1930年代初北京穆斯林与基督教传教士关于伊斯兰教和平本质的争论

1920年代后期和1930年代初期,中国回族穆斯林学者在多种出版物中提出伊斯兰教和平本质的言说,受到基督教传教士、著名中国伊斯兰教研究者梅益盛(Isaac Mason)的批评,双方发生争辩。本文分析当时回族所处的中国社会环境,指出这场回耶冲突折射出辛亥革命后回族穆斯林在中国现代国家建设过程中对回族自身民族建设的新诉求:即不仅仅要被承认是多民族国家的爱国的公民,积极主动强调自己的国家认同,而且希望改变主流社会对其信仰的漠视、忽视和错识,希望被承认为是一个和平的宗教的信仰者。他们所借助的外来的关于伊斯兰教和平本质的言说,正是他们找到的构建中国回族伊斯兰民族-宗教面貌的有效途径之一。     

传承与变迁:《穆斯林世界》百十年透视

本文以时间为线索,将《穆斯林世界》季刊划分为福音传播期、思想转型期、宗教对话期和学术研究期,分别梳理和分析了每个阶段的主编、副主编、办刊宗旨及特点。文章认为作为一份拥有110年历史传承的季刊,《穆斯林世界》本身具有连续性,同时创传人对伊斯兰教和穆斯林的基本看法仍然有相当广泛的舆论和思想基础,最大变化是从最初穆斯林福音传教向伊斯兰教研究及基督徒与穆斯林对话的趋势发展,反映了美国百余年来伊斯兰教学术研究的变迁。     

试从民国时期穆斯林新文化运动看文明对话的意义

在民国时期穆斯林新文化运动中,穆斯林学者对中国传统文化与伊斯兰文化做了深入的分析与对比,并对它们之间的关系问题作了深刻的反思,促进了中国传统文化与伊斯兰文化的互相交流与相互理解。民国时期穆斯林学者们的探索历程是一种积极的文明对话行为,有着很强的文化自觉意识。他们的这种文化认知行为和理论解释范式不仅是时代背景下文化多元意识的需要,而且也是推动跨文明对话的精神动力和有效途径。     

西藏穆斯林与清真寺的若干史料

在中国回族史及伊斯兰教史的研究中,西藏穆斯林与清真寺的研究是最薄弱的。马以愚、傅统先及其他中外学者所著中国伊斯兰教史的专著均未言及西藏的穆斯林与清真寺。前些年出版的《回族简史》亦不言西藏的回族。当然,西藏穆斯林与清真寺史的研究是极为困难的,因为有关资料及文献极为零散;另外,有些史料今日看来,也不适用。     

倡导对话 共生和谐——“文明的交融:第二届伊斯兰教与基督教对话”学术研讨会综述北大核心CSSCISSCI

2010年10月21日至23日,由中国社会科学院世界宗教研究所、宁夏社会科学院回族伊斯兰教研究所、建道神学院基督教与中国文化研究中心三方共同主办的“文明的交融：第二届伊斯兰教与基督教对话”学术研讨会在北京召开。     

伊斯兰教的新兴宗教运动——赛莱菲耶

"赛莱菲耶"源于阿拉伯文al—Salafiyyah一词,意为"纯洁的先辈",劝诫穆斯林回到伊斯兰教的原典中,严守先知穆罕默德时代、再传弟子时代及三传弟子时代的伊斯兰教。近年来,西方和穆斯林世界的学者,一起合作对赛莱菲耶及其全球发展进行客观研究并出版研究论著《全球赛莱菲耶——伊斯兰教的新兴宗教运动》A。本文是对该书导言前半部分的编译,主要阐述赛莱菲耶的思想、特点,它在实践中的延展性和歧义性,以及赛莱菲耶的认同建构能力。     

延安时期的回族与伊斯兰教工作——纪念《回回民族问题》发表70周年北大核心CSSCISSCI

本文回顾了党在延安时期的回族和伊斯兰教工作,分析了《回回民族问题》一书的立场、观点,并就伊斯兰教与回族等问题进行了论述。     

《古兰经》翻译及其律例演变

在穆斯林看来,《古兰经》是神圣的天启经典,是伊斯兰教的信仰、礼仪、教义学思想和伦理道德的理论基础。"它在穆斯林的世俗生活和宗教生活中,具有神圣地位。"正如美国学者希提在《阿拉伯通史》中说:"《古兰经》是伊斯兰教的基础,是一切精神问题和伦理问题的根据,故《古兰经》具有重大的宗教影响……"正是由于《古兰经》的神圣性,穆斯林学者都以一种敬畏的心态慎重地对待它。     

关于新疆伊斯兰教中国化的若干思考

正在"一带一路"文明交流、互鉴的过程中,文明对话的作用不言而喻。新疆作为"一带一路"的核心区,在国际经济文化交流中有着得天独厚的优势,其独特的伊斯兰文化可与周边国家和地区的穆斯林群体进行宗教对话和文明交流。在这一过程中,新疆伊斯兰教必须坚持中国化方向,树立起中国伊斯兰教文化的自信,保持中国     

简析《古兰经》注释学的学术规范北大核心CSSCISSCI

《古兰经》注释学作为阿拉伯-伊斯兰文化体系最早形成的学科,在揭示《古兰经》经义经旨,推动伊斯兰教历史进程,构建和完善阿拉伯-伊斯兰文化体系,引导穆斯林社会发展,规范穆斯林生活,促使阿拉伯-伊斯兰文明与其它文明交流互动中,发挥了无可替代的作用。鉴于此,注释《古兰经》历来受到阿拉伯-伊斯兰文化学术界的重视,并根据经训教义教法和注释学科的总体要求,制定了注释学的学术要求、原则和修养,有效保障了历代穆斯林"信经而不僵经,释经而不越经"。     

Unity,ontology, and the divine mind

International Journal for Philosophy of Religion - In his landmark book on philosophical theology, Saving God: Religion After Idolatry, Mark Johnston develops a panentheistic metaphysic of the...     

Concluding Dialogue: Challenging the Past, Grasping the Future

Abstract. A dialogue between the outgoing and incoming directors of the Zygon Center for Religion and Science took place as part of the inaugural symposium. In their conversation they speak of the past and present challenges and goals of the Center, outline what is foremost in their minds, and offer glimpses into what they see as the Center's priorities for future work.     

Religion and Science in America: Populism versus Elitism

Historian James Gilbert argues that the dialogue between science and religion is an important dynamic in the creation of contemporary American culture. He traces the dialogue not only in the confines of the academic world but also in popular culture. The science-religion dialogue reveals a basic tension between the material and the spiritual that helps define the core of the American psyche: fascination with material progress yet commitment to traditional religious beliefs. Gilbert's cultural narrative traces the dialogue in a unique way because of the attention given to popular renditions of science and religion in evangelical films used by the military, in televised science programs, in science-fiction literature, and at the Seattle World's Fair in 1962. Gilbert suggests that the discussion between science and religion is significant because it is part of the process of creating new cultural structures necessitated by social, scientific, and technological developments. The tensions between religiously informed commonsense science and professional science work to create new cultural forms in a democratic society. Religion and science in dialogue are part of the process of cultural creation. Dogmatism on the part of either scientists or religionists is countered by the democratic process itself.     

Challenges for Christianity and Barriers to Dialogue in World Religions

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Mutual respect and understanding between the world's religions has become increasingly necessary in a global society where peace can be tenuous. This article will concentrate on challenges for Christianity in relationship with other world religions. Can interreligious dialogue benefit from what we learn from the dialogue 1 ?1?Ian G. Barbour in his work, Religion in an Age of Science, Gifford lectures, vol. 1 (San Francisco: HarperSanFranscisco, 1990), ch. 1 proposed a fourfold “typology” for relating science and theology, each containing subtypes. One of those types, Barbour called “dialogue”—which is of interest here as the model for shaping the dialogue between world religions. In his revised edition in 1997, he made minor modifications; however, in his When Science Meets Religion, Enemies, Stranger or Partners, (San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 2000), Barbour uses the typology as the organizing structure for all his book's chapters, which is instructive for those wanting to do more reading and understand dialogue beyond what is given here. between science and theology? Yes. 2 ?2?Email from Ted Peters, Professor at Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary and the Graduate Theological Union (GTU), Program Director of the Science and Religion Course Program of the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences (CTNS); Prof, Peters proposed using a relational statement of this type. The science–theology dialogue is part of the ongoing effort to bridge 3 ?3?Ted Peters and Gaymon Bennett, eds., Bridging Science and Religion (Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2003), Foreword (Robert John Russell), ix–xii; Introduction (Gaymon Bennett), 14. the intellectual divide between the discoveries of natural science that have made our lives in the material world better, and interpretations and understandings in the various faith traditions that have given meaning and value to our living in the material world.     

Teaching the Bible and Film: Pedagogical Promises,Pitfalls, and Proposals

This article begins by recognizing the increasing use of film in Religion, Theology, and Bible courses. It contends that in many Biblical Studies (and Religious Studies and Theology) courses, students are neither taught how to view films properly, nor how to place films into constructive dialogue with biblical texts. The article argues for a specific pedagogical approach to the use of film in which students learn how to view a film closely, in its entirety, on its own terms, and in its own voice. Viewing a film in this manner by attending to its aesthetic integrity is a prerequisite for constructing a fruitful dialogue between films and biblical texts. The essay concludes with three specific examples of what this approach might look like. Two responses follow the essay; Erin Runions of Pomona College considers two additional learning goals we might consider, and Richard Ascough of Queens University at Kingston helpfully distinguishes a range of possible pedagogical goals for introducing film into the Biblical Studies classroom.     

The Heritage of Ralph Wendell Burhoe for the Dialogue between Science and Theology: A German Perspective

This paper begins with some reflections on my personal experiences with Ralph Wendell Burhoe during visits to the Chicago Center for Religion and Science. I learned to know Burhoe as an interested and kind person with enormous intellectual power. In this paper I argue that integration of different concepts was the chief focus of his thinking, expressing both an ethical and a dogmatic concern. If his theory of altruism contributes to the scientific investigations into the problem of trans-kin altruism, then his vision of a scientific theology gains credibility. Such an integration is made plausible through the interpretation of altruism in light of Christian love. In fact, Burhoe's neonaturalistic approach may be a fertile resource for the dialogue between science and theology in Germany, and serve as an exemplar of Burhoe's important impact on this dialogue in general.     

Paul Tillich's Perspectives on Ways of Relating Science and Religion

Where do Paul Tillich's views of the relationship between religion and science fit in Ian Barbour's four classifications of conflict, independence, dialogue, and integration? At different levels of analysis, he fits in all of them. In concrete religions and sciences, some conflict is evident, but religion and science can be thought of as having parallel perspectives, languages, and objectives. Tillich's method of correlation itself is a form of dialogue. His theology of nature in “Life and the Spirit” (Part 4 of his Systematic Theology) fits the integration type. His strong “Two Types of Philosophy of Religion” (in Theology of Culture) is a latent natural theology. His system of the sciences is a form of synthesis, a type of integration.     

THE CHANGING CULTURAL CONTEXT OF THE INSTITUTE ON RELIGION IN AN AGE OF SCIENCE AND ZYGON

Since Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science was founded 49 years ago and since one of its co‐publishers, the Institute on Religion in an Age of Science (IRAS), was founded 60 years ago, there have been significant developments in their various cultural contexts—in science, in religion, in culture, in academia, and in the science and religion dialogue. This article is a personal remembrance and reflection that compares the context of IRAS in 1954 when it was first organized with the context of IRAS and Zygon today. It considers the contemporary niche of IRAS in relation to the developments that have occurred over the past 60 years.     

A New Reformation for a 'Secularised' World? Retaining 'Tradition' while Accommodating 'Change': The Dialectics of the Ecumenical Movement in the Netherlands

Religion is an area of social life thought to be vulnerable to recent, rapid global change that may be encouraging individual independence from social institutions. It is seen as 'secularising', losing its authority, becoming differentiated; a 'market' of 'competing' religious 'truths'. Co-ordinating these 'truths' and encouraging their dialogue may be a way for religion to regain social influence. The paper explores these issues through analysing the Dutch ecumenical movement. Religion in the Netherlands has been diverse since the Reformation, with groups splitting to redefine belief. However, in recent years there has been greater interaction between Dutch churches, co-ordinated by the Raad van Kerken in Nederland (Dutch Council of Churches). Ecumenical dialogue is seen as a possible way for churches to accept and negotiate new developments while retaining the core of their beliefs, through providing a diversity of views, allowing a choice of 'solutions' to change which can then be negotiated 'in common'. The aim of the paper is to analyse whether (and if so, how) such revitalisation is possible and what possibilities or problems it might pose.