Global China Forum

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”.…

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…

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…