?" ["Why Pope Francis is visiting Indonesia as a Muslim Majority Nation?" -- in Bahasa Indonesia] JATIM Times (3 September 2024)
- Chandni Vatvani and Louisa Tang. "What does Pope Francis’ historic Asia Pacific trip mean for multicultural Indonesia?" Channel News Asia (3 September 2024)
- Kelly Ng. "Pope Francis begins historic Asia Pacific trip." BBC News (2 September 2024)
- Adam Hancock. "Pope finding strength to carry message of Catholicism to Asia, Oceania, on longest trip." VOA News (28 August 2024)
- Experts urge more studies on Catholicism in Asia UCA News (3 October 2023). Republished in Catholic Sabah (4 October 2023).
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Revision 12.007 | Originally created: 29 March 2005 | Last updated: 8 September 2025.