A forum on "Contemporary Religious Culture and Social Construction", and also the 2020 annual meeting of the Chinese Religious Society held in Yunnan Province featured the sinicization of Christianity and religious studies.
Conducted on September 23 and 24, the meetings were hosted by the Chinese Religious Society, the Institute of World Religions of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and Yunnan Minzu University.
According to China Ethnic News, Zhuo Xinping, president of the Chinese Religious Society, said in his speech that in religious studies in China, attention should be paid to the modernization of Chinese culture, help Chinese religious culture play an active role in carrying forward the fine traditional Chinese culture, and contribute to the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and the modernization of Chinese society. He added that General Secretary Xi Jinping's speech at the 2016 Symposium on Philosophical and Social Sciences stressed the need to "accelerate the improvement of disciplines supporting philosophy and social sciences, such as philosophy, history, economics, political science, law, sociology, ethnoscience, journalism, demographics, religion, psychology, etc., so as to build a discipline system of Chinese characteristics and universal significance".
Zheng Xiaojun, the director of the Institute of World Religions of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and executive vice president and secretary-general of Chinese Religious Society, said that against the background of this complicated international situation, it was of great practical significance and theoretical reference to focus on the relationship between religious culture and social construction and to explore the role of religion in building a harmonious society and promoting the peaceful development of the international community. As in recent years, different religious groups around the world have different degrees of activity, and religions and politics, economic and other factors were intertwined, providing us with a rich case of reflection on the participation of religious culture in social construction and the construction of international order.
Zhang Qiaogui, president of Yunnan Minzu University, said that the purpose of this forum was to develop a religious theory of socialism with Chinese characteristics, promote the construction of philosophy and social sciences, and strengthen the investigation and research on religious and social issues in frontier minority areas. Historically, the socio-economic development of all ethnic groups has been extremely unbalanced, and the traditional culture of the ethnic groups has varied greatly. For example, Yunnan is located in the southwest frontier of China, with many ethnic groups, long boundary lines, and great differences in the natural environment.
The annual conference was divided into 15 sub-forums, focusing on “Theory of Sinicization of Religions”, “Study of Chinese Religions”, “Practice of Sinicization of Religions”, “Research on the Development of Religions in China”, “Study on Religious Governance in China”, “Study of Buddhism”, “Study of Taoism”, “Study of Christianity”, “Study of Islam”, “Study of Religious Philosophy”, “Study of Religious Sociology”, “Research on Hot Issues of Religions”, “Comparative Studies of Religions”, “Study of Religious Communication”, “Religious Studies in Yunnan” and other topics.
- Translated by Sophia Chen
9月23日至24日，由中国宗教学会、中国社会科学院世界宗教研究所和云南民族大学主办的“当代宗教文化与社会建设”高端论坛暨2020年中国宗教学会年会在云南昆明召开。
据中国民族报报道，中国宗教学会会长卓新平在致辞中说，习近平总书记在2016年的哲学社会科学工作座谈会上的讲话强调，“要加快完善对哲学社会科学具有支撑作用的学科，如哲学、历史学、经济学、政治学、法学、社会学、民族学、新闻学、人口学、宗教学、心理学等，打造具有中国特色和普遍意义的学科体系”。中国的宗教学研究，要关注中国文化的现代建设，助力中国的宗教文化在弘扬中华优秀传统文化上发挥积极作用，为中华民族的伟大复兴、中国社会的现代化建设作出应有的贡献。
中国社会科学院世界宗教研究所所长、中国宗教学会常务副会长兼秘书长郑筱筠说，近年来，世界各地不同宗教团体有着不同的活跃度，宗教与政治、经济等因素交织在一起，为我们提供了反思宗教文化参与社会建设、国际秩序建构的丰富案例。在当前复杂的国际形势背景下，聚焦宗教文化与社会建设的关系，探讨宗教对于构建和谐社会、宗教促进国际社会和平发展的作用，具有重要的现实意义和理论参考价值。
云南民族大学校长张桥贵说，云南地处我国西南边疆，民族众多、国境线长、自然环境差异很大。历史上，各民族社会经济发展极不平衡，民族传统文化千差万别。本次论坛旨在发展中国特色社会主义宗教理论，推进哲学社会科学建设，加强对边疆民族地区宗教社会问题的调查研究。
本次年会开设15场分论坛，专家学者分别围绕“宗教中国化的理论”“中国宗教学研究”“宗教中国化的实践”“中国宗教发展问题研究”“中国宗教治理研究”“佛教研究”“道教研究”“基督宗教研究”“伊斯兰教研究”“宗教哲学研究”“宗教社会学研究”“宗教热点问题研究”“宗教比较研究”“宗教传播学研究”“云南宗教研究”等主题进行深入研讨。
“当代宗教文化与社会建设”高端论坛暨 2020年中国宗教学会年会在云南昆明召开
A forum on "Contemporary Religious Culture and Social Construction", and also the 2020 annual meeting of the Chinese Religious Society held in Yunnan Province featured the sinicization of Christianity and religious studies.
Conducted on September 23 and 24, the meetings were hosted by the Chinese Religious Society, the Institute of World Religions of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and Yunnan Minzu University.
According to China Ethnic News, Zhuo Xinping, president of the Chinese Religious Society, said in his speech that in religious studies in China, attention should be paid to the modernization of Chinese culture, help Chinese religious culture play an active role in carrying forward the fine traditional Chinese culture, and contribute to the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and the modernization of Chinese society. He added that General Secretary Xi Jinping's speech at the 2016 Symposium on Philosophical and Social Sciences stressed the need to "accelerate the improvement of disciplines supporting philosophy and social sciences, such as philosophy, history, economics, political science, law, sociology, ethnoscience, journalism, demographics, religion, psychology, etc., so as to build a discipline system of Chinese characteristics and universal significance".
Zheng Xiaojun, the director of the Institute of World Religions of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and executive vice president and secretary-general of Chinese Religious Society, said that against the background of this complicated international situation, it was of great practical significance and theoretical reference to focus on the relationship between religious culture and social construction and to explore the role of religion in building a harmonious society and promoting the peaceful development of the international community. As in recent years, different religious groups around the world have different degrees of activity, and religions and politics, economic and other factors were intertwined, providing us with a rich case of reflection on the participation of religious culture in social construction and the construction of international order.
Zhang Qiaogui, president of Yunnan Minzu University, said that the purpose of this forum was to develop a religious theory of socialism with Chinese characteristics, promote the construction of philosophy and social sciences, and strengthen the investigation and research on religious and social issues in frontier minority areas. Historically, the socio-economic development of all ethnic groups has been extremely unbalanced, and the traditional culture of the ethnic groups has varied greatly. For example, Yunnan is located in the southwest frontier of China, with many ethnic groups, long boundary lines, and great differences in the natural environment.
The annual conference was divided into 15 sub-forums, focusing on “Theory of Sinicization of Religions”, “Study of Chinese Religions”, “Practice of Sinicization of Religions”, “Research on the Development of Religions in China”, “Study on Religious Governance in China”, “Study of Buddhism”, “Study of Taoism”, “Study of Christianity”, “Study of Islam”, “Study of Religious Philosophy”, “Study of Religious Sociology”, “Research on Hot Issues of Religions”, “Comparative Studies of Religions”, “Study of Religious Communication”, “Religious Studies in Yunnan” and other topics.
- Translated by Sophia Chen
Forum on Contemporary Religious Culture and Social Construction, Annual Meeting of Chinese Religious Society Features Sinicization of Christianity
