Project description
A journey through China’s conversion narratives
In late imperial China, understanding religion and conversion poses significant challenges. Supported by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) programme, the REACCH project tackles this by delving into historical narratives from the 14th to 19th centuries. The interdisciplinary effort aims to develop a theory of conversion transcending Western concepts. Focused on Confucianism, Buddhism, and Daoism, it scrutinises Ming and Qing dynasty sources, including official documents, gazetteers, and religious texts. Drawing from sociology and psychology of religion, the project seeks to construct a framework for comparative religious studies across religious cultures. REACCH illuminates the rich tapestry of religious discourse in China’s past, offering insights for contemporary global dialogue.
Objective
This research project focuses on REligion And Conversion in China (REACCH). It constitutes an interdisciplinary endeavour aiming at surveying and analysing how people who lived in late imperial China (roughly between the 14th to the 19th century) discussed, conceptualised and described phenomena that can be heuristically categorised as conversion. The ultimate goal is to develop a comprehensive theory of conversion that transcends the Western origins of the concept and can account for the unique features of the Chinese context:to achieve this purpose, the research will primarily focus on case studies related with Confucianism, Buddhism and Daoism. The research will investigate the narratives of conversion that characterised the religious landscape of late imperial China and ascertain if and how the concept of conversion was addressed in the sources of the Ming and Qing dynasties. These sources will include official documents (edicts, memorials, codes of law, legal records), gazetteers (dedicated to towns, prefectures, provinces, mountains, temples and monasteries in particular, biographical sections of Confucians, Daoists and Buddhists), Daoist and Buddhist texts, works by Confucian literati, epigraphy and precious scrolls .
The theoretical framework of this research project will be drawn from existing scholarship on late imperial China and Chinese religions, as well as from the fields of Sociology of Religion, Psychology of Religion and Religious Studies.
The long-term objective is to develop a theoretical framework that will enable comparative studies of religion and conversion across different historical periods and civilisations.
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HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
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HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-GF - HORIZON TMA MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships - Global Fellowships
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