Shou-Jen Kuo, PhD - 美國西來大學宗教學研究導論 Introduction of Religious Studies, University of the West

Topic: 

美國西來大學宗教學研究導論Introduction of Religious Studies, University of the West

Lecture Abstract:

作為人類不同宗教信仰的主體，「真理」，研究學者是如何去瞭解，甚至描繪、解釋它呢？以學術研究視角來探詢「真理」，可以幫助人們，更深入自己所信仰的「真理」嗎？

Speaker Information: 

Shou-Jen Kuo, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Religious Studies, University of the West

Research Interests:

Dr. Kuo’s research area encompasses immigrant religions in Los Angeles, Chinese religion and Buddhism, and the spatial aspect of American religion. He is also interested in the methodological development in current Chinese religious studies, especially in its subarea of Buddhist studies.

Dr. Kuo currently involves himself with several research initiatives of studying modern Buddhist movement in a perspective of Humanistic Buddhism that takes its roots within the Asian Buddhist traditions. He is planning to develop a curriculum of teaching the concepts and practices of Humanistic Buddhism in American Higher Education institution.