The second "Unity" seminar on the sinicization of Christianity, featuring the sinicization of the doctrine of God, convened in Beijing.
According to Beijing CC&TSPM, the seminar took place from November 20 to 22 and brought over 100 participants, including experts and scholars from Tsinghua University, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Renmin University of China, and Minzu University of China; and pastoral workers from CC&TSPMs in Beijing and other regions, systematic theology teachers from theological seminaries across the country, members of the Beijing CC&TSPM, senior pastors from various churches, and representatives of faculty and students from Yenching Theological Seminary.
At the seminar, Mr. Liu Guopeng, director of the Christian Studies Department at the Institute of World Religions, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS); Mr. Zhou Weichi, researcher and doctoral supervisor at the same institute; and Dr. Wen Ge, associate general secretary of the CCC and academic dean of Nanjing Union Theological Seminary, delivered keynote speeches. Their topics were, respectively, "An Analysis of the Cooperation and Dialogue Perspective between Contemporary Catholics and Protestants in Biblical Hermeneutics," "Augustine's Trinity Concept and Its Iconography," and "God as the ‘Parents’: An Exploration of a Sinicized View of God." Professor Li Qiuling from the School of Philosophy at Renmin University of China provided commentary on 14 thematic seminar presentations.
Concluding the ceremony, the Rev. Liu Cuimin, president of the Beijing CC, stated that the "Unity" seminar offered valuable insights to assist the municipal CC&TSPM in advancing the sinicization of Christianity.
