The 2024 Academic Annual Conference of the Chinese Sociological Association's Forum on the Sociology of Religion was held in Harbin, with the theme "Mindset Order and Social Construction in the New Era."
From July 6 to July 7, the forum took place at Harbin Engineering University, divided into four academic units: Meta-Problems and Theoretical Reflections, Mindset and Order, New Forms of Beliefs, Belief and Governance, with a fifth unit specifically for young scholars, according to the official WeChat account "Sociology of Religion."
Each unit featured several scholars delivering keynote speeches. Researcher Li Huawei from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences analyzed the main debates on religious globalization, from the "Clash of Civilizations" to the rise of "Global Civil Religion." Doctoral student Zhao Deze from Sun Yat-sen University explored the classic proposition of religious belief and social trust in Chinese society based on the study of spirit worship. Researcher Lin Yusheng from the Shandong Academy of Social Sciences examined new trends in religious belief in China using data from CGSS2018 and CGSS2021. Ma Zhaozhen, Deputy Secretary-General of the Shanghai YMCA, discussed the relationship between the popularization of religion and the rule of law and the construction of a social order, focusing on the legal education initiatives of the Shanghai YMCA.
The fifth unit of the forum was dedicated to young scholars, featuring notable presentations by master's and doctoral students. For instance, doctoral student Chen Jinyu from Yanbian University analyzed the relationship between illness and conversion based on the experiences of rural Christian hysteria patients. Master's student Fu Chuanxiang from Sichuan University investigated the development trend from closed social networks based on differential modes of association and relational trust to structural hole-type social networks, using a migrant worker church as a case study.
Finally, Huang Haibo, director of the Center for Contemporary Religious Research at the Institute of Contemporary Religious Studies in the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, summarized eight key research topics discussed at the forum. Topics included the formation of a discourse system centered on social mentality, the focus on rural social governance as a key area of study in the sociology of religion, the growing attention to urban faith communities, contemporary religious trends, religious belief in ethnic areas, religion and quality of life, religion and national governance, and fundamental theories of religious studies.
The forum was organized by the Chinese Sociological Association's Committee for the Sociology of Religion and the School of Social Development at East China University of Political Science and Law, under the preparation by the Center for Judaic and Inter-Religious Studies at Shandong University, the Department of Sociology at Peking University, the School of Sociology at Guizhou Minzu University, the School of Sociology at Yunnan Minzu University, and the editorial department of the Journal of Sociology of Religion. More than 30 experts, scholars, and graduate students from diverse universities and research institutions attended the forum.
- Translated by Abigail Wu
中国社会学会2024年会·宗教社会学分论坛在哈尔滨举办，主题为“新时代背景下的心态秩序与社会建设”。
据宗教社会学吧（中国社会学会宗教社会学专业委员会？）公众号，7月6日—7月7日，论坛在哈尔滨工程大学举行。按照学术话题分别设为四个单元：元问题与理论反思、心态与秩序、信仰新形态、信仰与治理及第五单元——青年学子专场。
每个单元均由多位学者作专题发言。其中中国社会科学院李华伟研究员从“文明冲突论”到“全球公民宗教”的兴起，来分析宗教全球化的主要争论；中山大学博士生赵德泽基于神灵信仰的考察，探讨了中国社会中的宗教信仰与社会信任的经典命题；山东社会科学院林瑜胜研究员基于CGSS2018和CGSS2021数据，探究了我国宗教信仰的新态势；上海基督教青年会马兆珍副总干事以上海YMCA开展宗教法治普及为中心，阐述了宗教法治普及与社会秩序型塑的关系。
本场分论坛还在最后一个第五单元中设置了专属青年学子的专场，其中一些硕博士研究生的发言内容也可圈可点。如延边大学博士生陈金羽以乡村基督徒癔症患者的患病经历为研究对象，分析了疾病与皈信之间的关系；四川大学硕士生傅传祥以一个农民工基督教教会为例，探究了以差序格局与关系信任为基础的闭合型社会网络如何走向结构洞型社会网络的发展趋势。
最后，上海社会科学院宗教研究所当代宗教研究室主任黄海波主任总结了该论坛研究的八大关键内容。包括以社会心态为核心的话语体系正在形成、乡村社会治理成为宗教社会学研究的重点内容之一、都市信仰群体深受关注，同时也要关注当代宗教新态势、民族地区宗教信仰、宗教与美好生活、宗教与国家治理、宗教学元理论等重要话题。
本次论坛由宗教社会学专业委员会、华东政法大学社会发展学院主办，山东大学犹太教与跨宗教研究中心、北京大学社会学系、贵州民族大学社会学院、云南民族大学社会学院、《宗教社会学》编辑部联合承办。共有30多位来自不同高校、科研机构的专家、学者及研究生参会。
中国社会学会2024年宗教社会学分论坛哈尔滨举行
The 2024 Academic Annual Conference of the Chinese Sociological Association's Forum on the Sociology of Religion was held in Harbin, with the theme "Mindset Order and Social Construction in the New Era."
From July 6 to July 7, the forum took place at Harbin Engineering University, divided into four academic units: Meta-Problems and Theoretical Reflections, Mindset and Order, New Forms of Beliefs, Belief and Governance, with a fifth unit specifically for young scholars, according to the official WeChat account "Sociology of Religion."
Each unit featured several scholars delivering keynote speeches. Researcher Li Huawei from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences analyzed the main debates on religious globalization, from the "Clash of Civilizations" to the rise of "Global Civil Religion." Doctoral student Zhao Deze from Sun Yat-sen University explored the classic proposition of religious belief and social trust in Chinese society based on the study of spirit worship. Researcher Lin Yusheng from the Shandong Academy of Social Sciences examined new trends in religious belief in China using data from CGSS2018 and CGSS2021. Ma Zhaozhen, Deputy Secretary-General of the Shanghai YMCA, discussed the relationship between the popularization of religion and the rule of law and the construction of a social order, focusing on the legal education initiatives of the Shanghai YMCA.
The fifth unit of the forum was dedicated to young scholars, featuring notable presentations by master's and doctoral students. For instance, doctoral student Chen Jinyu from Yanbian University analyzed the relationship between illness and conversion based on the experiences of rural Christian hysteria patients. Master's student Fu Chuanxiang from Sichuan University investigated the development trend from closed social networks based on differential modes of association and relational trust to structural hole-type social networks, using a migrant worker church as a case study.
Finally, Huang Haibo, director of the Center for Contemporary Religious Research at the Institute of Contemporary Religious Studies in the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, summarized eight key research topics discussed at the forum. Topics included the formation of a discourse system centered on social mentality, the focus on rural social governance as a key area of study in the sociology of religion, the growing attention to urban faith communities, contemporary religious trends, religious belief in ethnic areas, religion and quality of life, religion and national governance, and fundamental theories of religious studies.
The forum was organized by the Chinese Sociological Association's Committee for the Sociology of Religion and the School of Social Development at East China University of Political Science and Law, under the preparation by the Center for Judaic and Inter-Religious Studies at Shandong University, the Department of Sociology at Peking University, the School of Sociology at Guizhou Minzu University, the School of Sociology at Yunnan Minzu University, and the editorial department of the Journal of Sociology of Religion. More than 30 experts, scholars, and graduate students from diverse universities and research institutions attended the forum.
- Translated by Abigail Wu
Annual Forum on Sociology of Religion Held in Harbin
