Rostislav Berezkin 白若思

National Institute for Advanced Humanistic Studies.

Local society and religion in China

《中国的地方社会与宗教》

上课地点：光华楼西主楼2812

上课时间：周三下午3-4节 (9:50-11:35)

Course description

The aim of the course is to introduce the major studies and modern tendencies in the area of Chinese society and religion. It describes the studies of Chinese popular religions from the perspective of sociology, ethnology, anthropology, folklore and other initially Western disciplines. Many scholars treated religion primarily as a social institution, so they analyzed the role of religious beliefs and practices in the local society. The course contents includes such topics as the family life and organization of rural society; the role of temple festivals and pilgrimages, Daoism and Buddhism in local society; syncretic religions of the late imperial period; the links of ritual and theatre; city life; and the problems of changes in popular religion in the modernized rural and urban society. The time period is from the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) to the Republican period (1912-1949), though the course also deals with some recent developments in the social life. The emphasis is on Western works. The course is taught in English, but most materials for reading are in Chinese translation.

课程介绍：

    本課程主要介绍关于中国地方社会与宗教关系的研究著作及最近的研究趋势。本課程讲述这种研究主要的题目，如家庭生活与礼仪；民间信仰与农村社会组织的关系；庙会与朝圣的社会功能；道教、佛教与地方社会；明清时期特殊民间教派与民众习俗、文化的关系；城市宗教活动；民间宗教的现代化过程等。探讨的时间为明、清两代以及民国时期为主。本课程的内容以西方研究成果为主，以便解释西方学者在这研究领域里的贡献；但是大部分课程阅读资料是西方著作的中文译文。

 课程大纲：2015 02 20 syllabus spring 2015 - копия.docx

 阅读材料：2015 spring course reading.RB.rar