The Religious Revival in Contemporary China: Sociological Perspectives

Thursday, March 20th, 11:00am-1:30pm
Hirshon Suite, 55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor

Under Ancestry’s Shadow—The Revival of Family Values and Ancestry Reverence in Southern Zhejiang by Fan Lizhu (Fudan University)

The Revival of Confucianism in the Form of a Religion by Na Chen (University of California, San Diego)

Dr. Fan Lizhu (PhD, Chinese University of Hong Kong), Professor of Sociology at Fudan University in Shanghai, is one of the pioneers of the study of Chinese popular religion and the teaching of sociology of religion in China. Her ethnographic work focuses on contemporary expressions of traditional Chinese religious heritage. She has published widely in both Chinese and international journals, and edited several volumes of cross-cultural and cross-disciplinary research.

Dr. Na Chen received his academic degrees from Peking University, University of Pennsylvania and Temple University. His research interests include sociology of religion and intercultural communication. Over the last fifteen years Dr. Chen has worked both in China (Fudan University) and the United States. He is currently a research associate at the University of California, San Diego.

Respondents:

Mark Frazier, New School for Social Research, ICI Academic Co-Director
Neil McGee, Eugene Lang College/Columbia University

Moderator:

Mark Larrimore, Eugene Lang College