谈基督教圣乐的中国化

我国已经进入中国特色社会主义新时代,也开启了中国特色社会主义新风尚。中国基督教在这新时代要一展宏图,就必须与新时代相互辉映,必须坚持基督教中国化方向。基督教中国化包括中国教会牧养实践、文化实践、社会实践和价值实践,而基督教中国化的一个重要内容就是基督教圣乐中国化。     

“基督教中国化”是三自爱国运动长期的担当

\"基督教中国化\"是当前基督教的工作方向,它不仅要求基督教在政治上与党和国家同向同行,而且教会生活要与社会主义社会相适应,在神学思想上要融合中国文化,使教会真正生根于中华民族土壤,从\"基督教在中国\"变成名副其实的\"中国基督教\"。这是中国教会和信徒自己的事,我们理当是推进它的主体。     

专家学者探讨“基督教中国化”

3月31日至4月1日,"基督教中国化研究"专家座谈会在北京举行。座谈会由北京大学宗教文化研究院与中国社会科学院基督教研究中心共同举办,来自社会科学院、北京大学、中央社会主义学院等大学或研究机构的20余位专家学者,以及中共中央统战部和国家宗教事务局的部分领导参加了座谈会。与会专家学者充分肯定"基督教中国化研究"是一项具有重大理论价值和现实意义的课题,在研讨过程中可能会存在诸多困难与阻力,需要政界、教界、学界通力合作。下面是几位主要发言者的发言概要,供读者参考。     

基督教中国化的建设性

<正>我们所致力的基督教中国化研究是要面向未来的,是富有建设性的,也就是要有助于克服中国基督教所面临的主要难题,推动基督教积极融入中国文化、中华民族,尤其是当代中国社会,以使其广大信众与全国人民一道共创中华民族的美好未来。1.基督教中国化可为构建文明对话神学奉献中国智慧要让基督教成为中国的,首先必须探索有中国特色的神学思想体系。那么,在当今中国社会致力于妥善处理宗教关系,呼唤宗教界人士和信教群众为社会和谐、文化繁荣做出贡献的良好氛围     

现实认知:当前基督教“中国化”的社会处境

基督教从其纯正信仰的立场,好似主张不卷入政治,但仍明确表示顺服政府、服从在上的政治权威,同时主张政教分离。然而在现实社会中,脱离政治处境的抽象'政教分离'基本上不曾存在。从基督教的历史发展来看,早期基督教会遭受罗马帝国的打压,没能躲开政治;罗马帝国后期基督教成为国教,进入了政治中心;此后中世纪的教宗国更是政教合一。马丁·路德推动欧洲宗教改革运动后,西方政教关系随之出现变化,有过'教随国定'现象.     

基督教中国化的文化途径

中国基督教三自爱国运动已经走过了70多年的历程,70多年来,中国教会通过自治、自养、自传,在基督教中国化的进程中,已经取得了丰硕的成果,但时隐时现的洋教身份还没有完全消除.中国教会要在这块古老的土地上健康发展,就必须要有植根于本土文化的神学;要实现这个目标,就必须重视文化上的融入与结合,这是中国教会必须承担的任务.因此...     

山东省基督教两会深入推进基督教中国化的不懈探索北大核心

近年来,山东省基督教两会不断增强坚持我国宗教中国化方向的自觉性和主动性,以日日做功的毅力和久久为功的定力,不懈探索、积极作为,努力引导山东基督教更好与社会主义社会相适应,与中国特色社会主义新时代相适应。     

基督教“中国化”问题的政治意义北大核心CSSCISSCI

近些年来,中国社会包括基督教界对于基督教“中国化”问题有很多讨论,而海外华人教会及国际上关注中国问题的相关人士亦多有评论。在复杂、多元的评议及交谈中,其观点大致分为理解、赞成这种“中国化”的努力,以及否定、抵制“中国化”的主张和实践的对立态度,这两种趋势目前都有扩大的迹象。     

基督教中国化的建设性北大核心CSSCISSCI

我们所致力的基督教中国化研究是要面向未来的,是富有建设性的,也就是要有助于克服中国基督教所面临的主要难题,推动基督教积极融入中国文化、中华民族,尤其是当代中国社会,以使其广大信众与全国人民一道共创中华民族的美好未来。     

从佛教的中国化看基督教在中国的发展

从印度佛教的中国化与中国化佛教的向世界传播,来讨论宗教的普世性与地方化,对于在全球化时代的今天讨论基督教在中国的发展,是十分有意义的。本文即以印度佛教的中国化为视点,重点探讨了三个方面的问题:(1)从外来宗教与本土文化相碰撞所引发的各种问题中来回顾佛教的中国化历程及其在中国的广泛传播与发展。(2)探讨中国化的佛教如何既坚持佛教的基本信仰与教义,又与中国传统文化相融合,表现出了中国的特色,从而获得了在中土的成功传播与发展。(3)探讨基督教的普世化与本土化问题,认为基督教在中国的传播发展过程中,必须进一步处理好与中国社会文化的关系,特别是与社会主义社会相适应。     

Christianity and the Shadow Side of Human Experience

Pastoral Psychology - In Jungian theory, every human being, including the Christian believer, has a shadow side to his or her personality. The shadow, then, like it or not, is a part of our common...     

基督宗教、马克思主义和"历史终结"--以解放神学为例串起的历史分析

本文以解放神学为例考察了基督宗教与马克思主义的内在关联性,对中国基督宗教的处境化作了初步的分析。     

Challenging Christianity: Leo Tolstoy and religious education

The religious thought of Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy is a well documented but often overlooked example of unorthodox Christianity. This paper uses the example of Tolstoy’s religious thinking to question the integrity of the current representation of Christianity in UK schools. It also uses Tolstoy’s criticism of orthodox Christianity to suggest a possible consequence of the existing depiction of Christianity on students’ understanding and attitudes.     

Race,Caste, and Christianity

Race and caste are two important historical and social categories that had a significant role during the European colonial period and in the colonies. Christian missionary activities during the colonial period often colluded with the colonial institutions in perpetuating certain accepted worldviews that benefited the colonial authorities. The central argument of this paper is to highlight the impact of a racialized worldview that was prevalent among European colonial powers, its transmission to the colonial context, and its continuing social legacy within Christianity. This paper, through a post-colonial analysis of British mission history and its work in a South Asian context, raises some pertinent questions regarding the tacit role of race and caste in the Christianizing mission. It also argues the need for careful post-colonial analysis of mission practices to challenge reactivation of entrenched structures of discrimination and prejudice.     

Some Current Trends of Christianity in Africa

This article examines three trends in current African Christianity. Its denominational fragmentation is currently marked by the coexistence of three major groups: the “churches that emerged from the apostolic process of Christian antiquity”; the “churches born from Western missionary processes”; and the “African revivalists” (African initiated churches and African Pentecostal churches). The African revivalists are characterized by doctrinal and institutional creativity that largely draws on Africa's historical trajectory, with its challenges of a sociocultural, identity, and economic nature. This “fragmented African Christianity” inevitably has a diverse view of African cultures, ranging from a positive viewpoint on one end of the scale and radical rejection on the other, and including various patterns of taking over Christian heritage with the goal of giving new value to the formally scorned African identity. This diversity of attitudes in turn prompts overall judgments on Christianity in Africa, which range from praise to suspicion regarding the pertinence of this religion on the continent. This complex shape of current African Christianity is not an obstacle to the Ad Gentes mission, whose current dynamism is increasingly marked by the phenomenon of African emigration. All of this represents a great challenge for ecumenism, because a trend toward a “religion market” is taking the lead over collaboration and search for Christian unity. This is why it is important to recognize the quality of this African missionary Christianity, whose fragmentation is quite original.     

The Founding of Christianity Today Magazine and the Construction of An American Evangelical Identity

The emergence of modern American evangelicalism parallels the rise and development of Christianity Today magazine, a publication that has moved from a position of advocacy for a group of marginalized neo-fundamentalists to a well-established media system with a large evangelical constituency. This paper considers Christianity Today as both an ideological tool and a journalistic enterprise and examines the magazine's role during its founding era, under the editorial leadership of Carl F. H. Henry, in the ascendancy of evangelicalism as a social movement.     

新编中国基督教通史的几点看法

从20世纪90年代以来,笔者所见国内外发表的论述有关中国基督教史研究状况的文章有10多篇①。这些文章对笔者写作本文多有启发,如比利时钟鸣旦教授撰写的《基督教在华传播史研究的新趋势》,旨在以近年来重要的范式变换为出发点,分梳剖析基督教在华传播史研究领域内新近出现的一些趋势;香港建道神学院邢福增博士撰写的《近代中国基督教史的研究趋向——以美国及台湾为例》一文,从较宏观的角度回顾并评检美国及中国台湾地区在近代中国基督教史方面的研究范式转换和趋向,提出了建立“中国基督教史学统”的观点。不过,这些文章虽然也涉及如何编撰中国基督教通史的问题,但并非从多角度专门论述编撰规范问题。本文在参考相关论述的基础上,经过认真考虑,提出从指导思想、研究方法、体裁与体例、内容与分期、文献资料、语言及翻译问题、编写队伍等7个方面思考编撰中国基督教通史的规范问题的建议,以期引起进一步讨论。     

Reliability and Validity of a French Translation of a Short Scale of Attitude Toward Christianity

The reliability and validity of a French translation of the 7-item short form of the Francis Scale of Attitude toward Christianity was examined among a sample of 462 female French university students. Analysis supports the reliability and validity of the scale and commends it for further use among French speaking samples.