社会福音运动与美国禁酒的宗教动因

19世纪末,美国教会各派迫于宗教与社会现实的压力,开始走出空洞说教,关注社会民生,参与各项社会改革,以期重振基督教会昔日之影响,史称之为社会福音运动。它对工业化时代的美国社会产生过深远影响,为推动禁酒运动做出了巨大贡献。     

Conservative Protestantism and attitudes toward corporal punishment, 1986–2014

Research indicates that conservative Protestants are highly supportive of corporal punishment. Yet, Americans’ support for this practice has waned during the past several decades. This study aggregates repeated cross-sectional data from the General Social Surveys (GSS) to consider three models that address whether attitudes toward spanking among conservative Protestants shifted relative to those of other Americans from 1986 to 2014. Although initial results reveal a growing gap between conservative Protestants and the broader American public, we find that average levels of support have remained most robust among less educated conservative Protestants, with some erosion among more highly educated conservative Protestants. Moreover, trends in variability suggest that conservative Protestants exhibit more cohesive support for this practice than do others. These results provide a window into the cultural contours of religious change and the social factors that facilitate such change.     

Determinants of attitudes held by Irish catholic and protestant women towards gender roles,maternal employment and social perceptions of women in Irish society

This paper is drawn from my doctoral thesis, which analyses similarities and differences in the social and religious attitudes of modern Catholic and Protestant (Church of Ireland) women in the Republic of Ireland.

My work is new in that it studies the attitudes of a female sample that is stratified according to religious tradition (Catholic/Protestant). The sample is also stratified by age (21–46/47–70 years) and location (rural/urban). Irish sociological and feminist scholarship has produced diverse work concerning many facets of Irish women's lives, but little research has specifically focused on the attitudes of Irish Protestant and Catholic women as distinct groups.

Qualitative and quantitative questionnaires were used to study the social and religious attitudes of respondents living in 12 counties throughout the Republic of Ireland. Twelve distinct attitudinal factors emerged from factor analysis. Themes contained in these factors included: 1. ?Perception's of social attitudes to women in Irish society

2. ?Attitudes to Article 41.2.1/2 of the 1937 Constitution1 41.2.1 “In particular, the State recognises that by her life within the home, woman gives to the State a support without which the common good cannot be achieved.” View all notes 41.2.2 “The State shall, therefore, endeavour to ensure that mothers shall not be obliged by economic necessity to engage in labour to the neglect of their duties in the home.” View all notes

3. ?Attitudes to maternal employment

4. ?Perception of the role of the Catholic/Protestant churches in women's lives

5. ?Religiosity

6. ?Attitudes to majority Catholic/minority Protestant status

7. ?Attitudes toward women clergy

8. ?Attitudes to moral issues (divorce and abortion)

9. ?Attitudes to Church influence in moral issues

The emergence of these factors are a significant contribution to sociological and feminist research because they have not previously been specifically researched from the perspective of Catholic and Protestant women.

The effects of religion, age and location on the 12 factors were then examined by means of analysis of variance, which identified those variables having significant main effects and interaction effects on respondent attitudes. Results emerging from percentage distributions and analysis of variance are presented for respondent attitudes to gender roles, maternal employment and perceptions of social attitudes towards women in Irish society.     

迪罗西耶事件与16世纪个人信仰的选择困境

16世纪的宗教改革对欧洲社会产生了深远的影响,同时它也是现代性的重要研究范畴。作为这一时期个人信仰遭遇选择困境的典型表现,圣巴托罗缪屠杀期间所发生的迪罗西耶改宗事件反映了在16世纪的法国,私人领域的信仰空间遭到了普遍的压制,宗教话语权被少数高级教士和宗教机构把持。与此同时,世俗政治的力量也凭借残存的领主-附庸体系控制着大批信众的个人信仰选择。然而这种困境也为世俗政治观念的兴起创造了契机：世俗政治力量的崛起提升了政治利益与政治价值观的重要性,从而削弱了宗教在社会上的主导地位。这一时期正是宗教话语权盛极而衰的分水岭,政治家派和绝对王权的崛起意味着法国开始了向近代国家转型的进程。     

"采中补洋"的四川基督教领袖--四川圣公会会督宋诚之伦理观述评

以民国时期四川著名的基督教领袖宋诚之为对象,考察其从官宦子弟成为教徒,晋升为主教的人生经历,分析其思想观念与地域环境、社会背景、时代变革之间的互动关系,探寻中国基督教在中西之间、传统与现实之间的交汇折中,借以丰富近代四川社会思潮的研究.     

Religion and Public Perceptions of Gays and Lesbians in South Korea

Public support for gay and lesbian rights has increased in Western democracies, yet less is known regarding views in South Korea, or East Asia more broadly. Rather than broad cultural claims, this analysis asks to what extent religious identification explains perceptions of gays and lesbians. Public opinion survey data from South Korea finds that Protestants were consistently less supportive of homosexual issues compared to Catholics, Buddhists, and those without a religious identification. Furthermore, after controlling for religion, identification with the largest conservative party associated with less support.     

虔敬主义伦理与普鲁士官僚制精神

理性化在韦伯思想中占据着重要位置,然而韦伯对行政领域理性化（即官僚制的出现）的论述并没有像对经济领域理性化（即资本主义的诞生）的分析那般细致和系统,尤其是韦伯没有如揭示资本主义精神背后的加尔文宗教义那样,揭示官僚制的宗教伦理基础。通过重返被韦伯视为理性官僚制典型的普鲁士官僚制于17—19世纪的演变过程,可以发现路德宗虔敬主义在此扮演着重要角色,并且对普鲁士官僚制精神的兴衰起到了重要作用,由此可以启发我们从官僚化的价值伦理角度对韦伯的官僚制理论进行补充。     

清末天主教和新教在华传教活动的异同

文章以法国和美国在中国的传教活动为例,选取几个不同角度考察了天主教和新教清末在华活动的异同,认为天主教和新教的历史渊源、社会背景所导致的不同属性是二者在华活动特点的最深刻导因。     

马丁·路德宗教改革对近代政治哲学的影响

马丁.路德宗教改革对西方近代政治哲学有着深刻的影响,一方面,它促进了个人精神的兴起,为近代意义上的自由、平等、民主等观念的形成提供了价值观。另一方面,它对民族教会的积极推动和对民族国家意识的积极倡导,为近代西方民族国家的形成奠定了坚实的基础。宗教改革中所蕴涵的许多思想影响了近代政治学理论的核心内容,成为近代民族国家政治理论的出发点。     

论基督新教伦理的思想实质

基督新教及其伦理思想以世俗社会生活为基础。新教伦理的思想实质,就是在信仰范围内以隐蔽的方式关注和肯定人的智慧、尊严以及通过劳动来追求利润的必要性与合理性,由此反映出人道主义倾向。若忽略或否定新教及其伦理的这一思想实质,我们便难以正确认识它在欧洲近代社会中的作用和价值。