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Introduction
Organizational System
Academic Committee
Academic Intercommunion
Staff
Journals
Books and Data
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The Historical Background:
RUC has been unfolding its teaching and
research works in Buddhism and the Religious Studies under the leadership of
the late professor Shijun since the late 1950s, and the relevant teaching and
research has been enhanced in the early 1960s when professor Fang Litian
joined in from the Philosophy Department of Beijing University. In 1996, the
Institute of Christian Culture studies was founded and then in December 1999
the Institute for Studies of Buddhism and Religious Theory in RUC was
established. In September 2000, it was granted the primary research base by
the Education Dept. of the Government through the investigation and
evaluation of the expert group organized by the Government, and from then on
it has become the only state research center in the field of Buddhism and
Religious Studies in colleges and universities in China.
The Institute for Studies of Buddhism and religious theory(ISBRT) in RUC has
undergraduate courses (which was approved to open by the Education Dept.),
master degree teaching courses in Religion, doctor degree teaching courses in
Religion and postdoctoral research programme and thus has constituted a
complete training system of people with ability from masters and doctors to
post-doctors.
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Organizational System
The Institute for studies of Buddhism and Religious Theory (ISBRT) is an
independent academic research body that is paralleled with colleges and
departments and it is composed of a Buddhism Research Lab, a Religious theory
reaearch Lab, a library and an office. Its full time researchers come from
the teaching staff inside RUC who specializes in the study and teaching of
Buddhism and Religious Studies and its part time researchers are retained
from a passel of famous experts in Buddhism and Religious studies both abroad
and at home. The Buddhism Research Lab researches mainly on Chinese Buddhism
and concurrently on Buddhism in other countries; the Religious theory
research Lab stresses on the research works of the basic religious theories
and Christianity and meanwhile it is actively researching on Taoism, modern
religions and other religions. It now has retained 9 eminent scholars to
constitute its academic committee.
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Academic Committee
Chairman:
Lou Yule: tutor of doctors, Director of religious research institute,
Professor in the philosophy and religion department of Beijing University.
Members(in order of the strokes of surname):
Fang Litian: tutor of doctors, Director of ISBRT, professor in the philosophy
and religion department of RUC.
Lu Daji: tutor of doctors, Professor of World Religion Institute in Chinese
Academy of Social Sciences.
Mu Zhongjian: tutor of doctors, Professor in the philosophy and religion
department of Central University for Nationalities.
Yang Zengwen: tutor of doctors, Professor of World Religion Institute in
Social Science Academe of China, Director of Buddhism Culture Research
Institute of China.
Li Qiuling: tutor of doctors, full time researcher in ISBRT, professor in the
philosophy and religion department of RUC.
Zhuo Xinping: tutor of doctors, Professor and Director of World Religion
Institute in Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
Zhao Dunhua: tutor of doctors, Professor and dean of the philosophy and
religion department of Beijing University.
Ge Zhaoguang: tutor of doctors, Professor in School of Humanities of Qinghua
University.
The Member of the Committee:
The Institute has 10 full time researchers and 12 part time researchers among
whom they have 18 professors and 4 assistant professors and 19 of them
obtained the doctorĄŻs degree.
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Academic Intercommunion
Since its foundation, the institute has set up the long-term symbiosis with
many world famous universities and research institutes and undergone
essential cooperation with them in teaching staff intercommunion, united
studentsĄŻ training, program cooperation and intercommunion, journal exchange
and together holding international academic seminars etc. Since 2001, its
full time researchers have been abroad to have the academic intercommunion
for 25 times, taken in experts abroad for 37 person-times and experts dropped
by for 56 person-times, and taken up domestic visiting scholars for 7
person-times. The teaching and research status in Buddhist and Religious
studies of the institute were reported and introduced in long literary pieces
in a Japan newspaper called China and Abroad Daily.
It also keeps an intimate cooperative relationship with the relevant governmental
departments such as the Central United Front Department, the State Committee
of Nationality Affairs and the State Bureau of Religious Affairs and commonly
does investigation and research works together and at the same time maintains
a good academic relationship with many religious parties as the Buddhist
Association of China, the Daoist Association of China, the Three-self
Patriotic Movement Committee of the Protestant Churches in China and the
Patriotic Committee of the Catholic Churches in China etc.
In recent years, it has held many international academic seminars including
the seminar on the Retrospection and Expectation of the Research Works done
in Buddhism and Religious Studies, the seminar on the Culture of Pure Land
Sect, the international seminar on the Traditional Chinese Ethics and the
World Ethics, the academic seminar between China and US on Religious Ethics
and Modern Society Eastern and Western and the international seminar on
Modern Religion and Positive Method etc.
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Staff
Full Time Researchers:
(in order of
the strokes of surnames of the professors and associate professors):
Fang Litian: tutor of doctors, Director of ISBRT, professor in the philosophy
and religion department of RUC.
He Guanghu: tutor of doctors, full time researcher in ISBRT, professor in the
philosophy and religion department of RUC.
He Jianming: tutor of doctors, full time researcher in ISBRT, professor in
the philosophy and religion department of RUC.
Li Qiuling: tutor of doctors, full time researcher in ISBRT, professor in the
philosophy and religion department of RUC.
Zhang Fenglei: tutor of doctors, full time researcher in ISBRT, professor in
the philosophy and religion department of RUC.
Yang Huilin: tutor of doctors, full time researcher in ISBRT, professor in
the philosophy and religion department of RUC.
Wen Jinyu: full time researcher in ISBRT, professor in the philosophy and
religion department of RUC.
Sun Yi: full time researcher in ISBRT, associate professor in the philosophy
and religion department of RUC.
Xuan Fang: full time researcher in ISBRT, associate professor in the
philosophy and religion department of RUC.
Wei Dedong: full time researcher in ISBRT, associate professor in the
philosophy and religion department of RUC.
The Administrative Director and the dean of the library:
Mei Ying: from Beijing, vice library assistant, joined in the establishment
of the Christian Culture Research Institute in 1996, took part in the
construction of the journal of Christian Culture in 1999 and in 2002 joined
in the Research Institute of Buddhism and Religious Studies, now helps the
superintendent in charge of the daily administrative business, the management
of the library and the compiling work of the journal of Christian Culture.
Part Time Researchers:
(in order of
the strokes of surname):
Fang Guangchang: tutor of doctors, researcher of World Religion Institute in
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
Liu Xiaofeng: tutor of doctors, professor of the philosophy department of
Zhongshan University.
Li Pingye: researcher of the 2nd Bureau in Central United Front Department.
Zhang Zhigang: tutor of doctors, professor in the philosophy department of
Beijing University.
Zhang Jian: professor in Adult Higher Education College of RUC.
Zhang Baichun: tutor of doctors, professor of the philosophy department of
Beijing Normal University.
Yao Weiqun: tutor of doctors, professor in the philosophy and religion
department of Beijing University.
Hong Xiuping: tutor of doctors, professor in the philosophy and religion
department of Nanjing University, superintendent of the Institute of
Religious Studies.
Xu Wenming: assistant professor of the philosophy department of Beijing
Normal University.
Gong Jun: tutor of doctors, professor in the philosophy department of
Zhongshan University.
Part Time Researchers Abroad:
Suekihumihiko: professor in Tokyo University, president of Japanese
Association of Indian and Buddhist Studies.
Kannohirosi: professor of Shoka University of Japan, superintendent in the
Research Institute of Buddhist Higher Education of Shoka University.
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Journals
It is now fronting for the periodicals of Religious Studies and the Journal of
Christian Culture and being in charge of the editing works of Religion-- the
copied material from newspapers and periodicals in RUC.
Religious Studies
2003
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Books and data
The institute now has 30,000 copies of all kinds of books on religion
including all the Buddhist Scriptures in Chinese donated by the State Bureau
of Religious Affairs and The Corporate Body of the Buddha Educational
Foundation and 5000 copies of books on religion donated by Mr. Chen Shiqi
from Hongkong.
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