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CRCS E-Newsletter 普度微言 No. (61)

March 5, 2020

EVENT HIGHLIGHT

Join CRCS for the following events at the 2020 Annual Conference for the Association of Asian Studies (AAS) on March 19-22 in Boston.

Reception for the Review of Religion in Chinese Society

Pedagogical Reflections: Sources and Strategies for Teaching Chinese Religions

Please join us at a reception for the Review of Religion and Chinese Society during the 2020 AAS Annual Conference on Friday, March 20 from 7:30 to 9:00 p.m.. The reception will be held in the Jamaica Pond Room on the 5th floor of the Sheraton Boston Hotel.

Speakers Chris White, Anna Sun, Daryl Ireland, and David Palmer will share on the topic of "Pedagogical Reflections: Sources and Strategies for Teaching Chinese Religions." Refreshments will be served. The reception is co-sponsored by Brill and the Center on Religion and Chinese Society.

Christianity on Display: Projecting Christian History in Chinese Museums

CRCS Assistant Director Chris White will present a paper entitled "Christianity on Display: Projecting Christian History in Chinese Museums" during Session #86 Tracing Faith, Making History: Materializing Transnational Christianities in Modern China and Taiwan. This session will be held on Friday, March 20 from 9:00 to 10:45 a.m. in the Arnold Arboretum (5th Floor of the Sheraton Boston Hotel).

MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS

ChinaSource Blog: How Many Christians in China? Preferred Estimates

The ChinaSource blog recently featured posts in which Fengang Yang and Carsten Vala share the reasoning behind their estimates of the number of Christians in China today. Visit the ChinaSource blog to read Part 1 and Part 2 of "How Many Christians in China? Preferred Estimates."

Photo: Joann Pittman, ChinaSource

Fenggang Yang was also recently interviewed for the following news articles:

"Prison Sentence for Pastor Shows China Feels Threatened by Spread of Christianity, Experts Say." Time, January 2, 2020.
“Coronavirus: Wuhan Shincheonji member says church followed quarantine rules.” South China Morning Post, March 4, 2020.

CALL FOR PAPERS

SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED

The 3rd Annual Meeting of East Asian Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (EASSSR)

“Religion and Peace in East Asia: Reconsideration of Roles of Religion in the Post-Secular Age"

July 23-25, 2020
Jeju National University, Republic of Korea

Due to the fact that the coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic remains uncertain on some aspects and in multiple societies, the deadline of submitting proposals for paper presentation at the annual conference of EASSSR has been extended to the end of March 2020. Consequently, the decision of acceptance has to be postponed to the end of April. The new proposal submission deadline is March 31, 2020.

To submit your abstract, please click here.

For more information about membership fees, registration, or accommodations, please visit the website http://www.easssr.org/ or send an e-mail to easssr2020@gmail.com.

EVENTS

March 19-22, 2020
A ssociation of Asian Studies (AAS) Annual Conference, Boston, MA

May 4-5, 2020
Generational Legacies: The Family in Chinese Christianity, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

June 22-24, 2020
Association of Asian Studies (AAS) in Asia Conference, Hong Kong

July 23-25, 2020
E ast Asian Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (EASSSR) Annual Meeting, Jeju National University, South Korea

August 7-9, 2020
Association for the Sociology of Religion (ASR) Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA

PUBLICATIONS

Yang, Fenggang. 2019. “The Definition of Religion for the Social Scientific Study of Religion in China and Beyond.” In State of the Field and Disciplinary Approaches, 1:23–44. Concepts and Methods for the Study of Chinese Religions. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter.

Yang, Fenggang. 2018. Atlas of Religion in China: Social and Geographical Contexts. Brill.

Liu, Jifeng, and Chris White. 2019. “Old Pastor and Local Bureaucrats: Recasting Church-State Relations in Contemporary China.” Modern China 45 (5): 564–90.

Chao, L. Luke, and Fenggang Yang. 2018. “Measuring Religiosity in a Religiously Diverse Society: The China Case.” Social Science Research 74 (August): 187–95.

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