The journal was originally founded in 1914 by the Presbyterian Chen Chin-yung (; 1869–1938), a Professor of New Testament Language and Literature at
Nanking Theological Seminary, as the
Theological Review. The journal's publication was interrupted and renamed several times, taking on the name the
Nanking Union Theological Review in 1953 when it was published by the Nanjing Union Theological Seminary. It was renamed again in 1986 to its current name of
Nanjing Theological Review. Since 1985, the
Nanjing Theological Review and the English-language
Chinese Theological Review have been supported by the Foundation for Theological Education in Southeast Asia. Many of the articles from the
Nanjing Theological Review are translated into English in the
Chinese Theological Review. == References ==