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Psychology and Religion in China

The top row: Huang Xiaozhong, Xu Changjiang, Luo Jing, Wang Xuefu, Shang Yanna, Song Haiyan, Shen Yang, Yu Ruying

The middle row: Sui Guangyuan, Yang Yuchuan, Elizabeth Chang, Mark Yang, Sun Yanjun, Chen Biao, Liu Yao, Wang Yiqing.

First Row: Han Buxin, Yang Yanchun, Shen Heyong, Al Dueck, Louis Hoffman, Chen Yongshen, Lu Liqing, Liang Liping.

The first gathering of psychologists of religion in China took place at Zhejiang Normal University, Jinghua, China on September 5-6, 2007.

In total there were twenty three participants, including eight graduate students. Twelve scholars presented their research. Some 30 books on psychology of religion were distributed by Professor Dueck to participants. Participants have shown appreciation for being invited and are interested in developing a grant proposal to fund collaborative research.

The participants can be divided to two groups: theoretical (specifically the history of Western psychology of religion, or comparison Chinese and Western psychology of religion) and the other is empirical (questionnaire, interview, and neuroimaging). Research presented addressed the relationship of psychology to Christianity, Buddhism, few Taoism, Confucianism, and Islam.

In addition to the participants, there were at least four other scholars interested in the conference but they were not able to attend:

Prof. Shihui Han (Director of the Dept. of Psychology, Beijing University),

Prof. Guangcheng Cui (Deputy Dean of Qiqihar Medical college),

Prof. Xingchuan Song (Fujian Normal University).

Prof. Xinping Zhuo (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences)

Chinese Classics and Translations in Psychology of Religion

Bulang, L. B. (1992). Psychology of religion (in Chinese; D .Y.Wang & X. G.Wang, Trans.). Beijing: Present China Press.
Chen, D. Q. (1922). Superstition and psychology (in Chinese). Beijing: Peking University Publish Board.
Chen, W. Y. (1940). Psychology and personality. Shanghai: Youth Society Press.
Freud, S. (2001). A religious experience (in Chinese; Y. Tang, Trans.). Beijing: International Culture Press. (Original work published 1928)
Han, X. L. (2003). The explained analysis of religious psychology for contemporary youth (in Chinese). Chinese Religions, 7, 34–35.
James, W. (2002). The varieties of religious experience (Y. Tang, Trans.). Beijing: Commercial Press. (Original work published 1902)
Li, B. Y. (1996). The psychological analysis of primitive religion (in Chinese). Journal of Yunnan Institute of Education, 4, 44–50.
Liang, L.P. (2004). Chinese psychology of religion: Theoretical analysis and positive study for religious identity (in Chinese, pp. 209–240). Beijing: Social Science Document Press.
Loewenthal, K. M. (2002). The psychology of religion: A short introduction (in Chinese; Y. J. Luo, Trans.). Beijing: Peking University Press.
Meadow, M. J.,& Kahoe, R. D. (1990). Psychology of religion: Religion in individual lives (in Chinese; L. S. Chen, Trans.). Chengdu: Sichuan People Press.
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Shi, J. (1989). Psychology of religion (in Chinese). Beijing: Knowledge Press.
Song, G. W. (1996). The exploration of psychological function of religion (in Chinese). Journal for Seeking Truth, 4, 27–30.
Song, X. C. (2003). Paying attention to the research about the problem of religious psychology of China (in Chinese). Guizhou Folk Study, 2, 145–160.
Yang, Y. Y. (1996). The function of social psychology for religious worship: A short discussion (in Chinese). The Study of World Religions, 2, 120–124.
Yuan, Y. C. (1996). The analysis of religious psychology for small producers (in Chinese). Journal for Seeking Truth, 6, 31–34.
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