Official Title: Adjunct Professor (Visiting Academic)

Faculty: Faculty of Religious Studies and Philosophy

Email: zhao.jianmin@usj.edu.mo

Short Bio

CV (100 words): Fr. Dr. Peter ZHAO Jianmin, born on 1st January 1964 in Zhengding, Hebei Province, P.R.China, was entered Beijing Archdiocesan Seminary in Sept.1984 and ordained to priesthood on 21 Dec.1989. He worked as dean of the study of the Seminary and parish procurator of Yongning, Xihulin and Qiuxian. In Sept.1992 he worked as assistant priest of the Cathedral and in March 1994 as procurator of North parish. From Nov. 1994 to Sept.1995 he studied in U.K. and from Sept.1995 to Oct. 2002 studied in K.U.Leuven, Belgium, and graduated with his doctorate in Canon Law. On 8 Dec.1998 he was appointed as director of Sapientia Press of the archdiocese. On 3 Aug.2002, he founded the Beijing Institute for the Study of Christianity and Culture for academic works. In Nov.2007 he was nominated vicar general of the archdiocese. 

Publications

Academic Activities
A. Editor of first yearly-theological journal in present China since 1949, first issue is published in 2004, Journal of Catholic Studies
B. Academic Books
1. Today’s Priesthood, Taiwan Huaming Press, 1999.
2. Introduction of the New Testament, Bejing Sapientia Press House, 2001.
3. The Encounter between Christian Faith and Modern Chinese Culture, Religious Culture Press, China, 2010.
4. A Guide to Catholic Social Doctrine, Shanghai Guang Qi Press, 2010. 
5. Following the Steps of Jesus, Beijing Sapientia Press House, 2013.
6. Religion and Law in China，in: International Encyclopaedia of Laws, Wolters Kluwer,2014. 
7. Christus Dominus in the Context of China, Ferdinand Verbiest Institute, Leuven Chinese Studies XXXII, 2016.
8. Zhao Jianmin, Religion and Law in China (Second Edition), Kluwer Law International B.V., Wolters Kluwer, 2019.
9. A Short Introduction for the Camino de Santiago, Beijing, Sapientia Press House, 2014.
10. A Guide to the Seven Churches in the Revelation, Beijing, Sapientia Press House, 2020.  
11. A History of the Catholic Church in China, Religious Culture Press, China, 2020.
12. The Nestorians in Tang Dynasty in China, Beijing Sapientia Press House, 2021.
13. Pilgrimage along the Road of Fr. Matteo Ricci in China, Beijing Sapientia Press House, 2023. 
14. Zhao Jianmin, Religion and Law in China (Third Edition), Kluwer Law International B.V., Wolters Kluwer, 2024.

C. Translation works:
1. Love--The Words from Mother Teresa of Calcutta, Sapientia Press House, 2000. 
2. Knowing the Bible, Sapientia Press House, 2002. 
3. Catholic Christianity:A Guide to the Way, the Truth, and the Life, Richard Chilson, tr. ZHAO jianmin, Beijing Sapientia Press House, 2002. 
4. The Sacraments of the New Alliance, Jose Saraiva Martins, Tr. ZHAO Jianmin, Beijing Sapientia Press House, 2005.
5. Christian Meditation, Hans Urs von Balthasar, Tr. ZHAO Jianmin, Beijing Sapientia Press House, 2009.
6. The Modern Catholic Encyclopedia, Michael Glazier, etc., Tr. ZHAO Jianmin, etc. Religious Culture Press, China, 2012. 
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