试析中国传统神学的三大宗教意识

本文认为“天人合一”、“天人并尊”的宗教哲学本体论意识、“天人感应”的宗教心理机制和“神道设教”的宗教社会制控功能意识是中国传统神学的三大宗教意识。由此形成的天地君亲师崇拜、神仙崇拜、圣贤崇拜是中国宗教的三大特色，这些崇拜形式长期制约着中国宗教的历史发展和中国人的思维方式，对政治、哲学都具有深远影响，从而成为中国宗教哲学的中心。

An Analysis of Three Major Religious Consciousnessesof the Traditional Chinese Theology

his paper .holds that the ontological consciousness of religious philosophy embo-died in the form of the fusion of the Heaven and the human being, and of the equal re-spect for the Heaven and man, the psychological mechanism of religion as interaction be-tween the Heaven and man, and the consciousness of social control of religion constitutethree major religious consciousness of the traditional Chinese Theology. The worship ofthe Heaven, the earth, the emperor, ancestors and teachers, the worship of spirit, ofsages and men of virtue as formulated by virtue of those consciousnesses are three majorfeatures of Chinese Religion. These forms of worship have dominated for a long time thehistorical development of Chinese Religion and the Chinese way of thinking, and had aprofound influence upon politics and philosophy, enjoying a central place in the religiousphilosophy of China.