Religious Nongovernmental Organizations: An Exploratory Analysis

This paper represents the first systematic attempt at an analysis of religious nongovernmental organizations (RNGOs). Largely ignored as an organizational field, RNGOs constitute a new breed of religious actors shaping global policy–an organizational hybrid of religious beliefs and social activism at local, national, and international levels. This paper proposes a definition of RNGOs, traces the emergence of RNGOs from an historical perspective, and situates them in their current religious and sociopolitical contexts. Drawing on interviews and documentary data from a sample of 263 United Nations-affiliated RNGOs, the author proposes an analytical framework to examine the religious, organizational, strategic, and service dimensions of these organizations. Religious nongovernmental organizations' unique contributions to the redefinition of a just society as well as the sociopolitical challenges arising from their religious identity are discussed.     

浅析伊斯兰教的生态观

伊斯兰教认为人与自然界万物都是真主的造化物,两者地位是平等的,人类只是真主的"代治者".伊斯兰教在强调爱护自然、与自然界和谐相处的前提下,主张把握自然的本质和规律,通过对自然界进行合理的开发利用,为人类造福.同时,伊斯兰教也坚决反对狭隘的功利主义、反对只顾眼前利益而忽视人类的长远利益.这些主张均对增强环保意识、促进人类与自然的和谐发展、维护正常的生态环境具有极大的指导意义.     

批判与高扬——析席勒在宗教观上的矛盾及其原因

席勒的思想中,存在着对宗教的批判和赞扬的矛盾。席勒相信人的自由和美德及神的存在,世俗的宗教压抑人的自由,所以受到席勒的批判,而作为审美假象的游戏的宗教,对人性的和谐起着导向作用,因而受到席勒的赞美。在席勒看来,人性的和谐并不是审美教育的完成,真正自由的人必须具有道德修养,这需要借助于崇高。而代表人类神性的宗教,作为一种典型的崇高,实现了人类的自由、美德及神性的统一,对人类的精神起着提升作用,因而得到席勒的充分肯定。以人性的完善为准绳,席勒批判否定人性完善的世俗宗教,赞扬肯定人性完善的神性宗教,这就是他在宗教观上产生矛盾的原因。     

伊斯兰教的伦理意义--作为现代精神资源的伊斯兰伦理

伊斯兰伦理是一种宗教伦理,来源于<古兰经>、圣训、教法及穆斯林的宗教礼仪与生活习俗.伊斯兰教认为人性本恶;德福统一;在相信绝对前定的条件下,又相信人的意志自由;鼓励穆斯林重视现世生活,更追求来世的永恒福乐;强调以敬业的态度对待生活中的责任和义务;在性别观上,既认为男女有差别,更认为男女是平等的.伊斯兰伦理对建设和谐社会具有一定的价值.     

Culturalising the Abject: Islam,Law and Moral Panic in the West

This paper explores the construction of Islam as abject and the symbolic positioning of Muslims as being outside secular modernity in Australia through an analysis of the way the criminal legal process and perceptions of criminality are culturalised. The empirical focus is gang rape and the trials of Muslim youth on gang rape charges in Sydney between 2000–2003 which quickly became culturally inflected as ‘Muslim’ and ‘Lebanese’ by media reporting of the criminal trials and moral panic about them as source of social menace. Three dimensions of culturalisation of crime and the criminalisation of culture are identified in the criminal legal process and media reporting of it; firstly the cultural inflection of new laws against gang rape by their association with particular events and trials; secondly the introduction of ‘cultural defence’ by the accused as a mitigating factor in the criminal legal process; thirdly, media reporting and commentary on criminal cases which emphasize cultural explanations for individual criminal behaviour.     

道教文化与世界和平

不同的民族和不同的国家,往往都有自己不同的宗教信仰和传统文化,从而构成一个丰富多彩的人类世界。承认人类文化的多样性,才是人类发展的正确走向。道教是中华传统文化的主要支柱之一,在新的世纪里,它将和整个中华传统文化一道产生其强大的吸引力。道教文化蕴涵的许多合理思想,对现代社会生活有着十分重要的意义。     

The Chinese-speaking Muslims (Dungans) of Central Asia: A Case of Multiple Identities in a Changing Context

Chinese-speaking Muslims, called Dungans in Central Asia and Huizu in China, were forced to migrate to present-day Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan at the end of the nineteenth century. They reconstructed their identity through interrelations with local populations and the soviet categorisation of nationality. But after 1991, their status has being gradually destabilised owing to the changes in economic, social and political rules as well as citizenship regulations in these countries. They have to readapt to the new situation created by the independence of the three former Soviet Republics, which has challenged their unity.     

“方块布依字”及其在布依族宗教典籍传承过程中的作用

“方块布依字”是布依族民间流传的一种仿汉字的记音符号 ,主要通行于宗教职业者群体。布依族宗教经文手抄本中的用字和造字方法主要有四种 ,或用与布依语相同或相近的音来记录该语音 ,或根据布依语词义、用汉语方块字的字符重新造字 ,或用与布依语同义的词来记录 ,或直接用汉字本身来记录。“方块布依字”在布依族宗教典籍及传统文化的传承过程中具有重要的作用。     

试论汉英谚语之民族特色

文章从历史文化、地理环境、宗教信仰及民俗风情的角度出发,分析了汉、英两个民族的谚语特色.     

从《诗经》看中原文化

《诗经》时代中原各诸侯国的地理位置及诗中所咏风物多数在目前尚存遗迹。《诗经》中作于中原之诗的文化内容,主要是:对祖先神灵崇拜的宗教文化;重视婚爱的民俗文化;追求人体美的文化心理。研究《诗经》时代中原文化具有重要意义:有助于重新认识文化的延续性;有助于明确认识地理环境与文化产生、发展的关系;有助于加深对中原文化乃至我国民族文化特点的认识。