论普陀山南海观音之形成

普陀山南海观音源自古印度南滨海,经由斯里兰卡等南海诸国传入.南海观音在民间被普遍视为"慈航普渡"、"救苦救难"的海上保护神,其形成与航海关系密切.由于普陀山具备了对外交流的地域与人文优势,故南海观音在魏晋之际已有流布迹象,并于南朝萧梁时期成形.     

Intermarriage and the demography of secularization

One way of measuring religious affiliation is to look at rites of initiation such as baptism. English statistics show that for the first time since the Church of England was founded, less than half the nation is Anglican on this criterion. The pattern of formal religious transmission changed during the Second World War. Previously christening was quasi-universal, and the Church of England was the preferred provider. By the end of the war baptism was evidently optional, and chosen principally by parents whose religious identities matched. Further analysis suggests that affiliation now tends to be lost following marriage to someone from a different religious background, though the USA differs from Europe in this respect. A demographic theory of advanced secularization is outlined that specifies a proximal cause for declining religious affiliation, and provides tools for predicting the changes to be expected over future decades. The theory also helps to explain why affiliation may fall most quickly where there is most religious diversity.     

论马丁·路德中、晚期的宗教改革

本文对路德中、晚期宗教改革活动作了认真的考察研究,认为他并没有"背叛市民资产阶级的宗教改革路线"、"出卖农民的利益",也没有"堕落成为诸侯的奴仆",相反,他的改革立场是前后一贯的,他始终是一位执着追求自己理想的市民资产阶级宗教改革家,具有坚定的爱国主义的政治思想家,基本上完成了当时德国历史所赋予的任务.     

新兴期的云南民俗研究

文章将新兴期的云南民俗研究分为两个阶段,即1949年至1966年;1978年至今.从而指出民俗研究在认识论上的重大改变,在研究方法上的新探索以及新兴期云南民俗研究的主要成果.     

《列王纪》英雄形象在维吾尔文学中的流传

《列王纪》中一些英雄形象活跃于维吾尔古代民间文学之中.这可能与波斯袄教的传入同时,并与伊斯兰教传入前就已根深蒂固的尚勇精神有直接的关系.     

也谈原始宗教与原始艺术的关系

原始宗教艺术是伴随着原始宗教的形成和发展而产生的,原始宗教和原始艺术不可分割、互相渗透,原始宗教为原始艺术提供内容,而原始艺术则成为宗教的表现形式。二者具有谁也离不开谁的渊源关系。     

论艺术想象与宗教想象的差异

仅就想象的泛意理解而言,艺术和宗教都是对现实世界的一种想象的掌握,它们从不同的途径寻求着人类精神层面的慰藉和生命的超越。为了探寻艺术想象与宗教想象的差异,从比较研究的角度,知性地分析了艺术想象与宗教想象中心理体验方式、情感内驱动力、意志的合目的调节等的区别。     

Everyday mobilities and the construction of subjective spiritual geographies in ‘Non-places’

Traditional geographic approaches depict sacred spaces, religion and spirituality as places of stillness and tranquillity, this paper challenges such fixity and instead uses the mobilities lens to analyse the dynamic and fluid nature of contemporary spirituality. It builds on recent work that draws on mobilities and geographies of religion by shifting focus away from the extraordinary journeys of pilgrimage to the ordinary, the mundane and everyday routines and movements; trips for economic, recreational or utilitarian purposes. The findings illustrate the activities that people do when they are on the move that can be related to their personal sense of spirituality and the ways in which religion interweaves in the movements and routines of everyday life and mobilities – from the radio playing in the car to the use of meditation. Often, activities became associated with specific parts of the journey and are threaded together to form ‘subjective spiritual geographies’ and significant elements of individual spirituality challenging secular pre-conceptions of mobilities time-spaces and characterisation of ‘non-places’.     

论德意志文学中的自然主义

本文在欧洲文化和文学的框架中论述了德意志自然主义的产生与嬗变、形式和题材。通过对代表作家霍尔茨/施拉夫和豪普特曼的重要作品的评论,剖析了德意志自然主义的偏颇,即把文学创作等同于科学实验,试图以单维度的理性和逻辑来描述变化莫测和繁复多元的人与世界。同时,文章还指出德意志自然主义独具文化批判和宗教意识的特色,从而在文学史上有着深化现实主义、开启西方现代文学的地位。     

尘世中的伊甸园--约翰·厄普代克作品中的宗教思想解读

宗教思想贯穿约翰·厄普代克半个多世纪的创作，但他本人和作品中的宗教思想并非一成不变，而是随着美国社会的变迁而发展。分析厄普代克各阶段的作品，能够清晰地梳理出这样的层次：巴特的唯信论——信仰和自我存在的关系——传统宗教的衰落，怀疑上帝的自我中心论——宗教世俗化——精神荒原中的美国人对信仰的探索与反思，逐步走上精神复归之路。