德里达、瓦蒂莫和伽达默尔:没有宗教的宗教

德里达在《知识与信仰》中着力阐发了“没有宗教的宗教”的思想,瓦蒂莫和伽达默尔对此也进行了相关评论。但是用道德和公正来定义宗教,以使宗教有其名,却没有一切制度化的宗教教义的束缚,这在语言和民族国家大体为宗教划定边界的今天,亦未必可以指望它来从容应对电子技术、经济科学突飞猛进,剥夺“场域”、移位“场域”的全球化过程。     

Teaching About Organized Religion in Social Work

Abstract

Schools of social work commonly teach that the origin of the profession lies in the humanistic principles of the many world faith traditions. However, beginning as early as the days of the Charity Organization Societies (COS) in the late nineteenth century and the Social Security Act of 1935, social work education, research, and practice have increasingly disassociated themselves from religion and its contribution to the profession. Furthermore, a large number of social workers, regardless of their personal religious affiliations, were trained to think that their religion has no relevance for their everyday professional practice. Meanwhile, society, especially in the last two decades, is marching toward greater integration between social services and organized religion. The rift between religion and professional social work practice, extenuated in the past fifty years, is being challenged by devolutionary trends of government funding and social service delivery that encourage faith-based social service provision. These trends also challenge the dogmatic exclusion of religious contents in social work education. In this article, we review the place of organized religion in social work education and present our innovative course to re-link organized religion with social work curriculum.     

Spirituality in Social Work Education: A Development and Discussion of Goals that Flow from the Profession's Ethical Mandates

Growing interest in incorporating spirituality into curriculum content exists. Little consideration, however, has occurred regarding the purpose or goals of this content. Building upon the profession's ethical mandates, this paper develops two intertwined objectives that should inform content: understanding spiritual diversity and the discrimination subordinate faiths encounter in the dominant mainstream culture. Theories are reviewed and empirical data are cited that provide a context for understanding, and illustrate the need to address, the issues of spiritual diversity and discrimination. In effect, this material is based upon the same widely used template that informs social work content in other areas of diversity—namely that a difference in worldviews in conjunction with a power differential fosters bias toward subordinate worldviews. It is suggested that the profession's ethics require the adoption of the same basic template in the area of spiritual diversity as is used in other areas of diversity.     

Returns on education amongst men in England and Wales: The impact of residential segregation and ethno-religious background

Individuals’ occupational and educational attainment is influenced by their ethnicity, religion and colour in the UK and elsewhere. In this paper, we analyse the impact of ethnicity, religion and colour along with residential segregation¹ and socio-economic deprivation on returns to education for men in England and Wales. We analyse the 2001 UK census data by employing multi-level logistic regression models. It is found that non-White groups including Christian Black-African, UK born Sikh-Indians and South Asian Muslims are found to suffer an ethnic penalty compared to Christian White-British. While there is evidence to suggest that Muslim men may experience a greater penalty compared to some non-Whites other non-Muslim groups too face ethno-religious penalties, sometimes even more severely such as in the case of Christian Black-Africans. Socio-economic difficulties faced by ethnic minorities are also linked to spatial segregation only when associated with high levels of area deprivation. This suggests that what matters may not be segregation per se, but whether or not it is associated with deprivation.     

宗教·哲学·人伦——中西死亡观在抒情诗中的反映

一般认为,在宗教背景观照下西方社会在死亡观上具有浓厚的彼岸性,因而轻视现世向往死后的超验世界;中国传统文化则具有鲜明的世俗性,因而刻意于生命的存留和现实生活的经营。但这是一个笼统的说法,以中外抒情诗为例,在死亡观上西方社会不仅有宗教上的感悟,也有哲学上的思考,中国传统社会不仅有儒家的慷慨,也有道家的逍遥。而两者都具备的则是对人伦亲情的悼念与缅怀。     

“藏族图案”中所反映的民族文化特色

藏族图案是藏族群众在社会历史发展过程中创造的并经世代传承的文明成果,是藏民族千百年来在社会生产、生活实践中创造并形成的传统的非物质文化。其内涵丰富多彩,涉及的范围十分广泛,表现形式更是多种多样,是藏族人民审美观念、审美理想、民族气质的再现。     

宗教文学·中国宗教文学史·魏晋南北朝道教文学史——关于“中国宗教文学史”的理论思考与实践构想

在中国现当代学术语境中,"宗教文学"的研究从概念、问题、理论到具体实践都存在较多的问题,最主要的表现是研究者往往致力于宗教与文学关系的探讨,而忽视了宗教文学本身的研究。中国宗教和宗教文学都具有独特的自性,"中国宗教文学史"的建构必须符合这种对象属性,而"宗教性"的内涵标准和"大文学"的文体观念,正是构建民族本位宗教文学研究的重要原则之一。作为中国宗教文学史重要阶段的"魏晋南北朝道教文学史",尤其可以体现此一原则的价值和意义。     

The American Islamic Community: Which Muslims are Likely to be Encouraged by Other People?

ABSTRACT

Encouragement—or expressions of support designed to instill perseverance and hope in the face of challenging circumstances—is an important concept in the strengths perspective and a central feature of social work practice. Encouragement may be a particularly significant factor for Muslims living in post-9/11 America. Yet, little research has examined this topic despite its relevance. To address this gap in the literature, this cross-sectional study employed a community sample of Muslims (N = 274) to identify which Muslims are disproportionately likely to report receiving expressions of support from other people. The results of the logistic regression indicated that Muslims who were single, Middle Eastern, non-Sunni, and frequent Mosque attenders, were more likely to receive expressions of support compared to those who were married, European American, Sunni, and less frequent Mosque attenders. Conversely, Muslims without a 4-year college education and born aboard were less likely to receive expressions of support compared to those with a graduate degree and born in the US. The paper concludes by offering a tentative explanation for the results and suggesting some implications for practice with Muslim clients. Future researchers might build upon the findings by replicating the study with nationally representative samples.     

略论壮族师公教经书的价值——以广西马山县白山镇新汉村国兴屯师公教经书为例

壮族师公教经书内容丰富,蕴涵了壮族古代社会的道德观念、审美情趣、国家观念、风俗习惯、宗教信仰、语言文字等诸多文化因素,沉积着壮族民众质朴而深邃的思考。挖掘壮族师公教经书丰富的文化内涵,对于全面抢救壮族非物质文化遗产具有重要的意义。     

原始宗教下荔波水族民俗体育文化探析

运用文献资料法、实地访谈法等,从原始宗教的视角对居住在荔波县境内的水族民俗体育文化进行研究。研究表明：信仰原始宗教的荔波水族,民俗文化、民俗体育文化与原始宗教密切联系,这原始纯朴的信仰使其观念、思想、民俗文化独具特色。