宗教与心理健康关系的研究综述

近年来,国外学者对宗教与心理健康关系进行了大量的研究.宗教总体上与更健康的心理,更多的幸福感,更低的抑郁、焦虑水平以及更低的自杀率有关.生命意义感、健康行为和社会支持很可能是影响宗教与心理健康关系的中间因素.在分析这一领域研究存在的问题的基础上,对在国内开展相关研究进行展望.     

浅谈宗教工作与反宗教渗透

宗教是一种具有历史延续性的传统文化模式和具有现实渗透力的社会意识形态.因此,各种政治势力都可以借助宗教把自己的思想意识和文化价值理念传播出去,在更大范围内发生影响.     

浅谈艺术与宗教

宗教与艺术是一个相互不可分离的混合体。宗教艺术的特点使这一类艺术不但具备宗教文化的内涵,而且具有很高的审美价值,是赋予浓郁色彩的精神内涵的艺术形式。部分人认为原始人对宗教的信仰与崇拜,是原始艺术产生和发展的直接原因。     

浅谈宗教与文学

社会存在和经济基础才是宗教最深刻的本质和秘密所在。文学是一种社会现象．其本质是主观和客观的统一。宗教与文学同属社会的上层建筑，都是社会意识形态。二者之间有着密切的关系。宗教的许多活动离不开文学．需要利用文学作为表现形式。宗教作为社会生活的组成部分，对文学的发展有着广泛而深刻的影响。宗教在历史上也起过阻碍文学发展的作用。文学为宗教的生存和发展提供了许多方便条件，但文学终究是人类现实生活的反映，而不像宗教是对现实世界的虚幻的反映。因此，文学同宗教的对立与斗争是不可避免的。     

浅谈宗教与迷信的区别

宗教是一种世界观,各种宗教都有自己成文的教义,教规和规范化的宗教活动仪式,有自己的正式宗教组织,如基督教是信奉上帝,以《圣经》为经典,信奉的教义是创世说,原罪与救赎说,天堂与地狱,有自己的特定的宗教仪式,宗教节日和宗教组织。佛教、伊斯兰教,道教,虽情况不一也有各自的宗教组织,经典、教义,宗教活动仪式和宗教节日。正当的宗教活动都必须是爱国守法的,并得到政府部门     

浅谈汉代宗教印

汉代是中国印章艺术发展史上的高峰期,宗教印是其中重要的组成部分。汉代宗教印因材质、章法而别具意味。     

浅谈书法学习与青少年心理健康

<正>多年来,我一直在思考书法的传承问题。在20世纪80年代,很多人在争议汉字书写的必要性,因为当时很多人觉得电脑键盘输入文字既轻松又方便,何苦花费大量的时间去学习书法,甚至有人提出“无纸化课堂”这样科幻般的畅想,硬笔书写汉字的教学尚且面临挑战,更遑论毛笔书法了。有远见的专家提出书法是中华优秀传统文化,我们有责任继承与发扬,但这只是告诫下一代要有使命感与社会责任感,在以升学为主要目标的教育环境中,这只是一种理想罢了。我曾经找有代表性的学生群体做过问卷调查,是选择练一手好字,     

浅谈网络游戏与青少年的心理健康

<正>近几年来网络沉迷屡屡成为大众的关注焦点:各大社交网站上的小游戏风靡办公室,大型网络游戏更是牢牢抓住了大批网民的心。暑假中,就连不少小学生每天也在"摩尔庄园"等类似的社交网站中花费大量的时间,和白领们如出一辙。更有个别的中学生一到周末和假期,就每天准时地从早上八九点开始上网一直玩到晚上睡觉为止。     

宗教问题与宗教立法

随着党的十三大精神的贯彻,党政职能逐步分开,一些原来由党委承担的民族、宗教事务工作,将转由政府机构更多地管理。由于改革开放的深化和发展,政府系统中涉及到的民族、宗教事务也将愈来愈多地从爱国统一战线的角度涌现出来,而处理这类问题的法律依据,除了《民族区域自治法》外,对于宗教方面     

儒学与宗教——浅谈儒学与宗教在中西方人生活中的影响

儒学和宗教都是人们在历史中创造的精神财富,只是各自在不同的文化视野中发挥着不同的作用而已。可何以中国人选择了儒学而没有选择宗教呢,这就需要我们在与宗教的比较中去理解这种文化现象了。     

Effects of Religion and Faith on Mental Health

Religion and Mental Health have been found to be linked to several studies which seem to suggest that religion is an important way to have a meaning and purpose in life as well as a sense of well-being. Moreover, religious experiences have often coexisted with positive mental health. This article tries to summarize some of the most important factors that were found to correlate with Religion/Spirituality (R/S/) and which are basic components in the notion of ‘Mental Health’.     

Religion,Guilt, and Mental Health

This article reviews the constructs of religion, guilt, and mental health and explores relationships between these constructs as they pertain to the counseling profession. General therapeutic approaches are identified and summarized for counseling practice.     

Religion and Health: Anxiety,Religiosity, Meaning of Life and Mental Health

We examined the association among anxiety, religiosity, meaning of life and mental health in a nonclinical sample from a Chinese society. Four hundred fifty-one Taiwanese adults (150 males and 300 females) ranging in age from 17 to 73 years (M = 28.9, SD = 11.53) completed measures of Beck Anxiety Inventory, Medical Outcomes Study Health Survey, Perceived Stress Scale, Social Support Scale, and Personal Religiosity Scale (measuring religiosity and meaning of life). Meaning of life has a significant negative correlation with anxiety and a significant positive correlation with mental health and religiosity; however, religiosity does not correlate significantly anxiety and mental health after controlling for demographic measures, social support and physical health. Anxiety explains unique variance in mental health above meaning of life. Meaning of life was found to partially mediate the relationship between anxiety and mental health. These findings suggest that benefits of meaning of life for mental health can be at least partially accounted for by the effects of underlying anxiety.     

Mental Health, Depression, and Dimensions of Spirituality and Religion

The author explores the relationship between spirituality and religion and human growth and development, specifically examining emotional well-being during adulthood. Dimensions of spirituality to be explored are meaning in life, a transcendent purpose, intrinsic values, and spiritual community. The argument is made that spirituality is related to emotional well-being during adulthood. Implications for further research and relevant information for counselors, psychologists, and educators are included.     

The Role of Religion and Spirituality in Mental and Physical Health

An increased interest in the effects of religion and spirituality on health is apparent in the psychological and medical literature. Although religion in particular was thought, in the past, to have a predominantly negative influence on health, recent research suggests this relationship is more complex. This article reviews the literature on the impact of religion and spirituality on physical and mental health, concluding that the influence is largely beneficial. Mechanisms for the positive effect of religion and spirituality are proposed.     

Religion,Evolution, and Mental Health: Attachment Theory and ETAS Theory

This article reviews the historical origins of Attachment Theory and Evolutionary Threat Assessment Systems Theory (ETAS Theory), their evolutionary basis and their application in research on religion and mental health. Attachment Theory has been most commonly applied to religion and mental health in research on God as an attachment figure, which has shown that secure attachment to God is positively associated with psychological well-being. Its broader application to religion and mental health is comprehensively discussed by Kirkpatrick (2005). ETAS Theory explains why certain religious beliefs—including beliefs about God and life-after-death—should have an adverse association, an advantageous association, or no association at all with mental health. Moreover, it makes specific predictions to this effect, which have been confirmed, in part. The authors advocate the application of ETAS Theory in research on religion and mental health because it explains how religious and other beliefs related to the dangerousness of the world can directly affect psychiatric symptoms through their affects on specific brain structures.     

Religion,Health, and the Psychology of Religion: How the Research on Religion and Health Helps Us Understand Religion

An increasing replication of studies find a correlation between religious belief and practice and mental and physical health and longevity. This paper discusses some of the implications of this research for the ways in which religion might understood psychologically. Most interpretations of this data focus on the presence of one or more mediating variables. This paper argues that the presence of these mediating factors helps us understand more precisely some of the ways in which religion actually does impact on human life and in what the psychological uniqueness of religion actually consists.