User:Caorongjin

Alexander Chow
My real name is Alexander Chow and, on many social media websites, my username is caorongjin, the pinyin form of my Chinese name.

I work professionally as a senior lecturer in the School of Divinity, University of Edinburgh, in the areas of Christian theology and world Christianity. Some of my academic writings can be found listed on my academic blog.

Wikipedia in the classroom
In early 2016, I read in the Times Higher Education and a related peer-reviewed journal article about how educators were using Wikipedia for course assignments. Inspired, I too thought it might be a good idea. The results can be found here:
 * University of Edinburgh/Selected Themes in World Christianity (Autumn 2016)
 * University of Edinburgh/Selected Themes in World Christianity (Autumn 2017)

We also ran a one-off event trying to redress the lack of biographical articles on women in religion through an edit-a-thon in 2016:
 * University of Edinburgh/Events and Workshops/Women and Religion 2016

Red links
The following are some of the Red Linked pages which I would like to eventually help to create.
 * Bishops' Conference of the Chinese Catholic Church
 * Chen Zemin (, 1917 – 2018)
 * Dong Gong (pastor) (c. 1850-1900/1917), first Chinese American Baptist pastor
 * Harold W. Turner (January 13, 1911—May 5, 2002)
 * David Yang (pastor) (, 1900–1969)
 * N. Z. Zia (or Xie Fuya) (, 1892-1991)

Did You Know?

 * ... that when Westminster City Council in London agreed to use "global majority" as a more inclusive term than BAME or "ethnic minority", a Conservative MP called it "deeply sinister"? (Showcased on DYK on 5 January 2023 with 5,031 views)
 * ... that the origins of the modern hazmat suit can be traced to the use of PPE during the Manchurian plague of 1910–1911? (Showcased on DYK on 1 June 2020 with 4,761 views)