西方宪政的文化底蕴

踏入西方宪政的文化历程 ,追寻西方宪政的文化源头 ,解悟西方宪政的文化底蕴 :其中 ,基督教的性恶论是西方宪政的文化根基 ;社会契约的政治化是西方宪政文化的逻辑起点 ;人本主义的崛起是西方宪政的文化内核 ;法治传统的近代转型是宪政理想的实证标志。     

《日出》与基督教精神

本文所研究的是曹禺早期作品《日出》中反映的基督教精神 ,以八段引文分析作品思想。陈白露的悲剧是所有人类的悲剧 ,八段引文是阐释“日出”意义的积极因素。《日出》的思想内涵包含在八段引文中 ,它概括了《日出》的主题 ,交代了作品的题材、剧作者写《日出》的动机、所要表达的思想及作者所追求的理想世界等。     

但丁的声誉与但丁政治理念在欧洲的命运

梳理了14世纪至19世纪后半叶但丁政治理念在欧洲的境遇及其与但丁诗人声誉的联系。除“俗语问题”外,但丁在《帝制论》中提出的政教分离的政治理念是他最初遭到反对的最重要原因,虽然在15世纪~16世纪欧洲文艺复兴与宗教改革运动中但丁的理论曾引起人们的注意,但17世纪~18世纪人们对但丁的低俗化误读使他的诗人声誉仍然下滑。但丁的声誉随着意大利民族意识的觉醒与呼唤民族解放的欧洲浪漫主义运动而不断走向辉煌,这一转折点就是意大利历史哲学家维柯。     

国际基督教工会联合会与早期欧洲一体化

第二次世界大战后 ,作为欧洲压力集团之一的基督教工会通过其国际组织———国际基督教工会联合会 ,以个人活动和参与欧洲机构正式协商机制的方式 ,试图在欧洲早期一体化进程中维护基督教工会和工人的权利及利益。该组织的活动虽然取得了一定成就 ,但从总体上讲 ,其对欧洲经济政治一体化的影响仍然十分有限     

Feminist Christian Realism

While Christianity and feminism may seem at odds with one another, both make normative claims about justice and addressing the needs of those on the margins of power. This article explores what feminism contributes to Christian realism. The current revival of Niebuhrian Christian realism highlights how much it still has to offer as a theoretical underpinning for policy and governance. However, Christian realism remains wedded to masculinist abstractions and power structures, such as the balance of power, that are ultimately harmful to those on the margins. Thus, this article uses feminism to argue for a greater acceptance of vulnerability and obligation in Christian realism.     

“Still Looking for My Jonathan”: Gay Black Men's Management of Religious and Sexual Identity Conflicts

This article looks at homosexual Black men who are heavily involved in fundamentalist African-American churches. These men describe themselves as “out as same-sex loving individuals” even though the messages preached by their church leaders and the doctrines of their churches are, at the very least, heterosexist, but more likely to be stridently anti-homosexuality. Not only do these men attend the churches they are parts of, but they are viewed as leaders in these churches in positions ranging from associate pastor to director of facilities management. The study uses structured interviews to understand how these men manage the conflict between a committed gay identity and a strong religious identity that says the two cannot coexist.     

The Nuns of Lepers: Compassion,Discipline and Surrogate Parenthood in a Former Leper Colony of Vietnam

This paper focuses on a Christian model of leprosy care overseen by Catholic nuns in Quy Hòa, a leprosarium in South Central Vietnam, from 1929—when the leper colony was established—until 1975, when the American-backed Southern regime collapsed and all of Quy Hòa’s foreign nuns were forced to leave. Drawing on recollections of elderly residents of the former leprosy colony, it describes the close and loving attention that the nuns offered to inmates, an attentiveness that was informed by the nuns’ ethic of Christian sacrifice. The nuns at Quy Hòa successfully built a quasi parent–child relationship with leprosy-afflicted inmates. Their striking devotion to the ‘lepers’ resembles substitute motherhood. However, these recollections of that era also shed critical light on an approach to leprosy care that was premised on hierarchy, strictly enforced segregation from the wider community and pronounced paternalism towards all those who came under the nuns’ rule of care.     

俄国政教关系的历史嬗变

政教关系即指国家政权同教会之间的关系。俄罗斯从拜占庭接受基督教以后,基督教作为一种文化现象一直伴随着整个俄罗斯社会历史发展的进程。教权与皇权之间的关系在不同时期也经历着不同的变化,政教关系的问题一直是国家与教会所关心的问题,但总体上保持着政教合一的局面。由于俄国的地缘政治,必然要求内部思想的高度统一,要求政教合一的一元化政治,但它对东正教自身的发展有着消极的影响。     

萧乾小说的诗性与基督教文化

萧乾小说具有明显的诗性特征.萧乾小说独特的人性视角和善恶并存的生命意识,给小说带来了既忧郁又悲壮的诗化情调.萧乾小说在反基督教的表层叙事结构下隐含着从伦理价值建构方面向基督教文化寻求文化资源的价值取向.基督教文化和<圣经>文学,带给萧乾小说抒情方式间接性、暗示性的形式美感.     

Ethno-religious groups work values and ethics: the case of Jews,Muslims and Christians in Israel

This study examines and compares, for the first time, the MOW (Meaning of Work) among Jews and Arabs (Muslims and Christians) in Israel and attempts to explain the similarities and the differences in work ethics among these ethno-religious groups. The MOW questionnaire was conducted on 898 Jewish, 215 Muslim and 103 Christian respondents who were currently working. The MOW dimensions were: economic orientation, entitlement norms, obligation norms, interpersonal relations orientation, intrinsic orientation and work centrality. The findings reveal significant differences in most of the MOW dimensions between the three religious groups. Overall, demographic factors partially explain the MOW differences. The MOW differences among the three groups can be explained mainly by cultural differences. Since there is mass Arab (Muslims and Christians) immigration from the Middle East to Europe this study provides a better understanding of their perceptions about work and their work values and ethics. The applications of the findings for organizations are discussed.