China’s Banned Churches Defy Regime
Chinese Scholars Visit LUM
Training Workshop 2011
The second research training workshop of CSSP was held from July 17- August 16, 2011 at Purdue University. Seventeen principal investigators of the funded projects, two of the team members, and our Center’s advisor, Professor WEI Dedong of Renmin University, participated. The workshop began with a Welcome Dinner held on July 19. Vice President Kimon…
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2011 Summer Institute for Teachers
The 8th Summer Institute for the Social Scientific Study of Religion was held July 4-15, 2011 at Renmin University of China, Beijing. The Summer Institute is part of the Chinese Spirituality and Society Program, and the objective is to train faculty members at Chinese universities that have been offering or plan to offer sociology of…
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The 8th Annual Conference on the Social Scientific Study of Religion in China was held on July 1-2, 2011 in Fuzhou, China. About 100 scholars from the US, Italy, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Mainland China attended the conference. 85 scholars presented papers in 15 topics, include Spiritual Capital and Social Capital of Entrepreneurs, Religious Belief…
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