Understanding the new solidarities and public roles of transnational Chinese Buddhist organizations by movement organization theory = 運動組織理論視角下的跨國中國佛教組織凝聚力和公共角色研究
Project title
Understanding the new solidarities and public roles of transnational Chinese Buddhist organizations by movement organization theory = 運動組織理論視角下的跨國中國佛教組織凝聚力和公共角色研究
Principal Investigator
Department
Grant Awarding Body
Research Grants Council
Grant Type
Faculty Development Scheme
Project Code
UGC/FDS15/H19/22
Amount awarded
HK$960,925
Funding Year
2022-2023
Duration of the Project
36 months
Status
On-going
Abstract
The aim of the proposed qualitative research is to study the theoretical debate about religious transnationalism through looking at transnational practices and groups (here referring to their sustained linkages functioning across nation-states). By studying transnational religious organizations, this project will focus on the following objectives. (1) First, this project aims to not only study Buddhism as an immigrant religion, but also study its transnational solidarity. The function of immigrant religion could include the role of religion in immigrants’ socio-economic integration trajectories and the religious aspects of transnational migrant networks. The proposed research will also study the features of global Buddhist evangelism in the context of the two proposed transnational Buddhist organizations. (2) Second, the research will update our understanding of the cultural identity and solidarity of overseas Chinese. The project will inform the necessary know-how involved in the organizational sustainability of transnational organizations and the changing identities of ethnic-Chinese in Hong Kong, China, and other overseas Chinese societies.