把握时代脉搏 坚持与时俱进——关于道教适应社会进步要求的三点思考

江泽民主席在全国宗教工作会议上强调指出:“要积极引导宗教与社会主义社会相适应”,“支持他们努力对宗教教义作出符合社会进步要求的阐释”,这就为我们当代道教在新世纪的发展指明了方向,提出了新的要求。当今的道教,如何更好地适应社会进步要求,不仅是政府对我们的要求,而且也是我们道教自身发展的需要,更是我们道门所共同关心的重要问题。我认为:我们的道教必须要“把握时代脉搏,坚持与时俱进”,只有这样才能更好地适应社会发展进步的要求。本文就道教如何更好地适应社会进步要求这个问题,从道教教义思想、宫观管理和人才培养三个方面,…     

珍视道教文化传统——在吕祖诞辰纪念大会上的讲话

今天中国的道教要和社会主义社会相适应,也就是中国道教和中华民族的振兴和国家的兴旺发达结合,这样才能使道教在新的历史发展当中,随着中华民族的振兴达到一个新的发展高度,起到鼓舞支持中华民族走向未来的历史作用,这也是道教的发展方向。     

深刻领会积极适应--学习江总书记"三句话"的体会

道教是我国历史最悠久的传统宗教 ,一部道教发展史就是道教与社会不断协调 ,不断适应的历史。江泽民总书记早在 1993年 11月 7日 ,在全国统战工作会议的讲话中 ,关于宗教问题讲了“三句话” :“一是全面正确地贯彻执行党的宗教政策 ,二是依法加强对宗教事务的管理 ,三是积极引导宗教与社会主义社会相适应。”这“三句话”句句关联 ,环环相扣 ,层层推进 ,把宗教纳入到了社会主义社会的轨道 ;这“三句话”既是党和政府关于宗教问题的大政方针 ,同时也是我们广大宗教界人士和信教群众的指路明灯。多少年来 ,我一直将这“三句话”视为圭臬 ,铭刻…     

对道教义理规范中“积极因素”的探讨

此文从当代道教实际出发 ,围绕道教如何践行与社会主义社会相适应的课题 ,着重探讨了 :什么是辩认道教义理规范中“积极因素”的准则 ?如何利用与发扬这些有“积极”意义的因素为社会主义服务 ?作者认为 ,道教界爱国人士应本着新时代文明的要求 ,审慎研析道教义理规范 ,在政府积极引导下 ,参与国家社会主义精神文明建设 ,不忘全国各族人民前进的方向 ,作国家的好公民 ,作社会主义制度坚定的拥护者 ,“爱国爱教 ,团结进步”     

体现时代精神的适应理念

“积极引导宗教与社会主义社会相适应”这一科学 论断,为理性解决宗教现象与社会主义制度的关系问 题指明了方向,开拓了马克思主义宗教理论的新境界。 应该说“相适应”是宗教与社会主义社会长期共存、和 谐相处的客观必然的、理性的选择;而有效的促进和 引导适应,首先必须理性地选择体现历史和时代精神 的适应理念。按照宗教工作的总方针和与时俱进的时 代要求,在宗教与社会主义社会相适应方面应确立和 选择如下基本理念: 一、和而不同与求同存异 “君子和而不同”。尚中庸、喜和谐,是中华民族 …     

宗教思想为什么要与时俱进

一个国家、一个民族,或是一种思想、一种理论,要保持其蓬勃生机和持久活力,都有一个与时俱进的问题。宗教思想也不例外。在新的时空环境下,宗教思想的与时俱进,不仅是宗教自身存在与发展的内在要求,也是宗教与社会主义社会相适应的重要途径。宗教思想的与时俱进,不是指宗教信仰和基本教义的改变,而是指对宗教基本教义的阐释要顺应时代的变迁,适应社会进步的要求。近年来,我国基督教开展的神学思想建设和伊斯兰教开展的“解经”工作,就是这方面的有益探索。本期,我们约请了五大宗教的有关人士,就“宗教思想为什么要与时俱进”的问题进行笔谈,相信会让读者朋友开卷有益。     

浅谈中国天主教与社会主义社会相适应

宗教与社会主义社会相适应,已成为中国宗教界最关注的课题。我国社会的发展日新月异,新生事物不断产生,社会在不断进步,作为中国宗教如何适应社会的发展,特别在社会主义社会中,不得不为自身的生存与发展而考虑同社会适应的问题。中国天主教,从历史来讲,是外来的宗教,更要考虑同中国社会相适应的问题。天主教与社会主义社会相适应,我认为首先要了解的是自己宗教所在的社会主义社会中的痊置,及与社会主义社会政府的关系。概括一句话讲,天主教与社会主义社会相适应,就是如何处理好政教的关系,从而达到政教关系协调,社会稳定。在…     

提高道教整体素质与自身管理水平 努力同社会主义社会相适应

当前,我们伟大祖国正在建设有中国特色社会主义的历史时期。为了实现这一伟大战略目标,各个宗教都必须同社会主义社会相适应。道教是中国土生土长的宗教,根植于中华大地;道教文化是华夏民族文化的重要组成部分,是具有中国特色的宗教文化;道教是由出家全真派道士、散居正一派道士以及信教居士所组成的一个宗教整体。在中国几个宗教中占有重要地位,更需要同社会主义社会相适应。道教只有努力同社会主义社会相适应,才有利于道教自身的进步和发展;才有利于道教为社会的安定团结和经济建设作贡献。     

探究佛教伦理道德原则

近年,江泽民同志在论中国特色社会主义中强调:要“积极引导宗教与社会主义相适应”。如何才能使佛教与社会主义社会相适应呢?笔者认为,改革佛教教义和创新佛教伦理道德思想,发扬佛教伦理道德思想中优良道德原则,为社会主义事业服务,是佛教适应社     

坚持道教中国化方向 努力践行社会主义核心价值观

<正>一道教是中国本土宗教,为中华传统文化的形成、传承和发展起到了重要推动作用,对中华民族的思维方式、民族精神和生活习惯产生了重要影响。因此,道教坚持中国化方向,重点是当代中国化的问题,就是要不断与时俱进、发展创新、改革自强、充实内涵,主动适应当代社会发展,为当代中国的发展进步、为建设中国特色社会主义作出新的贡献。在道教当代中国化的进程中,社会主义核心价值观有着重要的     

From Freud to Gehrig to Rapaport to DiMaggio

Lacking the size, talent, and speed to play shortstop for the New York Yankees, I chose instead to become a psychologist/psychoanalyst. Yet, baseball and psychoanalysis share much in common. Each is played in the inner diamonds of one's mind, values the past and what is passing, and requires a strong work ethic. Both are timeless and involve an almost boring leisureliness between occasional moments of crisis. Then too, each calls for an attitude of consistency and patience and a responsibility to do one's best. From my parents and brother to my wife and son and his family, from my teachers and supervisors to my colleagues, and from Menninger to the Society for Personality Assessment (SPA), I feel deeply grateful for the partners and teammates I have and have had.     

How Not to Apply to College

Samples of letters written by college students are excerpted to demonstrate the deterioration of students' writing skills. The relative unimportance many college students and graduates attach to the art of writing letters of inquiry is emphasized. A checklist is provided to assist students in preparing letters requesting information from colleges and universities.     

From object to image to object

Images are mental representations accommodated by grammatical structures. These structures order sensori-input of information as well as provide for articulated ways of expressing motor sequences associated with images. The psychological process of perception is reflected in the development of paradigmatic structures. The psychological process of action (behavior and its mental representations) is reflected in the development of syntagmatic structures. Forming and expressing imagery requires both paradigmatic and syntagmatic structuring. The former relates to logical issues of identity of objects and to the formation of concepts. The latter relates to the solution of psycho-logical questions of causality through articulation of grammatical roles in sentences. Two issues affecting the formation of a model to account for imagery are examined: (1) The tendency to explain imagery as a result of motor sequences and to utilize performance grammar. (2) The impact of ontogenesis on social processes affecting the logical and psycho-logical concerns facing the person at different stages of development. The grammar of imagery is seen as broader than one of performance. The epistemology of imagemaking does not reflect a linear ontogenetic development which precludes attention to problems of creating the logical structures of an object.     

From Biology to Consciousness to Morality

Abstract. Social animals are provisioned with prosocial orientations that operate to transcend self‐interest. Morality, as used here, describes human versions of such orientations. We explore the evolutionary antecedents of morality in the context of emergentism, giving considerable attention to the biological traits that undergird awareness and our emergent human forms of mind. We suggest that our moral frames of mind emerge from our primate prosocial capacities, transfigured and valenced by our symbolic languages, cultures, and religions.     

Reply to Letter to the Editor

The current policy of the National Institute of Health designed to increase the participation of women and minorities is radically different from previous policies designed to protect minorities from abuses in research studies. The principal arguments to support this policy are twofold: 1) Increased representation of minorities and women in research would increase the generalizability of research data and allow for valid analyses of differences in subpopulations; and 2) being in a clinical research study is advantageous to participants regardless of the final research study results. It remains unclear whether minorities find these arguments compelling. Instead of telling minorities that participation in research is good for them, the research community should focus on understanding what minority communities want from clinical research and then tailoring the message to meet this need. Persuasive arguments to promote long-term increased representation of minorities in clinical research must come from within minority communities.