Struggle as opportunity: making sense of U.S. migration experiences through Buddhist practice

Recent scholarship demonstrates how immigrants rely on religion for resources and psychological and social support at various stages of migration. Many studies of religion focus on the institutional role of faith-based organisations, with little regard for the social importance of religious experiences in daily life. Using interviews with U.S. immigrants who identify as Buddhists, I examine how migrants use Buddhist philosophies as a lens for finding meaning in the struggles associated with migration, including language acquisition, employment, and legal status. Through their practice, migrants gain a sense of agency amid vulnerable circumstances. I also explore the potentially negative consequences of the practice’s individual focus, including the propensity to mask structural causes of inequality and impede possibilities for collective action.     

从西南地区少数民族民间传说看铜鼓的厌胜功能

在我国西南少数民族群众中广泛流传着铜鼓的传说。在一些铜鼓传说中,铜鼓能够威伏毒蛇猛兽并战败作为旱涝之灾等自然力化身的各种妖魔。据此,本人认为,在古代社会,铜鼓除具有以往学者们所认为的各种功用外,还可能曾被作为镇物运用于厌胜仪式,以禳除各种自然灾害。     

中亚回族民间文学探析

中亚回族即东干族,是清末由中国西北地区迁移到中亚地区的一批回民及其后裔。中亚回族中至今流传有很多民间故事和民间谚语等。其民间文学丰富多彩,既保留有中国传统文化的色彩,也具有东干族的民族特征,充分表明了中亚回族人对中华文化的热爱与坚守。     

Initiation,Trance And Possession in an Afro-Brazilian Religion-The Narratives of a mineiro maranhense

This article presents the process of initiation to the Tambor de Mina, the mainreli-gious tradition in Maranh?o, a state in the north of Brazil .The Tambor de Mina designates an ec-static and inziatic ...     

Opinions toward suicide: Cross-national evaluation of cultural and religious effects on individuals

This study evaluates the role that religious and cultural values have on individual opinions toward suicide worldwide. Using multilevel modeling with data from the fourth wave of the World Values Survey (42,299 individuals in 43 countries), the current study is designed to analyze the effect of individual (i.e., micro-level), and country (i.e., macro-level) characteristics on opinions toward suicide. Specifically, cultural values, religious affiliation, religious importance, and church attendance are analyzed at both the individual and country levels to evaluate the impact of individual and country level effects on opinions toward suicide. The results show that individual opinions toward suicide are influenced by individual belief as well as by the cultural and religious characteristics of their country. The results suggest that evaluation of individual opinions toward controversial behavior should account for the unique and cross-interaction effects of micro- and macro-level effects.     

三谈今本《大唐新语》的真伪问题

在笔者发表了《关于今本"《大唐新语》"的真伪问题》(本刊2004年第1期)后,对于今本《大唐新语》的真伪问题已展开了较热烈的讨论.本文是对讨论中所出现的一些问题的评述,并进一步论证了今本《大唐新语》之为伪书.     

文学搭建的民间文明--汪曾祺论

汪曾祺用文字搭建了一个艺术人间,那里的人们自然也会受到社会、时代的影响,只是还保留了另外一种生活方式,这种生活方式有时与正统文化水乳交融,有时又是对立的.这种"民间的文明"不能简单地用对错评判:"礼失而求诸野"是意味深长的,但其中也常杂些尘滓,有的干脆粗糙得反动.对此,作家是是非分明的.     

中国民间文艺学史上的民俗学派

1949年前的20世纪前期民间文艺学史上,不仅存在着流派,而且存在着不同的流派,这些在理论、观念、方法上不同的流派,形成学科的多元格局。这些流派是:北大歌谣研究会派、"古史辨"派神话学、文学人类学派、俗文学派、社会-民族学派、延安学派和民俗学派。它们以一定的社会文化环境为依存和发展的条件,分别有自己的代表人物、理论纲领和代表作。流派的存在和多元格局既促进了中国民间文艺学的本土化发展,又显示了中国民间文艺学的边缘性、跨学科性和不成熟性。     

爱的宗教——浅析张洁《祖母绿》

文学与宗教异曲同工,宗教成为集体无意识影响作家,文学中渗透着宗教情韵。中国当代作家张洁的小说《祖母绿》,就具有着浅淡的宗教气息。