A study of Buddhism and Chinese Buddhist Monks in modernising China

这个项目将分析中国宗教与现代化之间的关系。现代化国家有放弃或边缘化传统宗教的趋势，但矛盾的是，尽管宗教实践在中国经历了转型和改革，佛教不仅幸存下来，而且在过去20年里蓬勃发展。该项目将调查这些变化，并将有助于拓宽澳大利亚充满活力和不断发展的佛教研究领域的专业领域，这一发展无疑将有助于在该地区建立更紧密的联系，无论是在学术论坛上，还是在更广泛的非正式民间接触上。

This project will analyse the relationship between religion and modernisation in China. There is a tendency for modernising states to abandon or marginalise traditional religions but paradoxically, while religious practice has undergone transformation and reform in China, Buddhism has not only survived but flourished over the last two decades. This project will investigate these changes and will assist in broadening the fields of expertise in the vibrant and growing field of Buddhist studies within Australia, a development that will undoubtedly help to forge closer links in the region, both in academic forums and more broadly with informal people-to-people contact.