影响、相互作用与本地化——2018年“基督宗教在中国”会议综述

Imapact, Interaction and Inculturation: A Review of the 2018 Conference “Christianity in Chinese Society”

自20世纪80年代改革开放以来,包括基督教在内的各大宗教在中国的复兴引起了越来越多的研究兴趣。自唐代传入中国以来,基督教在华传播的历程伴随着问题与挑战,在很长的历史时期中基督教与中国既有的哲学、宗教与伦理体系(包括儒家思想、道教、中国佛教以及鬼神和祖先崇拜的"中国民间宗教")互动,同时通过适应和文化融入的方式努力将自身"本土化"与"中国化"。

First introduced into China during the Tang Dynasty,over time Christianity has interacted with the existing philosophical,religious and ethical systems while attempting to indigenize and"sinicize"itself through a process of adaptation and inculturation,not without raising questions and posing challenges.Today,Christianity is among the fastest-growing religions in China but continues to be largely perceived as a"foreign religion,"despite its long history in the country.The international conference"Christianity in Chinese Society:Impact,Interaction and Inculturation"held at the Pontifical Gregorian University on 22-23 March 2018 discussed these issues.Organized by the Faculty of Missiology,with the support of the Yuan Dao Study Center and of the Gregorian University Foundation,it gathered scholars and religious leaders from Chinese mainland,Chinese Hong Kong and various countries in Europe and the United States.The panelists debated the theme of Christianity in China from historical,religious and sociological perspectives,through a dialogical approach between East and West,interacting with an audience including researchers,diplomatic representatives,government officials,journalists,religious people,and professors and students of the University.This review attempts to summarize the main ideas presented at the conference,which was the eighth in a series of annual conferences on Christianity in the Chinese society.The main aim of this kind of symposium was to establish a platform of dialogue between academia,church leadership and government as well as between Chinese and Western scholars.