SemesterFall Semester, 2020
DepartmentInternational Doctor Program in Asia-Pacific Studies, First Year International Doctor Program in Asia-Pacific Studies, Second Year
Course NameState-Religion Relations across the Taiwan Strait
Instructor
Credit3.0
Course TypeElective
Prerequisite
Course Objective
Course Description
Course Schedule

Introduction, Typologies of SR Relations, Neuroscience of SR Relations, SR Relations in Traditional China I, SR Relations in Traditional China II, Turning Points in the Early 20th Century, SR Relations under CCP Rule, SR Relations under KMT Rule, Mid-term Report, Nationalist Theologies, Political Theologies of Post-Ecology, SR Relations of Daoism, SR Relations of Buddhism, SR Relations of Christianity, SR Relations of Catholicism, SR Relations of Islam, Final Report I, Final Report II.



 




  1. Introduction

  2. Typologies of SR Relations

    1. Yu: chap.2. “Defining Religion in Chinese.”

    2. Durham, W. Cole, Jr. 1996. “Perspectives on Religious Liberty: A Comparative Framework.” In Johan D. van der Vyver and John Witte, Jr., eds. Religious Human Rights in Global Perspective: Legal Perspectives. Hague, the Netherlands: Kluwer Law International, pp.1-44.



  3. Neuroscience of SR Relations

    1. Kuo (2018): chap.2. “Neuro-Institutional Human.”

    2. Stark, Rodney, and Roger Finke. 2000. Acts of Faith: Explaining the Human Side of Religion. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. pp. 193-217.



  4. SR Relations in Traditional China I

    1. Yu: chap.3, “State and Religion in Antiquity”

    2. Goossaert and Palmer: Introduction.

    3. Kuo (2017): chap.3,7. “Missionizing, Civilizing, and Nationizing.” “Religion and Nation: Confucian and New Confucian Religious Nationalism.”



  5. SR Relations in Traditional China II

    1. Goossaert and Palmer: chap.1. “The Late Qing Religious Landscape.”

    2. Ashiwa and Wank: chap.2, “The Politics of Religion: Late-Imperial Origins of the Regulatory State.”



  6. Turning Points in the Early 20th Century

    1. Goossaert and Palmer: chap.2,3. “Ideology, Religion, and the Construction of a Modern State.” “Model Religions for a Modern China.”

    2. Cheng-tian Kuo. 2016. “In the Beginning, There Were Hermeneutical Mistakes of Church-State Relations in Modern China,” 史匯19:175-200.

    3. Kuo (2017): chap.4. “The Nation in Religion and Religion in the Nation.”



  7. SR Relations under CCP Rule

    1. Goossaert and Palmer: chap.6, “The CCP and Religion, 1921-66)

    2. Fenggang Yang. 2012. chap.5. “The Red, Black, and Gray Markets of Religion.”

    3. US State Department, Annual Report of Religious Freedom in China, various issues.



  8. SR Relations under KMT Rule

    1. Cheng-tian Kuo. 2013. “SR Relations in Taiwan: From Statism and Separatism to Checks and Balances.” Issues & Studies, 49(1): 1-38.

    2. Kuo (2008): chaps. 1,5,6. “Introduction.” “Statistical Analysis.” “Conclusion.”

    3. Cheng-tian Kuo. 2019. “Democratic Prophets and Priests during Taiwan’s Democratization.” In Dirk Ehlers and Henning Glaser, eds., Political and Religious Communities – Partners, Competitors, or Aliens, Baden-Baden, Germany: Nomos, pp. 507-534.

    4. Cheng-tian Kuo. 2013. “Political Conservatism and Religious Experiences in Taiwan.” In Yen-zen Tsai, ed. Religious Experience in Contemporary Taiwan and China, Taipei: Chengchi University Press, pp. 233-250.



  9. Mid-term Report

  10. Nationalist Theologies

    1. Cheng-tian Kuo. 2017. “One Heavenly Kingdom, Two Governments: Mainland China and Taiwan.” International Journal of Public Theology, 11(4): 405-430.

    2. Kuo (2017): chap.1,12,13. “Introduction.” “Religion and National Identity in Taiwan.” “Multiple Religious and National Identities.”



  11. Political Theologies of Post-Ecology

    1. Kuo (2018): chap.5,6. “Capitalism and Post-Ecotheology.” “Democracy and Post-Ecotheology.”



  12. SR Relations of Daoism

    1. Yu: chap.4, “Daoism: The Promise of Another Country.” “Buddhism: The Challenge of Another Culture.”

    2. Ashiwa and Wank: chap.8, “Further Partings of the Way: The Chinese State and Daoist Ritual Traditions in Contemporary China.”

    3. Kuo (2008): chap.4. “Daoism and Folk Religions.”

    4. Kuo (2017): chap.8,9. “Yiguandao under the Shadow of Nationalism.” “Daoism and Nationalism in Modern and Contemporary China.”



  13. SR Relations of Buddhism,

    1. Ashiwa and Wank: chap.3, “Positioning Religion in Modernity: State and Buddhism in China.”

    2. Kuo (2008): chap.2. “Taiwanese Buddhism.”

    3. Kuo (2017): chap.10. “Nationalism Matters: Among Mystics and Martyrs of Tibet.”

    4. Madsen: chaps. 2,3. “Tzu Chi.” “Budda’s Light Mountain.”



  14. SR Relations of Christianity

    1. Cheng-tian Kuo. 2011. "Chinese Religious Reform: The Christian Patriotic Education Campaign." Asian Survey, 51:6 (November/December): 1042-1064.

    2. Kuo (2008): chap.3. “Taiwanese Christianity.”



  15. SR Relations of Catholicism

    1. Leung, Beatrice. 1992. Sino-Vatican Relations: Problems in Conflicting Authority 1976-1986. New York: Cambridge University Press, chaps. 6,7,8. “Constraints on the Freedom of the Catholic Religion.” “Sino-Vatican Relations in the Modernization Era. “Negotiations and Concerns.”



  16. SR Relations of Islam

    1. Kuo (2017): chap.6. “Pilgrimage and Hui Muslim Identity in the Republic Era.”

    2. Ashiwa and Wank: chap.7, “Islam in China: State Policing and Identity Politics.”



  17. Final Report I

  18. Final Report II


Teaching Methods
Teaching Assistant
Requirement/Grading

 




  1. Five written weekly reports (totaled 50 points), or pending on the number of registered students. Coordinating with other classmates, students choose 3 topics among topics 4-16 for oral presentation, each lasting about 15-20 minutes with PPT handout. The written reports should contain a summary (1-2 pages), comments (2 pages), and possible applications or implications (1 page). Those who are not responsible for oral presentation should read at least the introduction and conclusion of the assigned readings. Those who are responsible for oral presentation should read additional materials.

  2. Final report, 30 points. It contains your major arguments, a theoretical framework, methodology, preliminary evidence, chapter outlines, and at least 30 references.

  3. Class participation, 20 points. All students need to contribute to class discussion. Two absences without excuse are allowed. Each additional absence will cause a deduction of 5 points from the final grade.


Textbook & Reference

All the required readings are on the Library Reserve or on internet.




  1. Ashiwa, Yoshiko, and David L. Wank, eds. 2009. Making Religion, Making the State: The Politics of Religion in Modern China. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.

  2. Goossaert, Vincent and David A. Palmer. 2011. The Religious Question in Modern China. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.

  3. Kuo, Cheng-tian. 2008. Religion and Democracy in Taiwan. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press.

  4. Kuo, Cheng-tian. ed. 2017. Religion and Nationalism in Chinese Societies. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press.

  5. Kuo, Cheng-tian. 2018. Church, Capitalism and Democracy in Post-Ecological Societies: A Chinese Christian Perspective. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock.

  6. Leung, Beatrice. 1992. Sino-Vatican Relations: Problems in Conflicting Authority 1976-1986. New York: Cambridge University Press

  7. Madsen, Richard. 2007. Democracy’s Dharma: Religious Renaissance and Political Development in Taiwan. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.

  8. Yang, Fenggang. 2012. Religion in China: Survival and Revival under Communist Rule. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

  9. Yang, Mayfair Mei-hui, ed. 2008. Chinese Religiosities: Afflictions of Modernity and State Formation. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.

  10. Yu, Anthony C. 2005. State and Religion in China: Historical and Textual Perspectives. Chicago, IL: Open Court.


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