新时代邪教的特点及反邪教研究的方向

20年反邪教斗争取得了阶段性胜利,新时代邪教隐秘性更强、类宗教邪教成为主流、信息化成为邪教传播和攻击的主要手段、弱危害邪教合法化、思想领域的反邪教成为新时代的主要任务、邪教国际化问题更加严重。由此反邪教理论研究,要站在国家安全的高度为反邪教斗争政治定位,站在马克思主义无神论高度遴选反邪教方法论,站在解决新时代社会基本矛盾的高度理解反邪教斗争任务,站在科学普及的角度为反邪教斗争脱敏,让无神论者在新时代反邪教斗争中大有可为。     

反邪教是文明之举，思想界需要担当责任——纪念中国反邪教协会成立十周年

本文从历史事实和思想文化角度，分析了我国不同时期邪教思想文化的表现形态，全繁式地记录了自古以来反邪教的思想历史。重点分析了当前有可能滋生邪教的社会思想文化及舆论观点，提出思想界要警觉这些苗头，担当社会责任。     

高校反邪教工作给我们的几点思考

进入21世纪以来,我国高等学校得到了空前发展,大学教育工作,已成为我国经济社会稳定发展的一个不可忽视的重要因素。如何引导大学生沿着正确的方向发展,日益为广大专家学者所关注,并成为当前我国教育取向的一个热点。本文结合高校反邪教工作开展的实践谈点看法。一、培养合格的人才,不能不重视高校学生反邪教意识的培养20世纪90年代以来,国际格局的巨变和国内改革开放的转型变迁,邪教问题已成为我国经济社会发展所面临的巨大困扰。从根本上讲,同邪教的斗争是一场人心争夺战。高校既是现代文明思想的发源地之一,也是现代迷信滋生地之一。2004…     

现代欧美反邪教运动

本文追述了从1960年代以来的西方的,主要是美国和英国反对邪教的民间组织活动,也部分地涉及了其它欧洲国家的反邪教活动。文中思考了邪教运动在西方萌生的思想文化背景和社会条件,以及在西方政治制度和宗教观念与人权观念支配的社会中开展反邪教活动在理论上和实践上遭遇的困难。     

反邪教社区治理模式研究

随着市民社会的社区化,社区表现出治理邪教的巨大潜力。社区治理理论、差异交往理论、社会控制理论为反邪教社区治理模式提供了理论基础。从现实来看,社区治理体现了新时代"共建共治共享"的社会治理格局,社区微观治理弥补了公共权力的有限性并符合市民社会的多元化发展,社区的网格化更易于对邪教的防治。因此,反邪教工作也应依托社区治理展开。在社区治理模式下,要通过夯实社区文化基础、推进反邪教社区警务战略、重视反邪教数据治理等路径,进一步打击邪教的生存空间,实现反邪防邪工作的共建共治共享。     

科学无神论是反邪教工作的重要思想资源

本文从必要性和可能性两个方面,论述了科学无神论是反邪教工作的重要思想资源。文中认为科学无神论思想符合先进文化思想方向,是培养社会主义核心价值观的题中之义;可以对邪教受害者在思想上"挖根断源",破除鬼神迷信观念;有利于受害者建立自强不息的独立人格,培养科学理性精神和批评质疑的思维习惯。     

西北地区农村的宗教发展与邪教防治——以甘肃省X镇为例

农村是宗教传播和邪教势力活动的重要区域。文章选取甘肃省X镇作为西北地区汉族农村的代表,通过观察法和访谈法,考察其宗教信仰状况,分析当前农村反邪教工作中存在的问题。调研发现,该地区虽然宗教文化较为繁荣,但信教群众不多,佛教已然衰落,基督教发展稳中有进,邪教人员多于正统宗教信徒。基层基础建设与反邪形势不相适应是当前基层防范和处理邪教工作中存在的主要制约因素。农村地区邪教的防范与治理应当注意加强社会主义核心价值观建设,推进反邪教工作的法治化进程,加强反邪教工作的基层基础建设,充分发挥正统宗教在反邪教斗争中的作用,注重发挥各类社会团体在反邪教斗争中的作用。     

公安院校反邪教课程的设置与形式探析

邪教通常打着宗教的旗号进行反党反社会的罪恶活动,随着社会的进步,邪教也呈现出了新的特点。为了全方位地对邪教及其本质进行揭露,公安院校应该根据公安工作的实际需要,设置相应的反邪教课程。反邪教课程设置方式,可以通过区分专业,设置专业必修课、专业通识课和公共基础课等不同的课程类型。在反邪教课程的教师团队建设上,可以校内公安学、法学专家的教师团队为依托,充分利用校外反邪教专家和转化的邪教组织成员。同时,公安院校应该创新反邪教课程形式,将反邪教课程与公安学、哲学、法学课程相关联,通过知识竞赛、实践调研等方式,实现反邪教课程设置的预期目标。     

反邪教社会联防机制建设研究

邪教渗透具有隐蔽性、持续性和反复性等特征,一旦形成气候,就会对广大人民群众的生命财产安全造成无法估量的影响。本文通过对邪教渗透的主要群体、方式及特征的分析,提出反邪教社会联防机制建设的必要性,认为只有突破反邪教组织原有的"单兵"作战情形,形成跨组织、跨领域"多兵联合"作战的反邪教联盟,构建起"群防群治"的反邪教体系,才能彻底铲除邪教滋生的"土壤"。     

反邪教法理论体系及其制度建构——评刘正峰、周新国著《邪教的法律治理》

国内外不少专家对反邪教法表示了关注.欧美学者多着眼于宗教自由,聚焦于反邪教立法与宗教自由的关系,对反邪教立法多持怀疑和否定态度;国内学者对反邪教法虽多持肯定态度,但其研究多集中在邪教的社会危害、反邪教刑事立法的理解与适用,对邪教是否属于宗教、反邪教与宗教自由能否以及如何实现两全等基本理论问题缺乏深入思考,至今也没有一部讨论反邪教法理论体系与制度建构的学术专著.理论研究的不足,人们对这些基本理论问题时常感到困惑.扬州大学刘正峰、周新国教授的《邪教的法律治理》的出版发行(社会科学文献出版社2012年版),填补了这一空白.本文拟从反邪教法的理论体系与制度建构等方面,对《邪教的法律治理》作一评介.     

From Freud to Gehrig to Rapaport to DiMaggio

Lacking the size, talent, and speed to play shortstop for the New York Yankees, I chose instead to become a psychologist/psychoanalyst. Yet, baseball and psychoanalysis share much in common. Each is played in the inner diamonds of one's mind, values the past and what is passing, and requires a strong work ethic. Both are timeless and involve an almost boring leisureliness between occasional moments of crisis. Then too, each calls for an attitude of consistency and patience and a responsibility to do one's best. From my parents and brother to my wife and son and his family, from my teachers and supervisors to my colleagues, and from Menninger to the Society for Personality Assessment (SPA), I feel deeply grateful for the partners and teammates I have and have had.     

From Biology to Consciousness to Morality

Abstract. Social animals are provisioned with prosocial orientations that operate to transcend self‐interest. Morality, as used here, describes human versions of such orientations. We explore the evolutionary antecedents of morality in the context of emergentism, giving considerable attention to the biological traits that undergird awareness and our emergent human forms of mind. We suggest that our moral frames of mind emerge from our primate prosocial capacities, transfigured and valenced by our symbolic languages, cultures, and religions.     

How Not to Apply to College

Samples of letters written by college students are excerpted to demonstrate the deterioration of students' writing skills. The relative unimportance many college students and graduates attach to the art of writing letters of inquiry is emphasized. A checklist is provided to assist students in preparing letters requesting information from colleges and universities.     

From object to image to object

Images are mental representations accommodated by grammatical structures. These structures order sensori-input of information as well as provide for articulated ways of expressing motor sequences associated with images. The psychological process of perception is reflected in the development of paradigmatic structures. The psychological process of action (behavior and its mental representations) is reflected in the development of syntagmatic structures. Forming and expressing imagery requires both paradigmatic and syntagmatic structuring. The former relates to logical issues of identity of objects and to the formation of concepts. The latter relates to the solution of psycho-logical questions of causality through articulation of grammatical roles in sentences. Two issues affecting the formation of a model to account for imagery are examined: (1) The tendency to explain imagery as a result of motor sequences and to utilize performance grammar. (2) The impact of ontogenesis on social processes affecting the logical and psycho-logical concerns facing the person at different stages of development. The grammar of imagery is seen as broader than one of performance. The epistemology of imagemaking does not reflect a linear ontogenetic development which precludes attention to problems of creating the logical structures of an object.     

Reply to Letter to the Editor

The current policy of the National Institute of Health designed to increase the participation of women and minorities is radically different from previous policies designed to protect minorities from abuses in research studies. The principal arguments to support this policy are twofold: 1) Increased representation of minorities and women in research would increase the generalizability of research data and allow for valid analyses of differences in subpopulations; and 2) being in a clinical research study is advantageous to participants regardless of the final research study results. It remains unclear whether minorities find these arguments compelling. Instead of telling minorities that participation in research is good for them, the research community should focus on understanding what minority communities want from clinical research and then tailoring the message to meet this need. Persuasive arguments to promote long-term increased representation of minorities in clinical research must come from within minority communities.