Date: 17 February 2017

Time: 3:00pm – 4:30pm

Venue: Lecture Theatre 4, Cheng Yu Tung Building, CUHK

Speaker: Professor LAI Pan-chiu (CUHK)

Chair: Professor CHEUNG Likkwan (CUHK)

Online registration: goo.gl/forms/wJAUnIv4gqNgAJmJ2

 

Abstract: 

Buddhism and Christianity are among the most “globalized” religions, and their encounter in modern China contributed to the globalization of Chinese Buddhism as well as the “glocalization” of Christian theology.  In the perspective of globalization of culture, the encounter provides some examples illustrating the model of cultural “hybridization” or “creolization”, rather than merely a showcase of the “clash of civilizations” model.   The story of this encounter may shed light on the contemporary question concerning the globalization of Chinese culture.

 

About Speaker:

Lai Pan-chiu graduated from the Chinese University of Hong Kong and received his doctorate from King’s College London.  He joined the Chinese University of Hong Kong as Assistant Professor in 1996, and is currently Associate Dean (Research) of the Arts Faculty and Professor of the Department of Cultural and Religious Studies.

 

Conducted in English, supplemented with Putonghua.

Free admission. All are welcome. Registration is required by 15 February 2017.

Enquiry: 3943 1255 / cuccs@cuhk.edu.hk

 

Organized by the Centre for Cultural Studies, the Department of Cultural and Religious Studies, CUHK.

Co-organized by the Centre for Study of Religion and Chinese Society, Chung Chi College, CUHK.