Brief Introduction

Religious Studies is a social science of humanities whose research object is the world religion and its relationship with various fields of social culture. The adoption of multidisciplinary method is the current developing trend of religious science. This major is the secondary discipline of philosophy with master degree, and currently possesses three directions including religious philosophy, religion and law, Buddhism and traditional Chinese culture.

Our teaching and academic staff consists of 5 members including 1 professor, 1 associate professor, and 3 lecturers, all of whom are PhD graduates from leading universities in the world.

Our subject possesses a theoretical knowledge system of religious studies featured cross-research between religion and law and breakthrough in the comparative study of Buddhism and Chinese traditional culture. Coping with the Center for Religious and Legal Studies of CUPL, it dedicates to construct a teaching-learning-research system with CUPL’s characteristics.

Educational Objective

Our goal is to cultivate compound and innovative talents with sound value and outlook for world and life, solid expertise in his specialized field and excellent mastery of theoretical knowledge, fine academic literacy and innovative ability, physical and mental well-being and excellent morals with academic skills, in order to meet the requirement of contemporary social development.

Specific requirement:

1. Mastery of the basic theory in general religion systematically

2. Knowledge in the specialized field

3. Capability to read and use classical and foreign materials in this field

4. Extensive and intensive understanding of the related fields and Chinese religious policies

5. Qualified ability to express and composite

6. Sound mental and physical development with moral conduct

7. Ability to work in relevant departments of government agencies, enterprises and institutions, especially religious education and studies, administration for religious affairs, press and publication, cultural communication and foreign affairs after graduation

Major Tracks

1. Religious philosophy is a philosophical reflection on the most basic and important religious thoughts and phenomenon. This direction mainly focuses on the philosophical research done in history on religious experience, beliefs, language, cognition, and diversity related to modern and contemporary philosophers and scholars.

2. Religion and law examines the relationship between religion and law from a multidisciplinary perspective, examines and reflects on the spiritual roots and value sources of law, and studies the characteristics and content of religious commandments system and interaction with secular legal systems.

3. Buddhism and Chinese traditional culture mainly studies the historical and intellectual changes of Chinese Buddhism and the Sinicization of Buddhism and its relationship with Chinese traditional culture.

Study Duration and Length

Study Duration

Three years

Length

Two to four years

Curriculum, other training sections, teaching plan and credit requirements

See Attachment

Training Methods

1．To implement a training mechanism combining tutorial system with guidance from tutorial group. To establish a postgraduate guidance team taken charge by leaders of disciplines (disciplinary direction), also combined with famous experts, specialists and tutors in the discipline (disciplinary direction) inside and outside our university.

2．To take curriculum and research as principal, supplemented by thesis writing. To strengthen the dynamic management of the training program, so that the cultivation of graduate students and scientific research are closely combined. To implement case instruction and thematic seminars, to conduct academic reports and thesis selection, and to realize the reciprocal interaction in teaching and learning.

3．To open up and create new forms and channels to encourage postgraduates participating in joint training both on and off campus and at home and abroad.

Eligibility

Each student must complete the learning tasks at all stages in accordance with the school’s graduate educational objective, training methods, and training requirements. S/he also should complete the credits required and all other requirements of his/her major, and submit a thesis reaching the postgraduate requirement for graduation.

Each student should possess an excellent comprehensive ability, solid expertise with virtuous integrity, professional dedication and social responsibility. S/he should abide by academic norms and uphold academic ethics.

Assessment

1．To take staged assessments and to strengthen the inspection of degree courses, semester thesis and thesis proposal. To conduct in various ways such as interview, thesis and defense in accordance with the relevant regulations of the state and the university.

2．Credits can only be earned after passing assessment, which is conducted in accordance with the provisions of The Curriculum and Management of Postgraduate Courses of CUPL.

3．Credits can only be earned after reading reports, semester papers and other training sections adopted through examination method, accompanied by comments and examination results given by instructor or relevant teachers. The professional practice section is compulsory for academic master postgraduate. It can be carried out through form of specialized internships as principal. Other forms like joint cultivation of production, teaching and research bases and social surveys, and so on can also be accepted. The period should generally be no less than 3 months, and it is compulsory to submit a report of at least 6,000 words with the appraisal opinion from the practice unit.

4． The mid-term assessment is carried out after completing courses required and other training sections stipulated in the program, and also after earning the required credits. It is generally placed at the end of the third semester or the beginning of the fourth. It must be completed before the thesis proposal. The results of the mid-term assessment are qualified and unqualified. Failure results in impossibility of thesis proposal. The specific requirements shall be carried out in accordance with the Regulations on the Training of Academic Postgraduates of CUPL.

5．The thesis proposal is conducted in accordance with the Regulations on the Training of Academic Postgraduates of CUPL and should be supervised by a committee composed of at least 3 specialists acquired tutorship.

6． There is a pre-defense before the formal thesis defense. (For details, see the tenth point below in“Defense and Degree”) Students must finally submit a degree thesis that meets academic standards and is of acceptable quality.

7．Graduate students are encouraged to actively participate in academic activities. Each postgraduate student need participate in no less than 10 academic reports and academic lectures organized by all subjects in our school before pre-defense.

Thesis

The graduation thesis is a comprehensive reflection of the capacity of scientific research, the proficiency of theoretical and specialized knowledge and also innovation.

The theme of the graduation thesis should be independently selected referring to themes from the forefront and with important application value in specialized subject under the guidance of the supervisor. Innovation and academic breakthroughs are cherished. Specific requirements are as follows:

1. The graduation thesis should be done independently by the postgraduate students themselves with strictly following the academic norms.

2. The graduation thesis should conform to the prescribed format with no less than30,000 words in main body.

3. The graduation thesis should meet the rest requirements of the national degree regulations for master thesis.

4. The progress in writing the graduation thesis should be follow strict procedures. Students should pass the thesis proposal before the end of the fourth semester, complete the first draft before the fifth semester, and revise and finalize the thesis according to the feedback in the pre-defense.

Defense and Degree

1. The degree application must meet the statutory requirements stipulated by the national degree regulations.

2. The materials related to degree application must be complete, comprehensive and authentic.

3. The pre-defense system must be implemented to ensure the quality of the graduation thesis. Failure in the pre-defense means the inability to enter the defense process. The application for the pre-defense should be done in the semester before the formal application for a degree, which is usually in June or December of each year and completed within 1-2 weeks before the winter and summer vacation. The pre-defense committee consists of 3 to 5 members. The application for the defense can only be recommended by tutors after revision according to the pre-defense that passed and meeting the prescribed regulations.

4. The members of the defense committee should meet the statutory conditions and requirements. Inspection for originality, evaluation and evasion of the graduation thesis should be conducted in accordance with the relevant regulations. Experts with senior professional and technical positions in the practical department can be recruited to participate in the defense committee if the thesis is involved in practical issues.

5. On the basis of carefully reviewing the graduation thesis, the committee should issue fair, serious, serious and responsible questions and secret ballots to the applicant, and make recommendations to the college degree evaluation sub-committee for conferring a master degree or not.

6. The award of a master degree should meet the requirements of the Management for Degree-Awarding of CUPL(CUPL [2016] No. 44) and the Regulations of the People's Republic of China on Academic Degrees.

References

（一）Chinese References

A．Books

1. 北京大学哲学系外国哲学史教研室编译：《西方哲学原著选读》（两卷本），商务印书馆1982年版。

2. 陈鼓应注译：《庄子今注今译》（修订重排本），中华书局2009年版。

3. 陈鼓应注译：《老子注译及评介（修订增补本）》，中华书局2009年版。

4. 法藏撰，方立天校释：《华严金师子章校释》，中华书局1983年版。

5. 黄道周辑：《孝经集传》，中国书店，2018年版。

6. 慧皎撰，汤用彤校注：《高僧传》，中华书局1992年版。

7. 慧能撰，郭朋校释：《坛经校释》，中华书局2012年版。

8. [美]迈尔威利·斯图沃德主编，周伟驰等译：《当代西方宗教哲学》，北京大学出版社2001年版。

9. 任继愈选编，李富华校注：《佛教经籍选编》，中国社会科学出版社，1985年版。

10. 僧肇撰，张春波校释：《肇论校释》，中华书局2010年版。

11. 王明编：《太平经合校》，中华书局2014年版。

12. 王文锦译解：《礼记译解》，中华书局2001年版。

13. 赵敦华、傅乐安主编：《中世纪哲学》（两卷本），商务印书馆2013年版。

14. 周叔迦辑撰，周绍良新编：《牟子丛残新编》，中国书店2001年版。

15. 周振甫译注：《周易译注》，中华书局1991年版。

II. General Books

（1）Basic Books

16. 陈来：《古代宗教与伦理——儒家思想的根源》，三联书店1996年版。

17. 方立天：《中国佛教哲学要义》，中国人民大学出版社2002年版。

18. 洪修平：《中国儒佛道三教关系研究》，中国社会科学出版社2011年版。

19. 赖永海：《中国佛性论》，江苏人民出版社2010年版。

20. 吕澂：《印度佛学源流略讲》，上海人民出版社1979年版。

21. 吕澂：《中国佛学源流略讲》，中华书局1979年版。

22. 吕大吉：《宗教学通论新编》，中国社会科学出版社1998年版。

23. 孙亦平主编：《西方宗教学名著提要》，江西人民出版社2002年版。

24. 汤用彤：《隋唐佛教史稿》，中华书局，1982年版。

25. 汤用彤：《汉魏两晋南北朝佛教史》，中华书局，1983年版。

26. 任继愈：《中国佛教史》（1-3卷），中国社会科学出版社，1981-1988年版。

27. 武树臣等著：《中国传统法律文化》，北京大学出版社1994年版。

28. 严耀中、范荧：《宗教文献学研究入门》，复旦大学出版社2011年版。

29. 张祥龙：《海德格尔思想与中国天道——终极视域的开启与交融》，三联书店1996年版。

30. 张志刚：《宗教哲学研究：当代观念、关键环节及其方法论批判（增订版）》，中国人民大学出版社2009年版。

31. 张志刚主编：《宗教研究指要（修订版）》，北京大学出版社2012年版。

32. 赵敦华：《基督教哲学1500年》，人民出版社2007年版。

33. 郑开：《道家形而上学研究（增订版）》，中国人民大学出版社2018年版。

（2）Translations

34. [美]阿尔文·普兰丁格著，邢滔滔等译：《基督教信念的知识地位》，北京大学出版社2004年版。

35. [美]埃里克·J.·夏普著，吕大吉等译：《比较宗教学史》，上海人民出版社1988年版。

36. [法]爱弥儿·涂尔干著，渠东、汲喆译：《宗教生活的基本形式》，上海人民出版社1999年版。

37. [美]保罗·蒂利希著，钱雪松译：《存在的勇气》，中国轻工业出版社2018年版。

38. [美]保罗·蒂利希著，钱雪松译：《信仰的动力》，中国轻工业出版社2019年版。

39. [美]彼得·贝格尔著，高师宁译：《神圣的帷幕——宗教社会学理论之要素》，上海人民出版社1991年版。

40. [澳]彼得·哈里森著，张卜天译：《科学与宗教的领地》，商务印书馆2016年版。

41. [美]伯尔曼著，梁治平译：《法律与宗教》，中国政法大学出版社2003年版。

42. [英]E.E. 埃文斯-普理查德著，孙尚扬译：《原始宗教理论》，商务印书馆2002年版。

43. [美]富勒著，郑戈译：《法律的道德性》，商务印书馆2005年版。

44. [加]戈登·菲、[美]道格拉斯·斯图尔特著，李瑞萍译：《圣经导读：按卷读经》，上海人民出版社2013年版。

45. [美]理查德·波斯纳著，苏力译：《超越法律》，北京大学出版社2016年版。

46. [德]马克思、恩格斯著，中共中央马克思恩格斯列宁斯大林著作编译局编译：《马克思恩格斯文集》(1-10卷)，人民出版社2009年。

47. [德]马克斯·韦伯著，苏国勋、覃方明等译：《新教伦理与资本主义精神》（罗克斯伯里第3版），社会科学文献出版社2010年版。

48. [美]米尔恰·伊利亚德著，晏可佳等译：《宗教思想史》，上海社会科学院出版社2004年版。

49. [日]平川彰著，庄昆木译：《印度佛教史》（第2版），北京联合出版公司2018年版。

50. [俄]舍尔巴茨基著，宋立道、舒晓炜译：《佛教逻辑》，商务印书馆1997年版。

51. [俄]舍尔巴茨基著，宋立道译：《小乘佛学》，中国社会科学出版社1994年版。

52. [俄]舍尔巴茨基著，宋立道译：《大乘佛学》，中国社会科学出版社1994年版。

53. [加]威尔弗雷德·坎特韦尔·史密斯著，董江阳译：《宗教的意义与终结》，中国人民大学出版社2005年版。

54. [美]威廉·詹姆斯著，尚新建译：《宗教经验种种》，华夏出版社2005年版。

55. [英]渥德尔著，王世安译：《印度佛教史》，贵州大学出版社2013年版。

56. [美]小W. 科尔·达勒姆、布雷特·G·沙夫斯著，隋嘉滨等译：《法治与宗教：国内、国际和比较法的视角》，中国民主法制出版社2012年版。

57. [英]休谟著，陈修斋、曹棉之译：《自然宗教对话录》，商务印书馆1962 年版。

58. [荷]许里和著，李四龙、裴勇等译：《佛教征服中国》，江苏人民出版社2003年版。

59. 杨庆堃著，范丽珠译：《中国社会中的宗教：宗教的现代社会功能与其历史因素之研究（修订版）》，四川人民出版社2016年版。

（3）Books from Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao

60. 牟宗三：《佛性与般若》上下册，台湾地区学生书局1993年版。

61. 吴汝钧：《佛学研究方法论》上下册，台湾地区学生书局1996年版。

（二）Non-Chinese References

1. William P Alston. Perceiving God: The Epistemology of Religious Experience. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. 1988.

2. Harold J Berman．Law and Revolution: The Formation of the Western Legal Tradition. Harvard University Press. 1983．

3. Steven M Cahn (Ed.) Ten Essential Texts in the Philosophy of Religion: Classics and Contemporary Issues.New York/Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2005.

4. Peter W Edge. Religion and Law: An Introduction.Ashgate. 2006.

5. F. Richard Gombrich. Theravada Buddhism: A Social His tory From Ancient Benars to Modern Columbo. London & New York: Routledge. 1988.

6. Kent Greenawalt, Religious Convictions and Political Choice. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1991.

7. Eric O Hanson. The Catholic Church in World Politics. Princeton University Press. 2014．

8. Winthrop S. John & Corrigan Hudson. Religion in America: A Historical Account of the Development of America Religious Life (8th ed.). Prentice Hall.2010.

9. Michael W Mc Connell. Cochran, Robert F.& Carmella, Angela C.(Eds). Christian Perspective on Legal Thought. Yale University Press. 2001.

10. Alvin Plantinga. Warranted Christian Belief. Oxford University Press. 2000.

11. Alvin Plantinga and Nicholas Wolterstorff (Eds.).Faithand Rationality: Reason and Belief in God. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press. 1983.

12. Melville Y Stewart. (Ed.), Philosophy of Religion: An Anthology of Contemporary Views, Wadsworth Press, 1996.

13. Richard Swinburne. The Existence of God (2nd ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press. 2004.

14. Richard Swinburne. Faith and Reason (2nd ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press. 2005.

15. Paul Williams. Buddhist Thought: A Complete Introduction to the Indian Tradition. London & New York: Routledge. 2000.

16. 奈良康明、下田正弘编：《新アジア仏教史》（1-15册），佼成出版社，2010-2013年。

17. 平川彰等编：《讲座大乘佛教》（1-10），春秋社，1981-1985年。

18. 中世思想史研究班、弘明集研究班研究报告：《弘明集研究》（上中下），京都大学人文科学研究所，1973年。

Required Courses（30 Credits）

General Courses (12 credits)

Theory and Practice of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics

1

10011001

2

36

1

Offline teaching

Exam

Marxism and Methodology of Social Science

1

10011002

1

18

2

Offline teaching

Exam

Basic Foreign Language(English, Japanese or Russian)

1

4

64

1-2

Offline teaching

Exam

Philosophical Methodology and Writing

1

10007289

3

48

1

Offline teaching

Exam

Xi Jinping's Thought of Socialist Rule of Law with Chinese Characteristics in the New Era

1

10101136

2

32

1-4

Offline or online teaching

Exam&Thesis

Specialized Courses(15 credits)

Specialized Core Courses

Current Issues in Philosophy

1

10007102

3

48

2

Offline teaching

Exam

Selected Readings in Religious Studies

1

10007409

3

48

3

Offline teaching

Exam

Basic Problems and Methods in Religious Studies

1

10007296

3

48

1

Offline teaching

Exam

Specialized Main Courses

Relationship among Confucianism, Taoism and Chinese Buddhism

1

10007156

3

48

3

Offline teaching

Exam

Specialized Practice

Specialized Practice

1

3

3 months

Collective Practice

Inspection

It should be done before the thesis proposal. Students should submit appraisal opinion of practice unit and practice report.

Elective Courses（10 credits）

Confined Elective Courses

Confined Elective Courses

2

32

Offline teaching

Inspection

Assigned by tutors

Free Elective Courses

Religion and Law

Choose 4 freely

10007285

2

32

2

Offline teaching

The credits of elective courses should be no less than 10 among which that of specialized elective courses is at least 6 in chosen subject and that of cross-subject is no less than 2.

The credit earned due to attending sports meeting should be counted as cross-subject credit.

Buddhism and Modern Chinese Philosophy

2

32

2

Offline teaching

Christian Philosophy

10007198

2

32

2

Offline teaching

Selected Readings in Buddhist Scriptures

10007161

2

32

2

Offline teaching

Indian Buddhist Philosophy

10007101

2

32

2

Offline teaching

Chinese Buddhist Philosophy

10007312

2

32

2 or 4

Offline teaching

Philosophical Taoism and Religious Taoism

10007159

2

32

1

Offline teaching

International Course

2

32

1-4

Offline teaching

Second Foreign Language

2

32

Offline teaching

Religion and Modern International Relations

10007200

2

32

Offline teaching

Foreign Legal History

2

32

Offline teaching

Selected Reading in Political Philosophy

10007299

2

32

Offline teaching

Studies of Hot Topics in Chinese Philosophy

10007107

2

32

Offline teaching

Modern Theory in Western Sociology/Modern Western Political Philosophy and all other specialized courses

2

32

Offline teaching

MOOC

2

32

Offline teaching

Supplementary Courses

A History of Chinese Philosophy

Choose 1 course

10007154

4

64

1

Offline teaching

Inspection

Interdisciplinary postgraduate and postgraduate with equivalent educational qualification should catch up with general courses of which possesses 32 periods and 2 credits.

A History of Western Philosophy

10007155

1

An Introduction to Religious Studies

1

10007278

1或3

Other Sections

1. Reading and Reviewing Studies (assessed by tutor group)

Reading and reviewing Studies are key section for postgraduate students to lay a solid expertise in specific field. It is the way to master the academic tradition and research context, and to train their ability of understanding and generalization. The form of report should meet the requirement before and possess the purpose to train logical expression. All types of postgraduate students should undergo this training.

The master postgraduates should read intensively no less than 2 specialized books per semester from the first to the fourth semester. The books should be assigned by tutors. Inspections can be chosen between book report and book review.

2

1-4

Inspection( 1 book report per semester from the first to the fourth semester

No less than 4 credits

2. Scientific Research

(assessed by tutor)

Students should submit a paper with at least 5000 characters from the first to the fourth semester.

2

1-4

Inspection

3. Research Project

(assessed by tutor)

Research project is an important way for graduate students to carry out scientific research practice and train scientific research capabilities. It is one of the basic requirements for postgraduate training and one of the basic qualities they should possess. Master postgraduates could participate in certain research projects by participating in tutors’ scientific research projects, scientific research projects of university or practice department, and the institute’s own research projects in order to submit corresponding scientific research results as the basis for assessment. Credits can be earned once passed.

2

1-4

Inspection

Total

The credit should be no less than 37 (41 for interdisciplinary postgraduate and postgraduate with equivalent educational qualification) and at least 4 in other sections.