The effect of immigration on religious belief and practice: A theologizing or alienating experience?

Using data from the New Immigrant Survey, we examine the religious beliefs and practices of new legal immigrants to the United States. We find that Christian immigrants are more Catholic, more Orthodox, and less Protestant than American Christians, and that those immigrants who are Protestant are more likely to be evangelical. In addition to being more Catholic and more Orthodox than American Christians, the new immigrants are also paradoxically less Christian, with a fifth reporting some other faith. Detailed analysis of reported church attendance at places of origin and in the United States suggest that immigration is a disruptive event that alienates immigrants from religious practice rather than “theologizing” them. In addition, our models clearly show that people who join congregations in the United States are highly selected and unrepresentative of the broader population of immigrants in any faith. In general, congregational members were more observant both before and after emigration, were more educated, had more cumulative experience in the United States, and were more likely to have children present in the household and be homeowners and therefore yield biased representations of all adherents to any faith. The degree of selectivity and hence bias also varies markedly both by religion and nationality.     

自然人性与社会人性的“战斗”——解读克洛德自然人性的复归

克洛德的自然人性，宛若“天使”，在黑暗的“魔鬼”生活中熠熠发光。可是在压抑中复归的人性是畸形的，以至于克洛德用这种不健全的、变态的人性既伤害了他人，又毁灭了自己，终于给自己的一生画上了一个悲凉而凄惨的句号。他既是罪恶的社会和宗教的代言体，又是受害体。宗教禁锢人性的本质不言而喻。     

Blessed assurance: Religion, anxiety, and tranquility among US adults

A growing body of research investigates the possible relationships between religion and mental health. After developing a series of arguments linking various aspects of religion with anxiety and tranquility, we test relevant hypotheses using data from the 1996 General Social Survey. Results show that frequency of religious attendance and the belief in an afterlife are inversely associated with feelings of anxiety and positively associated with feelings of tranquility. However, frequency of prayer has no direct association with either outcome. Strong beliefs in the pervasiveness of sin are positively linked with anxiety but unrelated to tranquility. Finally, belief in an afterlife and frequency of prayer buffer the adverse effects of poor health and financial decline on anxiety. Implications of these findings are discussed along with study limitations and promising directions for future research.     

论《金瓶梅》中西门庆的心理特征

西门庆的心理呈现出复杂、矛盾的特征。在将封建的伦理道德、纲常律令踩在脚下的同时,他又不能完全摆脱传统观念的羁绊。具体表现在他对自己生活中最重要的五个方面——家庭、权势、宗教、性和金钱的态度和观念上。他的家庭观念主要表现为他对女性贞节和子嗣的双重心态;在权势心态上自信与自卑交织;他的宗教观是实用主义为中心,更重视金钱的作用和个人的力量;在性领域表现为畸形的占有心理和焦虑、软弱心理并存;在钱财意识上,他贪财但不吝财,对金钱有着不同于传统的新的认识。     

Religion and high-school graduation: a comparative analysis of patterns for white and black young women

This paper examines how two dimensions of childhood religion—affiliation and participation—are related to the probability of graduating from high school. Hypotheses derived from a human capital model are tested with data on non-Hispanic white and black women from the 1995 National Survey of Family Growth. The empirical findings are generally consistent with the hypotheses, revealing sizeable differentials in the likelihood of obtaining a high-school diploma by affiliation and participation. The results suggest that the convergence of Catholics to the mainline Protestant pattern for non-Hispanic whites found here, and supported by many previous studies, has not taken place in the black population. In other respects, the relationships between religion and high-school graduation are similar for the two racial groups.

社会主义精神文明建设中值得注意的一个问题——从包头市群众信教现象谈起

近年来,包头信众队伍逐步扩大,信教原因:1、心理痛苦,寻求化解;2、缓解压力,寻求平衡;3、环境影响,不觉入教。包头地区宗教的继续发展和变化,决定了社会主义精神文明建设中须考虑宗教的因素,采取妥善对策,以引导宗教与社会主义精神文明建设相适应。     

第六届中国民族研究西南论坛:区域、社会与文化会议综述

2013年6月16日至17日,第六届中国民族研究西南论坛在贵州民族大学召开。论坛主要围绕"民族学与人类学的理论对话、‘藏彝走廊’与西南民族研究、民族认同与宗教、民族地区流动人口研究及民族识别与西南民族的研究、国家走廊与贵州民族研究"五个专题对西南地区发展及西南地区民族研究等进行全面深入的学术交流,体现了当前中国民族学、人类学现实问题研究的责任和担当。     

萨满的“飞翔”与“附体”析论

论及萨满的特性时 ,以著名宗教史学家M·埃利亚德为首的一些学者 ,赞同用“飞翔”的有无作为识别萨满身份的尺度。以社会人类学家M·刘易斯、日本学者佐佐木宏等为首的一些学者 ,则主张“附体”亦为萨满的基本特性。然而 ,“飞翔”与“附体”之间所具有的相互关系并未得到说明。从“飞翔”与“附体”的历史形成入手 ,探讨两者之间存在的内在关系 ,并对萨满教从精灵崇拜趋向神灵信仰 ,这一发展阶段的性质转换作一概略说明。     

Socio-economical analysis of Italy: The case of hagiotoponym cities

This paper considers joining the economical characteristics of Italian cities with a relevant sociological aspect of the Catholic saints. More than in other countries, a high percentage of Italian cities are toponyms coming from the name of specific saints (hagiotoponym). The link with Italian religious views is distinct. The statistical analysis of the economic contributions that each hagiotoponym city provides to the Italian GDP is considered. Such an analysis is also based on the comparison with Italian data and is considered with the Theil, Gini, and Herfindahl-Hirschman indices. It is obtained that hagiotoponym cities represent a proxy of the overall Italian reality of medium-sized cities in the case of outliers removal.