Nguyen Thi Thinh, Th.M.

E-Mail: thinhngu@uni-mainz.de
PhD Subject: Intercultural Theology/Religious Studies
Title of the dissertation: Vietnamese Theology in Re/construction - Learning from Doing Contextual Theology in Asia
Mentor at the JGU: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Volker Küster
Dissertation topic:
The dissertation focuses on studying the specific context of Vietnam as well as the invaluable experiences of doing theologies in Asian countries such as Taiwan, Korea, China that are having the same issues. Vietnam is facing today poverty, social injustice, environmental crisis, idolatry, and secularism in the similar situation of Han-impacted cultures and the multi-religious state. The research aims to find the methodologies for doing theologies in Vietnamese context.
02/2022 – 08/2023 Research Assistant and Administrative Assistant,
Academy for Contextual Theologies in Taiwan, Taiwan
2014 – 10/2021 Researcher, Southern Institute of Social Sciences, Vietnam
2019 Member of project “Re-visioning the role and relevance of Christian Universities in Multi Religious, Secular Asia”, sponsored by United Board For Christian Higher Education in Asia.
2017 Research manager of Institute scientific project “Religion behaviours’ impacts on attitudes toward environment issues in the youth (Case study in Nha Be district, Ho Chi Minh city)”, MSc. Nguyen Thi Thinh, Southern Institute of Social Sciences.
2016 Member of National scientific project “Population and migration for sustainable development of the South-western region” under the South-Western region Program, Assoc. Prof., Dr. Le Thanh Sang, Southern Institute of Social Sciences.
Participant for National scientific project “30-year economic reforms and sustainable development of the South-western region in term of sustainable development under the South-Western region Program, Prof. Dr. Nguyen Xuan Thang, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences.
Participant for National scientific project “Institution for sustainable development of the South-Western region under the South-Western region Program, Dr. Khuc Thi Thanh Van, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences.
2015 Member of National scientific project “Role of some informal institutions to sustainable development of the Central Highlands in Vietnam”, Dr. Nguyen Manh Hung, Nguyen Tat Thanh University. Member of Ministry scientific project “Fundamental study on regional cooperation for sustainable development of the South-western region” Assoc. Prof., Dr. Le Thanh Sang, Southern Institute of Social Sciences.
2014 Member of National scientific project “Identifying different types of economic behavior of peasant households in contemporary Mekong Delta”, Assoc. Prof., Dr. Tran Huu Quang, Southern Institute of Social Sciences.
2013 – 2014 Member of Ministry scientific project “Community-based communication model on adaptation to climate change in the coastal zone of Mekong Delta”, Dr. Pham Ngoc Dinh and MA. Nguyen Ngoc Diem, Southern Institute of Social Sciences.
2012 Member of Local cooperation program “Solid waste management and monitoring in Ho Chi Minh city” Enda Vietnam and Department of Natural Resources and Environment, Ho Chi Minh City.
2011 Member of International cooperation project “The rural sanitation and water supply in Binh Dinh province”, Consultant group, the Belgian Technical Cooperation.
Nguyen Thi Thinh. “A Critique on Human Imperialistic Mindset Towards God’s Creation: A case study on viewpoint of students in International Program for Sustainable Development (IPSD), CJCU”. Empires and the Empire of God, ed. By Huang Po Ho (Grace Foundation, 2020), ISBN 978-986-98291-3-7, pp. 166-181.
Nguyen Thi Thinh. “A Christian Theological View of Democracy: Reflecting on the Current Situation of Taiwan's Democracy”. 民主與召命的距離 (Democarcy and Christian Calling), ed. By Huang Po Ho (Grace Foundation, 2019), ISBN 978-986- 98291-0-6, pp. 121-131.
Nguyen Thi Thinh, “Attitudes of Buddhist and Catholic youth to ecological issues (Phu Xuan commune, Nha Be district, Ho Chi Minh city)”. Review of Social Sciences Ho Chi Minh city 231 (2017), pp.64-75.
Nguyen Thi Thinh, “Mary Evelyn Tucker and John A. Grim (Trans. Nguyen Thi Thinh). Introduction: The Emerging Alliance of World Religions and Ecology”. Review of Social Sciences Ho Chi Minh city 223 (2017), pp.69-74.
Nguyen Thi Thinh. “Interreligious Dialogue toward global environmental ethics”. In the Proceeding of the International Conference “Religion and Ethics in the Modern Society” (2016), by Center for contemporary religious studies, University of Social Sciences and Humanities.
Nguyen Thi Thinh, “Mangrove reforestation and community awareness rising on protecting the coastal ecosystem to adaptation to climate change (Location: La Be canal, village No. 4, Nhon Binh ward, Quy Nhon city, Binh Dinh province)”, , Review of Social Sciences Ho Chi Minh city 203 (2015), pp.71-78.
Nguyen Thi Thinh, “Assess effectiveness of communication activities on adaptation to climate change in the coastal zone of Mekong Delta”. Review of Social Sciences Ho Chi Minh city 205+206 (2015), pp. 228-235.
Nguyen Thi Thinh “Domestic waste management in rural area (Case study in Binh Tan commune, Tay Son District, Binh Dinh province)”. Review of Social Sciences Ho Chi Minh city 191 (2014), pp. 78-82.
Nguyen Ngoc Diem, Vo Dao Chi, Nguyen Thi Thinh. “Barriers of community-based communication on adaptation to climate change in the coastal area of Mekong Delta (Case studies in Hiep Thanh commune, Duyen Hai district, Tra Vinh province and Dat Mui commune, Ngoc Hien district, Ca Mau province)”. Sustainable Development of Natural Resources, Energy and Environment. Ho Chi Minh City National University Publishing House, 2014), ISBN: 978–604–73– 2811–6.
Nguyen Ngoc Diem, Vo Dao Chi, Nguyen Thi Thinh. “Communication model on adaptation to climate change in the coastal zone of Mekong Delta: some findings from the survey (Case studies in Hiep Thanh commune, Duyen Hai district, Tra Vinh province and Dat Mui commune, Ngoc Hien district, Ca Mau province)”. In the Proceeding of the ninth Science Conference (2014), by University Of Science Ho Chi Minh City.
Nguyen Thi Thinh. “Capacity building on life improvement for the poor ethnic minority community in the suburban communes of Lang Son city, Vietnam”. In the Proceeding of the International Conference “Co-research: Applying Anthropology in Ethnic Minority Development in Vietnam” (2014), by Institute for Studies of Society, Economy and Environment (iSEE).