Contact information
Name:
Xu Ma
Phone:
6103305888
Email:
maxu@lafayette.edu
Categories:
When:
Friday, October 4, 2024 - 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Where:
Via zoom: https://lafayette.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYsdu-oqj8qGNRV5fsHP3QRbgt_mpoXNEid
Presenter:
Dr. Xiaofei Kang, Professor of Chinese Religions and History at George Washington University
Price:
Free
Religion has been commonly upheld as the archenemy of Communist revolutions around the world. This talk goes beyond the familiar stories of suppression and resistance to examines how Chinese Communist propaganda deployed traditional themes of demonology, ritual exorcism, and other religious resources to construct a new gendered narrative of salvation for the Maoist revolution. The gendered narrative illustrates that religion was not a mere adversary for the revolution; it also served as a model with which the Party mobilized support and established its legitimacy.
Resgiter for the lecture at: https://lafayette.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYsdu-oqj8qGNRV5fsHP3QRbgt_mpoXNEid
Sponsored by:
Department of Religious Studies