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Invitation
to an
International Conference
The Methods of Mateo Ricci and Communication between Western
and Chinese Cultures
Wuhan, P.R. China July
12-13, 2015
in cooperation with
Department of Religion, School of Philosophy
Wuhan University
Conference Program
Theme
Matteo Ricci is known as “the greatest contributor to
communication between Western and Chinese culture” as a
catholic Jesuit coming in the late Ming he originated a
series of methods and strategies to adapt to the Chinese
tradition. These methods and strategies characterized by the
“adjustment,” were followed by most of the Jesuits, and were
called “the methods of Mateo Ricci” by the Emperor Kangxi.
Allowing Chinese Catholic believers to worship Heaven, their
ancestors and Confucius, the Methods were intended to
combine Confucianism with Christianity. As a means of
spreading Christian belief, they triggered the widespread
and sustained arguments over Chinese rituals between the
Jesuits and the Mendicant orders in China, within both the
Western world and China, and between the two.
In the age of globalization and diversification, the Methods
were re-discovered and their meanings and significance
re-defined and re-annotated. In 2001, Pope John Paul II considered
Matteo Ricci’s best contribution to be in the area of
“cultural communications”, and pointed out parallels of his
method and those of the early Church Fathers’ who perceived
creative connections of Christianity with Greek-Roman
culture.
The conference will consider the diversity of human
cultures, and the possibility of their communication as well
as their combination.
Scholars who are specialized in this area are cordially
invited to take part with your insightful contributions.
Abstract
Please send 300 words and a brief C.V. to the contact
Professor Huang Chao hcdj2000@whu.edu.cn
and cua-rvp@cua.edu until
April 30 2015. Presentation of accepted papers
will be 20 minutes in length followed by 20 minutes
discussion. Full papers (for which in order to promote
in-depth investigation there is no upper page limit) will be
due by October 1 for publication.
Venues
The conference will be held at the campus of Wuhan
University.
Logistics
There is no registration fee. All travel expenses will be
covered by participants (or their institutions).
Contact
The Department of Religion
School of Philosophy
Wuhan University
Wuhan, P.R. China
Li Jianqun: Email: riskaversion@126.com
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Zhihong: Email: zhhong707@aliyun.com
Huang Chao: Email:
hcdj2000@whu.edu.cn
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