2025
Annual
Chinese Worldviews Seminar
OVER 3 WEEKENDS
in May and June, 2025
(FRIDAY- SATURDAY)
MAY 30-31, JUNE 13-14, JUNE 27-28
Explore the Development of Modern Chinese Worldviews
Educational Resources & Referrals - China invites you to attend our next intensive seminar sponsored by our China Academic Consortium. Join us as we explore the background and development of contemporary Chinese worldviews.
This three-part annual event is designed to help attendees develop friendships and do business with Chinese people in China, the US, and around the world. Course credit is available.
Course credit available through GTU at University of California, Berkeley and Denver Seminary.
Contact us with your questions to learn more.
To see the BROCHURE click here. For pdf printable 3-fold BROCHURE click here.
Past seminar Suggested Booklist (for reference, 2025 reading materials will differ)
INDIVIDUAL LECTURE SESSION OPTION: For those unable to attend the full seminar, we are offering the option of attending specific lecture sessions for a fee of $25 each. Click above to see the daily schedule and then click on the Register button to register for either the full seminar or one or more lecture sessions.
SURVEY THE PAST
What are China’s moral foundations?
How did China become communist?
ANALYZE THE PRESENT
What is the Chinese concept of God?
How does China differ from the US?
PREPARE FOR THE FUTURE
How will China adapt after COVID-19?
Understand Chinese cultural influences worldwide.
Topics
Introduction to Chinese Thought
Confucianism
Neo-Confucianism
Daoism
Buddhism
Folk Religions
Islam in China
Christianity in China
Marxism and Scientific Thought
(Basic Mandarin Chinese optional)
Professors
Dr. Charles Weber will facilitate the seminar in 2025. Dr. Weber, Professor of History Emeritus at Wheaton College, received his PhD at the University of Chicago. He is a member of the American Historical Society and the American Society of Church History. His current research concentration is on the impact Asian Christians have had on the development of their nations in areas such as education, medicine, politics, society and religious life.
Eleven other professors based in Mainland China, Hong Kong, and North America will also lead lectures and discussions.
Tuition
DEPOSIT: $25 (applied to tuition)
TUITION: $250 (includes all dates; for non-credit participation only)
cac@errchina.com or +1 510-486-8170