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。     

Mindfulness, vulnerability, and love: Spiritual lessons from frail elders, earnest young pilgrims, and middle aged rockers

Gerontologists have studied religion and spirituality for almost three decades. Much of this work focuses on determining how elders' religious and spiritual beliefs and practices affect various indicators of well-being. This paper critiques many of the assumptions underlying this research and suggests alternatives to individualistic formulations of well-being. Experiences in spiritual communities of various types may help aging persons to be mindfully present to others, to recognize that all are vulnerable to the afflictions of aging and the certainty of death, and to love and care for others while working to promote justice. In this paper, I describe how my marriage to a minister enabled me to develop relationships with frail elders and young adults seeking to live faithfully. These friends have influenced my work and have helped to shape my views on my own aging.     

论人类文化精神的时代性特征

文化精神是渗透在一个社会物质、制度和精神中的思维方式和价值取向。而文化精 神从历史发展的共性上又经历了宗教的、哲学的和科学的时代。因此，认识人类文化精神的 三个时代就是认识先进文化的发展方向，具有重要的现实意义。     

论原始宗教在早期文明发展中的文化价值

原始宗教是原始氏族———部落制社会的伴生物,是氏族制社会的上层建筑。适应氏族———部落制的社会存在,原始宗教的根本目的,就是最大限度地满足初民的生存需要和群体组织延续的需要,原始宗教在事实上从诸多方面满足了这种需要,在人类早期文明发展史上体现了其应有的文化价值。可以说,如果没有原始宗教及其文化功能的发挥,人类文明的维系、积累和传承就失去了精神的动力。     

The effects of religion on subjective aging in Singapore: An interreligious comparison

This interreligious comparison deals with Buddhist and Christian Chinese elderly Singaporeans. Based on the data gathered from in-depth interviews with five Buddhists and five Christians, this article explores how religion plays a role in the adjustment to the physical, social, and existential aging processes. It investigates the similarities and differences between Buddhist and Christian beliefs in terms of their effects on the subjective experience of aging. Findings indicate that religion can play an integrative role that facilitates adjustment to the aging process. Also, they suggest that though there are fundamental, irreducible differences in terms of religious beliefs and practices between Buddhism and Christianity, there are far less differences in the ways they impact on the integrative aging process. Some negative effects of religion on aging and some viewpoints about successful aging are presented in the discussion.     

巴哈伊信仰与现代性

巴哈伊信仰是一种新兴的现代性宗教,现代性特征几乎浸透到巴哈伊信仰的各个方面。它的现代性主要表现在宗教灵性的弱化和世俗性的增强、宗教仪式简化、宗教组织的民主化等方面。但是巴哈伊信仰本质上的宗教性特征并没有发生根本改变,它只是涂上了一层比传统宗教更为浓厚的现代性色彩。所以巴哈伊信仰的现代性又存在着尖锐的矛盾,它的现代性是不彻底的。这表现在它所提倡的宗教与科学有限度的和谐、妥协性的现代政治观、宗教经济制度的空想色彩等方面。巴哈伊信仰现代性的矛盾恰恰说明它是一种宗教而不是其他。它的现代性和宗教性二者之间存在着在量的选择上如何适当把握的问题。这种选择将决定着巴哈伊信仰未来的发展。从巴哈伊信仰的现代性所得到的启示是,现存的宗教要想发展,必须根据社会的需要,增强自身的现代性。     

宗教与多民族国家构建和谐社会关系路径探析

宗教是构建多民族国家和谐社会关系的重要因素。宗教作为社会整体系统的一个子系统,它受制于社会整体系统,又反作用于社会,对于社会能否和谐运行产生重要的影响。解决宗教与多民族国家和谐社会关系的最好路径就是推进宗教和谐的制度化。宗教和谐制度化的内涵为宗教内部和谐的制度化、宗教与社会之间和谐的制度化和宗教之间和谐的制度化这三个层面之间的良性互动和协调机制。     

寻求斯拉夫民族性的精神支持:俄国文学的审美基础

广泛存在于叙述中的基督教话语 ,使得俄国文学具有了欧洲文化的基因。但是 ,俄国经由拜占庭接受的是东方基督教 ,这就使得俄国在精神上有别于信仰天主教或新教的西方 :痴迷于莫斯科—第三罗马这一拯救世界的弥撒亚理念 ,把上帝世俗化甚至意识形态化 ,通过俄国化的上帝反对西式的现代化。也正是这一作为标示俄国文学民族身份的东方基督教 ,构成了千余年来的俄国审美和文学艺术的重要基础。     

MODERN TIMES: RELIGION,CONSECRATION AND THE STATE IN BOURDIEU

Bourdieu held that the state in modernity has become the primary agent of consecration, ‘the legitimation and naturalization of social difference’, a function formerly performed largely by religion. After clarifying the role of ‘religion’ in Bourdieu's work, this paper brings two empirical issues into dialogue with his ideas: social fragmentation in late-modernity, and the relation between temporalization and social structures in medieval and early-modern charity. His view that religion is anachronistic, that it was left behind by modernization misses its continuing, even increasing, importance. He overemphasized the centrality and authority of the state in modernity and distinguished too sharply between pre-modern gifting and modern market relations. Once these limitations are mitigated, Bourdieu's analysis can be redirected to account for the importance of religion as an agent of consecration globally today.