“动态的空”与历程哲学——宗教间创造性的相互转化的一个案例分析

本文首先分析了在耶佛对话的背景下,阿部正雄是如何向西方对话伙伴阐释佛教"空"的思想,并指出阿部诠释"空"的最大特色在于其"动态性"。接着,针对一些学者认为阿部的"空"观沿袭了中国传统佛教对"空"的阐释,本文提出了不同看法,认为阿部对"空"的诠释有其独创性。最后,通过分析怀特海的历程思想与阿部"空"的联系,指出阿部对"空"的创造性阐释受到了其宗教对话的启发,实践了"促进宗教间创造性的相互转化"的理念。     

日本当代佛教与世界宗教对话

1893年第一次世界宗教大会的召开,标志着世界宗教对话运动的肇始。不同历史时期,日本传统佛教与新佛教团体参与世界宗教对话的态度、实践方法各具特色,其理论形态也表现出了颇具时代性的思想特点。日本佛教能够以东方佛教代表的姿态活跃于世界宗教对话的舞台,既有其历史性与现实性的契机,也有缘自日本佛教自身的组织性、方法性的特质。特别是战后日本佛教学者着力探讨的诸宗教对话之理论根基及其现实发展路径等问题,对于建构具有东方宗教特色的宗教对话理论、拓展当代东西方宗教对话实践具有启发性。传统佛教团体在与西方宗教对话过程中不断阐释传统教义之现代性的做法、当代新佛教团体在对话与实践过程中倾力协作的态度、宗教领导者关切人类命运的姿态,对我国当代诸宗教的发展与和谐共建亦具有借鉴意义。     

现代社会中宗教对话的困境与希望

“宗教对话”是20世纪下半叶以来在世界宗教界最流行的口号,其主旨也与整个现代社会中“对话”思潮及发展相吻合。在现代文明的氛围中,不同政治之间的相互沟通、各种文明之间的相互调适、宗教内外的相互对话,体现为当代社会发展的主流。其目的在于,既使彼此之间不能达到“求同”和“共识”,也要力求一种最大可能的“共在”和“共存”。因此,“宗教对话”在世界现代文明仍具有浓厚宗教色彩状况下是通往文化共融、避免社会冲突、使人类真正可持续性发展的重要桥梁。它既体现出宗教信仰之本真,也反映了人类文明之睿智。 一、宗教对话面临的困…     

多信仰对话与全球责任——保罗·尼特的宗教多元论思想及其当代意义

本文论述了当代著名天主教神学家保罗·尼特的宗教多元论思想及其当代意义.主要论述了四个方面:(1)多信仰对话是否可能?(2)解放神学、信仰间合作和全球负责;(3)宗教对话模式与评价;(4)跨宗教对话标准与合作基础.尼特倡导全球负责的多信仰间对话,尽管富有理想色彩,但他的神学思想关注人类和生态苦难,推动全球诸宗教的合作和对话,促进世界和平,具有人文和积极的意义.     

宗教对话和公共空间

本文拟从已有的宗教对话理论出发,针对宗教对话背后的真理观念和对话标准进行反思,指出宗教对话面临的理论困境及其实践品质。在此基础上,作者尝试指出:宗教对话应该走出"范式"的迷思,打破对"身份"的执着,以实践为导向,坚持开放的对话理性,并在对话中相互学习、相互转化。为此,宗教对话需要进入公共空间,并与公共宗教/神学的建设结合起来,真正转化为信众或公众实践生活的灵性或道德资源。     

宗教间的对话与和谐

当今世界,对话已经成为不同国家、不同民族、不同文化、不同宗教间处理相互关系的一种重要方式。在当今世界各式各样的对话中,宗教对话无疑居于十分重要的位置。当代著名神学家、宗教哲学家、“全球伦理”和“宗教对话”的倡导者孔汉思(Hans Küng)有言:“没有宗教间的和平,就没有国家间的和平;而没有宗教间的对话,就没有宗教间的和平。”我国各宗教自古以来就有和谐与合作的优良传统,为我国社会的和谐与发展发挥了重要作用。进入新世纪,面对全球范围内日益兴起的宗教对话浪潮,我国各宗教有必要深入挖掘自身优良传统,进一步巩固和加强宗教间业已存在的和谐与合作,为推动社会繁荣发展与世界和平进步作出贡献。     

池田大作“人间论”对话思想中的东方佛学理念探源

池田大作"人间论"对话思想是具有当代日本新佛教特色的文明间对话理论。此理论的提出与其大乘佛教《法华经》信仰、日本传统佛教日莲思想、创价学会的"创价"精神三方面因素密切相关。可以说,大乘佛教的法华理念为"池田对话"提供了佛理根基,日莲佛教积极入世的实践精神为其提供了行动依据,创价学会以"人"为本的"创价"精神是其不断拓展对话的直接动因。"池田对话"的开展让创价学会作为现代佛教团体更具开放精神,池田大作提出的倡导人与人、人与自然和谐共生,宗教与社会融合发展的"人间论"现代佛学对话理论,亦具有深入探讨的理论价值与现实意义。     

宗教对话的转型与日本“公共哲学”新视阈

本文在对日本学者宗教对话理论研究成果进行梳理的基础上,分析了全球化时代诸宗教间对话向"实践模式"转型过程中发生的变化与有待破解的难题。通过援引日本学者提出的"活私开公"之公共哲学理论,进一步分析了破解转型期宗教间对话困境与难题的方法,即诸宗教在相互尊重独立性的同时,要以"活私"的态度、"开公"的姿态肩负起宗教对于人类社会的"公共性的责任",针对人类社会面临的紧迫难题,展开互助与协作。     

宗教对话的“超越”与“回归”——星川启慈宗教对话理论述要

正相对于亚洲其他国家而言,日本宗教学研究起步较早,宗教对话研究始于20世纪60年代后期。众多日本学者将欧美具有代表性的宗教对话理论介绍到日本,从多个角度进行了细致梳理。在此基础上,他们充分思考了佛教、日本神道等东方宗教特点,积极推进以佛教与天主教对话为代表的宗教对话实践,积累了大量对话理论研究的真知灼见与实践经验。星川启慈是日本宗教对话理论研究最具代表性的学者之一。作为一位无宗教信仰的宗教学者,他借鉴了日     

佛教与基督教忏悔思想之比较研究

宗教间的对话、沟通成为现代社会的一个重要议题,现代佛教和基督教间的思想对话、沟通并不是很多。而忏悔作为二者的一个核心概念,对其进行辨析,厘清"忏悔"在二者间的同异,是展开对话的关键,同时也是一次尝试。本文通过对两者"忏悔"的分析,就佛教和基督教在中国的发展,进行了理论推演。     

Together – apart: in touch in a time of separation

This paper explores the experience of working as a Jungian analyst through the various phases of the global COVID-19 pandemic, examining the importance of the physical containing space alongside the analyst’s internal mind and how technology can both help and hinder understanding. A number of clinical vignettes illustrate the challenge of communicating over a distance, paying particular attention to the way countertransference phenomena can become re-attuned. Reference is made to mythology and symbols of hope, and consideration given to the meaning and purpose of the pandemic.     

The Possibility of Meaning in Human Evolution

Science undermines the certitude of non-naturalistic answers to the question of whether human life has meaning. I explore whether evolution can provide a naturalistic basis for existential meaning. Using the work of philosopher Daniel Dennett and scientist Ursula Goodenough, I argue that evolution is the locus of the possibility of meaning because it has produced intentionality, the matrix of consciousness. I conclude that the question of the meaning of human life is an existentialist one: existential meaning is a product of the individual and collective tasks human beings undertake.     

Phenotypic plasticity and archetype: a response to common objections to the biological theory of archetype and instinct

Since Jung’s death in 1961, scholars have attempted to integrate growing biological science data into Jungian concepts such as the collective unconscious, instincts and the archetypes. This enterprise has been challenging due to persistent false dichotomies of gene and environment occasionally arising. Recent works by Roesler (2022a, 2022b) for example, have raised objections to the biological theory of archetypes, but the objections are plagued by such dichotomies. The concept of phenotypic plasticity, however, helps to both avoid this problem as well as bridge the gap between competing theories into a more integrated model with solid biological foundations.     

When is it time to stop? When good enough becomes bad enough

This article draws on Winnicott’s concept of the good enough mother to discuss how to know whether a therapeutic situation is good enough to continue or bad enough to end. This dilemma is explored in terms of clinical syndromes, such as anorexia and pathological gambling, but focuses mainly on analyst-initiated endings, which are termed the ‘Casablanca dilemma’, based on an amplification of the ending of the film Casablanca. The author goes on to discuss such one-sided endings, drawing on interviews with 40 analysts and therapists about their clinical experience. A typology of bad enough endings is presented. The psychological differences between a good enough analysis as opposed to a bad enough one are explored through the ideas of Winnicott and Neumann.     

Kann Es Ein Argument Für Den Skeptizismus Geben? Das Epistemische Problem Der Irrtumsmöglichkeit

Summary  Is there any argument for scepticism? The epistemic problem of the possibility of error. Arguments for scepticism rest on the assumption that knowledge claims are fallible. For this reason the concept of knowledge appears to be questionable. Since it is necessary to distinguish doubts from possible doubts, the arguments for scepticism appear to be unconvincing. If we take it into account that we know something that is immune to doubt, we should draw the conclusion that, contrary to scepticism, knowledge claims have to be compatible with being fallible. Thus any knowledge claim is capable of being doubted.     

The transcendent function in Spitteler’s Prometheus and Epimetheus

In August 2020, John Beebe and Steve Myers met via Zoom to discuss their differing interpretations of psychological typology and the different sources within Jung’s writings that influenced their books: Integrity in Depth: Energies and Patterns in Psychological Type (Beebe), and Myers-Briggs Typology vs Jungian Individuation (Myers). The discussion centred on Spitteler’s epic poem Prometheus und Epimetheus, which forms the basis of chapter V of Psychological Types. This is both the largest chapter and one of two chapters that Jung highlighted in the Argentine foreword as containing the essence of the book. Jung’s book is primarily about the transformation of personality rather than the categorization of people. Although it contains a critical psychology that deconstructs the nature of consciousness, that is only one half of the book and a stepping-stone to the other half, which is the reconciliation of opposites with particular emphasis on the relation of consciousness and the unconscious. Jung assumed that readers were already familiar with Prometheus und Epimetheus, an understanding of which sheds light on the nature of the transformation that Jung described – the development of a new attitude towards attitude itself.     

Chapter 6: Biblical Foundations for a Practical Theology of Aging

SUMMARY

This article reviews Biblical sources pertaining to the elderly, particularly the frail elderly. Founded on these sources, implications for elderly with Alzheimer's Disease and other forms of dementia are addressed through a personal perspective informed by writings of Christian mystics.     

Seeing in the Dark: A View into Dissociation and Healing

In this paper, I will explore the role of art-making, the experience of trauma and dissociation, and the process of working with self-states from an analytic and creative frame. Relevant literature on dissociation, trauma, and the use of art will be discussed. A case involving my work with an adolescent girl who had experienced sexual abuse from a family member will be shared, with an emphasis on the meaningful role images played during the therapeutic process. Both Jungian and psychoanalytic models of conceptualizing and working with dissociation are included, following Donald Kalsched’s (2013) recommendation for a “binocular stance” to treatment, including both a focus on the inner, intrapsychic world and the interpersonal, relational realm, and how art images both illuminated and expressed these realms. Within the therapeutic process, art images allowed the therapist a view into the client’s unconscious process, and created a meeting ground for dissociative barriers to be gradually seen, felt and known, by both therapist and client. The experience of dissociation, in images and in session, provided a reference point for myself and my client, Taylor, to develop a shared understanding and a framework for growth.