Peng Rui, male, Han ethnicity, native of Yongfeng County, Ji'an City, Jiangxi Province. He joined the university in January 2018 and currently holds the position of Associate Professor. He graduated with a Bachelor of Economics from Central University of Finance and Economics in 1996, a Master of Management from Peking University in 1999, and a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Peking University in 2017. He was a visiting scholar at Regent College, University of British Columbia (UBC), Canada, in 2014. He currently serves as an Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy, School of Humanities. Concurrently, he is a researcher at the Center for Religion and Chinese Society at Shanghai University and the Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Chinese Christian Studies(ISSN 2325-9914).

  Contact Email: paine1975@sina.com

  Primary Research Fields and Interests:

Theory of religious studies, sociology of religion, and economics of religion.

  Courses Taught:

For Undergraduates: Religious Studies, Introduction to Foreign Religions, Philosophy of Economics, Sociology of Religion, Comparison of Chinese and Western Cultures, Comparison of Chinese and Western Economic Ethics

For Master’s Students: General Introduction to Religious Studies, Frontier Discussions in Religious Studies, Comparison of Chinese and Western Religions

  Major Academic Achievements and Awards:

  I. Research Projects

1.Principal Investigator of the National Social Science Fund Project: "A Comparative Study of the Relationship Between Religious Ethics and Economic Ethics in China and the West" (No. 19BZJ012).

2.Principal Investigator of the Jiangxi Provincial University Humanities and Social Sciences Key Research Base Project: "China's 'Pluralistic Unity' Religious Landscape from the Perspective of Social Cooperation: Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism, and Popular Religion" (No. JD18037).

3.Principal Investigator of the Jiangxi Provincial Higher Education Teaching Reform Research Project: "Reform and Practice of Religious Studies Courses from the Perspective of 'Curriculum Ideology and Politics'" (No. JXJG-18-1-61; Nanchang University No. NCUJGLX-18-13).

4.Principal Investigator of the Jiangxi Provincial University Center for Building a Strong Sense of Community for the Chinese Nation Key Project: "Historical Experience of the Sinicization of Religion and Its Application in the New Era" (No. JXZLZXZD006).

5.Participant in the National Social Science Fund Project: "Research on Sociology of Religion in Twentieth-Century Western Sociology" (No. 21BZJ015).

6.Participant in the National Social Science Fund Major Project: "Research on the Basic Categories of Religious Studies Theory" (No. 22&ZD254).

  II. Papers

2023, "Promoting New Developments in Religious Studies Theory Through Keywords: Reading New Explorations in Religious Studies Theory," World Religious Studies(CSSCI), No. 3, 2023.

2023, "Religious Evolution and Social Change from the Perspective of Social Cooperation: A Case Study of Changes in Economic Ethics," in Li Huawei (ed.), Sociology of Religion(Vol. 7), Beijing: Social Sciences Academic Press, 2023.

2023, "A Sociological Study of Mazu Belief: The Canonization Movement from the Perspective of Social Cooperation," in Zheng Xiaoyun (ed.), Research Report on Southeast Asian Religions: Southeast Asian Religions and the Community with a Shared Future for Mankind, Beijing: China Social Sciences Press, 2023, pp. 210–240.

2022, "The Economic Ethic in Chinese Society: Differences from and Similarities to the Western Economic Ethic from the Perspective of Social Cooperation," International Journal of Sino-Western Studies, No. 22 (2022): 117–142.

2022, "From 'A Hundred Schools of Thought Contend' to 'Exclusive Reverence for Confucianism': A Tentative Explanation from the Perspective of Social Cooperation," History of Chinese Philosophy, No. 4, 2022.

2020, "Exploring the Content and Pathways of 'Curriculum Ideology and Politics' in Religious Studies," Journal of Nanchang University (Humanities and Social Sciences Edition), No. 6, 2020.

2020, "A Religious Studies Perspective on Guan Yu Belief: The Canonization Movement from the Perspective of Social Cooperation," Religious Studies, No. 3, 2020.

2020, "A Sociological Study of Mazu Belief: A Comparison with Guan Yu Belief," World Religious Studies, No. 6, 2020.

2019, "Exploring the Function and Transformation of Taoism in the 'Pluralistic Unity' Religious Landscape from the Perspective of Social Cooperation," World Religious Culture, No. 5, 2019.

2018, "Retreat, Innovation, and Integration: Exploring the Sinicization of Buddhism from the Perspective of Social Cooperation," World Religious Studies, No. 6, 2018.

2017, "'The Investiture of the Gods' and Social Cooperation: A Sociological Study of Chinese Religion Centered on the Canonization of Guan Yu and Mazu" (Doctoral Dissertation), awarded Peking University's Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation in 2017.

2017, "The Acceptance and Rejection of Catholicism by Chinese in the Late Ming Dynasty from the Perspective of Social Cooperation: Examples from Kouduo richaoand Poxieji," Logos & Pneuma: Chinese Journal of Theology(A&HCI), No. 47, Autumn 2017.

Included in: Tao Feiya (ed.), Religion and History(Vol. 10), Beijing: Social Sciences Academic Press, 2018.

2016, "On the Influence of Theological and Secular Forces on the Christian Church: The Case of the Church of Alexandria," World Religious Culture, No. 2, 2016.

2016, "A Preliminary Discussion on the Application of Modern Economics in the Sociology of Religion," in Sociology of Religion(Vol. 4), Beijing: Social Sciences Academic Press, 2016.

2015, "Rodney Stark's Religious Market Theory," China Social Sciences Today, March 4, 2015.

2014, "God on the Cross and Human Relations in Rituals: Exploring the Philosophical Construction and Improvement of Social Cooperation in Christianity and Confucianism Through Sacrificial Systems," Journal of Chinese Christian Studies, No. 2, 2014.

1999, "Empirical Analysis of the Selection Mechanism for Listed Company Executives," Listed Companies, No. 11, 1999.

1998, "A Re-examination of the Shareholding Cooperative System," China Private Technology and Economy, No. 4, 1998.

1997, "A Brief Analysis of the Impact of Deficits on Aggregate Supply and Economic Growth," Economic Issues, No. 3, 1997; reprinted in Copy Materials (Finance and Taxation), No. 5, 1997.