公民宗教：对现代宗教社会如何确立政治信仰的新思考

公民宗教是在政教分离的情况下,借助于宗教的形式来为社会确立共同的政治信仰。它并不是一种纯粹的宗教形式,而是借助宗教感情来维护政治上的团结。美国的公民宗教为我们提供了在政教分离的情况下,利用宗教的政治功能来服务于社会政治生活的“范例”。公民宗教对改善我国宗教与政治的关系,在宗教界进行以爱国主义和公民教育为主题的政治信仰也具有积极的现实意义。

Civil Religion: A New Consideration on How to Establish Political Conviction in the Modern Religious Society

Under the condition of separation of religion from politics,civil religion sets up common political conviction for the society with the aid of religious form.It is not a kind of sheer religious form,but to maintain political solidarity with the aid of religious feelings.The American civil religion provides us with an example that under the condition of separation of religion from politics,it serves the political life in the society by virtue of the political function of religion.On improving the relation between religion and politics,civil religion exerts great significance in carrying out the education of political conviction focusing on the theme of the patriotism and civil education.