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SUMMARY:Translating Religion and Secularism in China - Professor Prasenjit
  Duara (National University of Singapore)
DTSTART:20100218T170000Z
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CONTACT:Sam Mather
DESCRIPTION:Historically\, the cluster of ideas and practices closest to '
 religion'\,  'faith' and 'ritual' in imperial China occupied a very differ
 ent historical structure and role from the Abrahamic traditions which gave
  the names to the above mentioned cluster. The paper will seek to outline 
 the Chinese cluster with reference to the framework of Axial Age tradition
 s. Rather than competition over scripture and faith\, Chinese society has 
 witnessed competition between the state\, elites and popular groups over t
 he issue of cosmological hegemony and access to cosmological power.  The i
 ntroduction of secularism and religion as social categories in 20th-centur
 y China has involved the (modern) Christianization of the question of reli
 gion and continues to obscure the problem of religion both in academic ana
 lysis and political practice.\n\nAll welcome and no need to register atten
 dance. 
LOCATION:Mill Lane Lecture Rooms\, Room 1
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