A parallel conference of the Christian Summit Forum titled “Preaching in Shanghai” in 2023 was held in Shanghai.
On November 16, continuing the main forum named “Be Patriotic and Faithful, Then Promising,” this parallel forum featured a showcase of theories and achievements of practice during Shanghai Municipal CC&TSPM promoting the sinicization of Christianity, reported Shanghai CC&TSPM.
Rev. Xu Yulan, chairman of the Shanghai Three-Self Patriotic Movement (TSPM), remarked that as a high-quality brand project among Shanghai religious affairs, the 2023 “Preaching in Shanghai” summit forum would discuss “sinicized elaboration on religious doctrines in China in the new era.”
Rev. Wu Wei, president of the China Christian Council (CCC), appreciated the gathering of representatives from politics, religion, and academia in the forum. He highlighted that the forum was aimed at pointing out the future direction for the sinicization of Christianity and providing an interpretation of doctrines and canons that meet the requirements of the development of the era.
The newspapers Liberation Daily and China News published the opinions of experts in Christianity, Catholicism, Islam, Buddhism, and Taoism.
On the forum, Tang Xiaofeng, vice director and researcher at the Institute of World Religions, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, approached the issue of sinicizing Christianity from historical and contemporary dimensions. He raised the necessity of answering the "three hows": how Christianity will participate in the creative transformation and innovative development of Chinese civilization, how sinicized Christianity will integrate with global Christianity, and how Christianity will adapt to the contemporary social development in China. To address these "three hows," he responded using the "three principles" of interaction between Chinese Christianity and Chinese civilization: adhering to the dialectical unity of Christianity's uniqueness and compatibility, sticking to the dialectical unity of Christianity's indigeneity and universality, and persisting in the unity of opposites of Christianity's historicity and contemporaneity.
During the forum, Shanghai CC&TSPM presented awards to representatives from the Christian community who won the Fourth Call for Papers themed “Preaching in Shanghai.”
Five middle-aged pastoral staff in the city delivered themed speeches on the localization of doctrines and canons, with a combination of practices conducted in Shanghai.
At the end of the summit forum, the CC&TSPMs of Shanghai City, Jiangsu Province, and Anhui Province signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Promoting the Practice of Sinicization of Christianity in the Yangtze Delta Area. This is meant to make even better use of the Yangtze River Delta's unique location, come up with new ways to work together, and share resources and successes.
- Translated by Poppy Chan, Abigail Wu
2023年“海上论道”高峰论坛基督教平行论坛在上海市举行。
据上海市基督教两会，11月16日，在青浦区，本次平行论坛延续主论坛“爱国爱教 进而有为”的主题，集中展示上海基督教推进我国宗教中国化的理论和实践成果。
上海市基督教三自爱国运动委员会主席徐玉兰表示，“海上论道”是上海宗教工作的优质品牌项目，今年的高峰论坛聚焦“新时代我国宗教教义教规的中国化阐释”进行研讨交流。
中国基督教协会会长吴巍表示，此次“海上论道”高峰论坛云集了政、教、学三支队伍代表。论坛的主题为推进基督教中国化指明了未来前进方向，对教义教规作出符合时代进步要求的阐释。
解放日报、中国新闻报刊发来自基督教，天主教，伊斯兰教，佛教和道教专家的观点。
据上海市基督教两会， 中国社会科学院世界宗教研究所副所长、研究员唐晓峰从历史和现实的维度出发，提出基督教中国化，必须要回答“三个如何”的问题，即“基督教将如何参与中华文明的创造性转化与创新性发展，中国化的基督教将如何与世界基督教共融发展，基督教将如何适应当代中国社会发展”。对这“三个如何”，他以中国基督教与中华文明之间互动的“三项原则”来回应，即“坚持基督教的独特性与兼容性的辩证统一，坚持基督教的本土性与世界性的辩证统一，坚持基督教的历时性与时代性的辩证统一”。
论坛中，上海市基督教两会向获得第四届“海上论道”主题征文活动奖项的基督教界代表进行了颁奖。
本市五位基督教中青年教职人员围绕教义教规中国化的主题，结合上海实践，做了主题发言。
最后，上海市、江苏省、浙江省、安徽省基督教两会签署了共同推进基督教中国化长三角实践合作备忘录。旨在进一步发挥长三角一体化区位优势，创新合作方式，实现资源共享、成果共享。
“海上论道”论坛在上海举行
A parallel conference of the Christian Summit Forum titled “Preaching in Shanghai” in 2023 was held in Shanghai.
On November 16, continuing the main forum named “Be Patriotic and Faithful, Then Promising,” this parallel forum featured a showcase of theories and achievements of practice during Shanghai Municipal CC&TSPM promoting the sinicization of Christianity, reported Shanghai CC&TSPM.
Rev. Xu Yulan, chairman of the Shanghai Three-Self Patriotic Movement (TSPM), remarked that as a high-quality brand project among Shanghai religious affairs, the 2023 “Preaching in Shanghai” summit forum would discuss “sinicized elaboration on religious doctrines in China in the new era.”
Rev. Wu Wei, president of the China Christian Council (CCC), appreciated the gathering of representatives from politics, religion, and academia in the forum. He highlighted that the forum was aimed at pointing out the future direction for the sinicization of Christianity and providing an interpretation of doctrines and canons that meet the requirements of the development of the era.
The newspapers Liberation Daily and China News published the opinions of experts in Christianity, Catholicism, Islam, Buddhism, and Taoism.
On the forum, Tang Xiaofeng, vice director and researcher at the Institute of World Religions, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, approached the issue of sinicizing Christianity from historical and contemporary dimensions. He raised the necessity of answering the "three hows": how Christianity will participate in the creative transformation and innovative development of Chinese civilization, how sinicized Christianity will integrate with global Christianity, and how Christianity will adapt to the contemporary social development in China. To address these "three hows," he responded using the "three principles" of interaction between Chinese Christianity and Chinese civilization: adhering to the dialectical unity of Christianity's uniqueness and compatibility, sticking to the dialectical unity of Christianity's indigeneity and universality, and persisting in the unity of opposites of Christianity's historicity and contemporaneity.
During the forum, Shanghai CC&TSPM presented awards to representatives from the Christian community who won the Fourth Call for Papers themed “Preaching in Shanghai.”
Five middle-aged pastoral staff in the city delivered themed speeches on the localization of doctrines and canons, with a combination of practices conducted in Shanghai.
At the end of the summit forum, the CC&TSPMs of Shanghai City, Jiangsu Province, and Anhui Province signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Promoting the Practice of Sinicization of Christianity in the Yangtze Delta Area. This is meant to make even better use of the Yangtze River Delta's unique location, come up with new ways to work together, and share resources and successes.
- Translated by Poppy Chan, Abigail Wu
Shanghai Holds Forum 'Preaching in Shanghai'
