2008 Summer Institute group

The fifth Summer Institute for Scientific Study of Religion was held on July 14-20, 2008 at Renmin University of China, Beijing. This year’s theme was “An Empirical Study of Religion: from the United States to China. Two lecturers were Carson Mencken, director of Institute for Studies of Religion at Baylor University and Fenggang Yang, director of Center…

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Beijing Summit on Chinese Spirituality and Society 2008

Hats off to all the participants in the very successful Beijing Summit on Chinese Spirituality and Society! The Summit was held on October 8-10, 2008 at Peking University and included thirty-four distinguished scholars specializing in the study of religion. The participants were from a variety of academic disciplines and from all corners of the globe:…

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