陕西省道教界举办首届“玄门讲经”活动

为推动陕西省道教健康发展,提高道教教职人员整体素质,陕西省道教首届"玄门讲经"活动,于2010年11月25日在华山玉泉院举行。该活动由陕西省道教协会主办、省社科院道教研究中心协办、华山道教协会承办,其活动主题为"和谐生态、道德心灵"。     

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正闵智亭大师羽化十周年纪念活动在西安举行2月26日,由西安市道教协会主办、西安市万寿八仙宫承办的"闵智亭大师羽化十周年纪念活动暨《君子如兰——闵智亭大师书画选集》出版首发式"在西安举行。本次活动由陕西省道教协会指导、陕西省社会科学院道学研究中心协办。中央统战部二局副局长     

第四次“道教思想与中国社会发展进步”研讨会暨第八届道教音乐汇演在南昌举办

11月15日至16日,第四次"道教思想与中国社会发展进步"研讨会暨"天籁仙韵颂和谐"第八届道教音乐汇演在江西南昌隆重举行.此次活动由中国道教协会主办,江西省道教协会协办,南昌万寿宫和西山万寿宫承办.     

首届全国创建和谐寺观教堂先进集体巡视之西安八仙宫

西安八仙宫坐落于陕西省西安市东关长乐坊,始建于宋代。1983年,西安八仙宫被国务院批准为全国重点道教宫观。2010年12月29日,在首届全国创建和谐寺观     

澳门道教协会举办2009道教文化周活动

应澳门道教协会邀请,中国道教协会黄至安副会长率团于2009年11月26日至30日,参加了"澳门道教文化周"活动,随同参加活动的还有我会副秘书长张立光,北京白云观经乐团等二十多人."文化周"期间,举行了庆祝新中国成立六十周年及澳门回归十周年"金箓大醮"科仪,澳门道教协会新址落成仪式及新址神像开光科仪,以及道乐演示,道教养生、武术表演,澳门道教科仪音乐展览等.     

陕西志丹县发现道教真身彩绘泥塑像

新华网西安1月26日专电(记者冯国):陕西省志丹县2004年末在马头山上发现一尊道教真身泥塑。专家近来深入研究发现,这尊真身泥塑制作年代     

文化艺术

正道教在东盟各国的传播高峰论坛在长沙举行3月10日,道教在东盟各国的传播高峰论坛在长沙举行。本次活动由湖南省东盟文化研究与交流中心、中南大学宗教研究中心主办,湖南省道教协会协办。议题为道教(含民间信仰)在东南亚传播的历史与现状、道教(含民间信仰)与东盟文化的     

文明互鉴 道衍西北 首届西北道教论坛在西安隆重举行

正12月11日至12日,以"文明互鉴·道衍西北——西北道教与一带一路建设"为主题的首届西北道教论坛在陕西省西安市隆重举行。本次论坛由陕西省道教协会主办,甘肃、宁夏、青海省(区)道教协会,陕西省社会科学院道学研究中心协办,西安市万寿八仙宫承办。论坛旨在挖掘整合西北地区道教文化资源,促进西北地区道教交流合作,在服务国家"一带一路"建设中发挥积极作用。共有来自国家宗教局、中央社会主义学院,以及陕西省、西安市相关领导,全国各地的高道大德、专家学者近300多人参加论坛。     

海峡两岸道教文化交流系列活动在西安举行

2004年10月29日至11月3日,海峡两岸纪念老子楼观授经祈祷法会、楼观台修复奠基仪式暨学术报告会、大陵山祭拜老子墓及临潼明圣宫开光庆典活动在陕西西安举行。参加本次活动的有全国人大常委、中国道协副会长张继禹道长,中国道协副会长、陕西省道协会长任法融道长、台湾中华道教总会秘书长张柽先生以及新加坡、马来西亚、韩国、日本等国家的嘉宾及国内道教界人士300多人,国家宗教局外事司司长郭伟女士一行应邀出席了本次活动。陕西省人大副主任陈再生、省人大秘书长岳松华同志会见了张柽先生一行。省人大陈再生副主任和省政府原副省长徐山林…     

"道教的经典与义理"学术研讨会综述

由中国社会科学院道家与道教文化研究中心主办、浙江金华赤松黄大仙宫承办的"道教的经典与义理"学术研讨会,于2010年4月23-26日在浙江金华顺利召开.来自中国社会科学院、北京师范大学、华东师范大学、陕西省社会科学院、山东师范大学、浙江师范大学、深圳大学等高校和科研机构的专家学者,以及北京、浙江、江苏、吉林、广东、台北等地道教协会的道长,共计50余位学术界和道教界人士参加了会议.与会专家学者和道教界人士展开了热烈而深入的研讨.     

中文语境下的“心理”和“心理学”

“心”或“心理”等词语在汉语中有相当长的历史,对这些词语的理解反映了中国人关于“心理”的认识。中文的“心”往往不是指一种身体器官而是指人的思想、意念、情感、性情等,故“心理学”这三个汉字有极大的包容性。任何学科都摆脱不了社会文化的作用,中国心理学亦曾受到意识形态、科学主义和大众常识等方面的影响。近年中国学者对心理学自身的问题进行了反思。从某种意义上说,中国人对“心理”和“心理学”的理解或许有助于心理学的整合,并与其他国家的心理学一道发展出真正的人类心理学     

"鬼月"话"鬼"

每年阴历的七月,人们俗称“鬼月”,民间至今还流传“七月半,鬼乱窜”的迷信谚语。而七月十五的“中元节”,传言更为离奇,据说这天鬼魂全出,人们不可乱走,更忌出远门。倘若碰到鬼魂一年都将不吉利。鬼从何来?其实心理学家早就指出:一般来源于客观事物的突然出现,但却没有直接作用于人的感觉器官,而是头脑中所     

"Near" and "far" in language and perception.

A major interest in cognitive science is the relationship between linguistic and perceptual representations of space. One approach to exploring this relationship has been to investigate aspects of the linguistic encoding of space that correspond closely to aspects of the visual system. Another approach, which does not contradict the first but rather complements it, is to investigate ways in which linguistic and visual representations of space are different. This paper pursues the second approach by arguing that the distinction between proximal and distal demonstratives (e.g. this vs. that, here vs. there) does not correspond to an independently established distinction between near and far space in the visual system but is instead based on language-internal factors. Recent neuropsychological and neurophysiological studies suggest that the brain contains separate mechanisms for representing, on the one hand, near or peripersonal space which extends roughly to the perimeter of arm's reach and, on the other hand, far or extrapersonal space which expands outward from that boundary. In addition, crosslinguistic research suggests that it is very common for languages to have two basic types of demonstrative terms - proximal and distal. This parallelism raises the possibility that the linguistic distinction may derive from the perceptual distinction. However, several arguments support the contrary view that the two distinctions are independent of one another. A substantial proportion of languages in the world have demonstrative systems that divide space into three or more egocentrically-grounded regions, thereby violating the two-way perceptual contrast. Even more importantly, empirical studies of how demonstratives are used in ongoing discourse in different languages suggest that they do not encode quantitative spatial information such as within vs. beyond arm's reach; instead, they specify abstract semantic notions that, when combined with the unique pragmatic features of communicative contexts, allow speakers to make a virtually unlimited range of spatial distance contrasts. Thus, demonstratives constitute an interesting case of divergence between linguistic and perceptual representations of space.     

Irrelevant differences in the "same"--"different" task

This article examines the effects of irrelevant information on the multidimensional "same"--"different" task. Subjects were instructed to compare two geometric figures with respect to certain attributes but to ignore other attributes in making the "same"--"different" decision. The irrelevant attributes were chosen in such a way that they could not easily be ignored to see how the existence of irrelevant differences would affect the comparison process. As expected, the overall latencies were longer than is usually found in tasks with no irrelevant differences. However, the nature of the comparison process appeared unchanged. The usual finding of a "fast-same" phenomenon persisted even when irrelevant information was present. The similarity of the results in this task to results in the "same"--"different" task with no irrelevant features supports the idea that the same comparison mechanism is used whether or not irrelevant differences are present in the stimulus pairs. The results suggest a more general-purpose comparison mechanism than is usually included in models of this task. Two-process models of visual comparisons are thus ruled out entirely. A modified version of Krueger's noisy-operator theory does appear consistent with the results.     

"Brainwashing" Theories in European Parliamentary and Administrative Reports on "Cults" and "Sects"

This study examines the recent rash of official reports done by governmental agencies in Western Europe to guide policy development in those societies. Particular attention is given to reports in France, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Sweden, and Italy, and to the changes in such reports that have occurred, perhaps because of the influence of scholarly critiques offered for some of the earlier reports. The reports are divided into "Type I" and "Type II" reports, with the former being thorough-going in their anti-cult orientation, and the latter reports being more moderate in tone, with some attention paid to scholarship on new religions. However, the major thesis of the study is supported, as an examination of both types of reports reveals that they incorporate "brainwashing" and "mind control" imagery imported from the United States, even though such theories have been largely discounted within the United States. Use of such theories leads directly to some questionable policy recommendations, as demonstrated in the reports. Reasons for the spread of "brainwashing" ideas to Europe are discussed.