Fan Lizhu is a Professor of Sociology and Director of Globalization and Religious Studies at Fudan University. As a pioneer scholar in the sociology of religion in China, she has engaged in historical and ethnographic studies of Chinese folk religious beliefs, sociological theories of religion, and the study of the revival of Confucianism. She has published many academic publications both in Chinese and English. She has taught at many distinguished universities in the US and Europe on Chinese Culture and Society, and Religion in Chinese Society. Now she focuses on Globalization and Religious Transformation, and on the revival of Confucianism in the new era.

Chen Na is a Research Fellow at the Fudan Development Institute, Fudan University. He received his academic degrees from Peking University in China and the University of Pennsylvania and Temple University in the US. His research interests include the sociology of religion, the sociology of development and intercultural communication. He has published dozens of papers and book contributions, both in Chinese and in English. His recent research includes the study of “Confucian Congregations” in Southeast China, the revival of Confucianism and the reconstruction of Chinese identity, and dialogue and understanding between different civilizations and religions in the globalization era.