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THE RELIGIOUS NARRATIVE OF
MODERN CHINA
Updating the Local Past &
Embracing Global Patterns
Stefania TravagninFaculty of Theology and Religious Studies
Beginnings…What & Why & How
• BEGINNING– Chinese Studies– Study of Religion– Research on 20th-21st century China and
Taiwan
• REFLECTIONS–Modernity vs. Tradition/Classic
Civilization– Present vs. Past– Outer vs. Inner Factors
…ObjectivesWhat & Why & How
• Application:– Tradition WITHIN Modernity– Past WITHIN the Present– Inner-Chinese MERGING WITH Outer-Western
• Results:– Revising Historic Method
• From DYNASTY-HISTORY to NETWORK-BASED HISTORY
– Alternative Approaches to Religious and Cultural Diversity• The ‘East Asian Model’
Pew Research Center (2014)
Centre for the Study of Religion and Culture
in Asia
CSRCA Current Projects
Research at the CentreTEXTUALITY
IN EAST ASIAN BUDDHISM
RELIGION AND MEDIA IN EAST ASIA
CRITICAL CONCEPTS AND METHODSFOR THE STUDY OF RELIGION IN MODERN CHINA
BUDDHIST NETWORKS OF EDUCATION IN CHINESE HISTORY
REVISING DIACHRONIC AND SYNCHRONIC DEVELOPMENTS
What now?
• Suggestions for the study of religion in modern China (from a local and global perspective)– Alternative research perspectives–Updating critical concepts and
methods– Chinese studies in constructive
dialogue with scholarship/scholars on non-Western societies
– China as a global player
