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Dr. Zhifeng Zhong, is an Assistant Professor of the School of Philosophy, Renmin University of China, and a Research Fellow of the Institute for the Studies of Buddhism and Religious Theory at Renmin University. He got his training in Sociology, Political Science and Religious Studies from various institutions.

Dr. Zhong’s main research interests include religion and politics in the modern world (with a special focus on the United States), and the development of Christianity in contemporary China. He has published several articles in World Religious Culture , Journal of Church & State , Logos & Pneuma , Sociology of Religion , Open Times and China Governance Review .

Education

Doctor of Philosophy, J. M. Dawson Institute of Church-State Studies, Baylor University, 2013

Doctor of Philosophy, School of International Studies, Renmin University of China, 2010

Master of Arts, School of International Studies, Renmin University of China, 2007

Bachelor of Arts, School of International Studies, Renmin University of China, 2005

Courses

Religion and Politics, Sociology of Religion, History of Christianity in China, Religious Studies

Main Publications

Monograph

A Great Transformation：American Presidential Elections Since 1945 (《大转向：战后美国选举政治变迁研究》)，中国社会科学出版社，2022。

Edited Books

The David Martin Reader. (with Dedong Wei) Waco: Baylor University Press, 2015.

The Rodney Stark Reader. (with Dedong Wei) Waco: Baylor University Press, 2015.

Religion in Contemporary China (with Xinzhong Yao). (4 Volumes) London: Routledge, 2018.

Articles

《吸纳的现代性：对美国穆斯林的个案研究》（Absorptive Modernity: A Case Study on American Muslims），《世界宗教文化》，2022年第5期。

“拉美政治变迁的社会基础：对巴西、智利、阿根廷三国天主教与左翼运动的比较研究”（The Social orgin of Latin America's Democratization: A Comparative Study on Brazil, Chile and Argentina's Left Wing Movement），《拉丁美洲研究》，2018年第5期。

The Fluctuation of Church-state Relations and its influence on the Development of Christianity in Contemporary China (波动的政教关系与当代基督教的发展), Logos & Pneuma: Chinese Journal of Theology 《道风：基督教文化评论》） , 2016, Vol. 44.

2014. “The Pluralization of Church-State Relations in China: Three Mechanism（解释中国政教关系多样化的三种机制）”， China Governance Review （《中国治理评论》）, 2014年第5期。