论新疆非法宗教活动产生的原因

非法宗教活动是影响新疆社会稳定、民族团结的一个重要因素。新疆非法宗教活动的产生既有当代伊斯兰复兴运动等国际因素的影响,又有民族分裂势力和宗教极端势力的煽动等国内因素的影响。正确分析非法宗教活动产生的原因,探讨其存在的根源,有助于制止和打击非法宗教活动,维护新疆社会的安全与稳定。     

Religious affiliation and the family

The process of religious affiliation is mediated by institutions such as the family, which provide a network of ties to the public sphere. Variations in the likelihood of those with no religious affiliation in high school (N=900) becoming church members by the time they reach 30 are explained in terms of a combination of individual attributes, such as educational and spatial mobility, and changes in structural location, such as the transition to marital and parental status. Panel data from the Career Development Study show that women's chances of affiliation are more affected than are men's by parents' religious homogamy, getting married, and having children.     

宗教社会学范式及理论的新进展

20世纪90年代以后,宗教社会学领域出现了新的理论范式。新范式是理解美国宗教的框架,旧范式则来源于欧洲的宗教传统。新范式的内容包括理性选择理论、似真性理论和仪式理论。目前,新范式开始运用于中国、印度等国家的宗教研究,似乎要成为普世性的理论模式。     

“以美育代宗教”:中国美学的百年迷途

百年以来,“以美育代宗教”始终被以蔡元培为代表的几代美学家奉若神明。然而,百年后的今天却必须要说:“以美育代宗教”,20世纪中国美学成也在兹,败也在兹。新世纪中国美学必将从跨越“以美育代宗教”的失误开始,从而实现自身新的发展。     

超越单向度的人——斯蒂芬·迪达勒斯的从宗教到艺术之路

《一个青年艺术家的画像》被研究者认为是乔伊斯的精神自传,从宗教分析的角度来看,主要人物斯蒂芬.迪达勒斯从宗教到艺术之路的历程以及阿奎那哲学美学思想对他的生活态度和艺术追求的影响,表现出乔伊斯对宗教的深刻反思和对社会强烈的批判意识,是西方现代艺术家对单向度的人的否定和超越。     

近代自然科学家的形而上学信念

科学的产生和进化具有系统性和连续性。近代自然科学以哥白尼为标志,经过开普勒、伽利略,到牛顿发展到顶峰。就其本质来说,近代自然科学家的形而上学信念推动了自然科学的发展。社会的文化思想影响社会的价值观念,进而影响科学发展的进程。在这个进程中,数学和宗教一直是其中主要的文化力量。     

试论宗教学概念的基本内涵及其对宗教学研究的规范功能

我国宗教学界存在的对宗教学概念的理解太过泛化的倾向模糊了宗教学的学科性质。宗教学是一门新兴的相对独立的人文科学,它具有区别于传统宗教研究和神学研究的特殊的学科性质。因此,应当深入地研究宗教学概念的基本内涵及其对宗教学研究对象和方法的规范功能,以明确宗教学学科性质,树立宗教学意识。     

A Significant Shift: A Pentadic Analysis of the Two Rhetorics of the Post-Vatican II Roman Catholic Church Regarding Homosexuality

This paper argues that, since the Second Vatican Council (Vatican II), there has been a significant shift in the rhetorical stance of the Roman Catholic Church toward homosexuality in which the pre-council rhetoric, which condemned both act (i.e., homosexual behavior) and actor (i.e., the homosexual) has been replaced by two distinctly different rhetorics: a moral rhetoric, which continues the Church's long-standing condemnation of homosexual acts as sins, and a pastoral rhetoric, which argues that homosexuals should be ministered to and embraced. A Burkean pentadic analysis is used to define how the two rhetorics differ from each other and from the earlier rhetoric. The three major influences (i.e., Scripture, Tradition, and Catholic theology/philosophy) that have shaped, and continue to shape, the Church's position regarding homosexuality are described. Some of the socio-political implications of this shift are emphasized.     

下降到城邦的哲学——柏拉图《帕默尼德》的开篇

《帕默尼德》被称做柏拉图最难解的对话之一,前后两个部分在形式与内容上看似极不平衡,纯哲学的逻辑讨论包裹在戏剧情节下,开篇的情节看似离题,实则是理解第二部分的钥匙。开篇戏剧场景的设置包含了柏拉图对哲学基本处境的深刻洞察。在《帕默尼德》的开场,克拉佐枚奈的爱智者与埃利亚的爱智者都被置于雅典城邦的政治中心,哲学的探问处于宗教节庆的背景之下。     

Anticipating modernity: the Jewish ‘welfare state’ in biblical and medieval times

The impact of religion on social policies and its role in the development, structuring and functioning of welfare states has only recently attracted significant attention. Studies of the relationship between religion and the welfare state have given little consideration to whether the religious precepts and values of the major religions, and the ways of life which they have shaped, are consistent with the idea of the welfare state. This paper shows that the elements of the definition of the modern welfare state were reflected in Jewish communal life as either prescribed by Jewish law (halakha) or lived during both ancient and medieval times, and that communal life was ‘welfare‐state‐like‘. In doing so this paper demonstrates that the idea of the welfare state is consistent with Judaism.