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Oriental Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences in cooperation with Department of Philosophy and Religious studies, Charles University invite you to a lecture on The Birth of New Religion: The Revival of Confucianism in the form of a Religion by Na Chen 陈纳 (Fudan University) So far, most literature on the revival of Confucianism in China belongs to research on Ruxue and Rujia. In the literature that can be ranked as research on Rujiao, there are case studies on various topics. This is a lecture based on an ethnography of an emerging religious group – Confucian Congregation ( 儒家道坛 ) – in Fujian Province, Southeast China. By examining the history, beliefs, rituals, organization and development strategy of Confucian Congregation, this lecture will shed light on the structure of China’s religious culture and the on-going religion revival movement in China. Na CHEN 陈纳 received his academic degrees from Temple University and University of Pennsylvania in the U.S. and Peking University in China. Over the last ten years Dr. Chen has taught at Shanghai Normal University, Fudan University in China, and Wabash College in the U.S. Currently he is a research fellow at the Center for Social Development, Fudan University, and research associate at the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, University of California at San Diego. His recent research includes an ethnographic study of the “Confucian Congregation” in Southeast China, the current revival of Confucianism and the reconstruction of Chinese identity, and the case study of clientelism as a guanxi tradition in an East China rural community. When : Monday, 30 March, 2015, 10:50-12:20 Where : Charles University, Celetna 20, room 118
