Posts by Masson Amy
Constructing Contemporary Chinese Christianity and Civic Community
A Study of Four Types of Churches in Beijing Fuk-tsang Ying The Chinese University of Hong Kong The Results of the Project With the generous support of the John Templeton Foundation, our project researchers were able to go to Beijing several times for field research. Our project studied contemporary Christianity in Beijing to explore the…
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Zhidong Hao University of Macau Our project on Catholicism and its civic engagement in Hong Kong, Macau, Taipei, and Shanghai, for which I was lead investigator, has come to an end. We found varying levels of civic engagement of the Catholic Church in Hong Kong, Macau, Taipei, and Shanghai. Our research led us to classify…
Read MoreA Discourse on the Research on Religion and Society
LI Xiangping East China Normal University The socialscientific study of religionwas once generally marginal in Chinese religious studies. But gradually it has become a major force, now one of the triune fields in religious studies, along with the philosophy/theology of religious and the humanities study of religion. Professor Fenggang Yang and his Center on Religion…
Read MoreThe Dragon and the Dove:
Nation-Statism and Catholic-Protestant Christianity in China Today by HE Guanghu October 7, 2010 On October 7th, Professor HE Guanghu was invited to Purdue to give a lecture titled “The Dragon and The Dove: Nation-Statism and Catholic-Protestant Christianity in China Today”. In his lecture, Professor He made a very important distinction between two concepts: “nationalism” and “statism”.…
Read MoreIndividual Behaviors or Church Activities?
A Way to Understand Christianity in Today’s China by GAO Shining October 5, 2010 GAO Shining, a well-known Chinese scholar from the Chinese Academy of Social Science, presented a lecture at the Center On Religion and Chinese Society of Purdue University on October 6, 2010. The title of the lecture is: “Individuals Behavior or Church Activities?——the…
Read MoreWhy Christianity is Thriving in China Today
by Fenggang Yang September 9, 2010 On September 9th, Professor Fenggang Yang delivered a lecture entitled, “Why Christianity Is Thriving in China Today: A Sociological Perspective.” In the lecture, Professor Yang stated that the Chinese government policy on Christianity has changed through four main stages: “suppression” (1949-1966), “eradication” (1966-1979), “controlling to weaken” (1979-1995), and “controlling to…
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