宗教与全球发展:一种对话路径

宗教与全球发展成为当代社会的一个重要议题,一个标志在于联合国千禧年发展目标的提出及世界宗教和精神领袖千禧年和平高峰会议。其中,由前世界银行行长及当时的坎特伯雷大主教联合发起的世界信仰发展对话,即为推动类似目标的一个重要机构。发展的目的在于人。贫困不仅包括物质的层面,也包括精神的层面。全球经济的发展需要一种伦理和价值的支撑。文化应该作为一种创新机制,参与并影响全球发展的过程。在中国,宗教是建设社会主义和谐社会的重要因素。中共十七大明确指出,要发挥宗教在社会经济发展中的重要作用。十七届六中全会则明确提出文化体制改革的目标。随着中国改革开放的进一步深入,中国对世界的影响日益加强,文化和精神的维度在社会发展和国家建设方面将扮演更重要的作用。中国模式也将对世界论坛的讨论产生一定影响。

Religion and Global Development:A Dialogue Approach

Religion and global development has become an important subject in modern society,as indicated by the UN Millennium Development Goals and the Millennium Peace Summit of World Religious and Spiritual Leaders.The Dialogue of World Faiths,proposed by the former president of the World Bank and the Archbishop of Cantebury at that time,has been an important agency for the promotion of similar projects.Development is for the people.Poverty is not limited to the material sense,but includes spiritual aspects.Global economic development needs the support of ethics and values.As a creative mechanism,culture participates in and has an impact on global development.In China,religion is an important element in the construction of a harmonious socialist society.The 6th Central Committee of the 17th National Congress of the CCP has put forward a clear strategy of cultural development.As China’s Reform and Openning Up progress and China’s influence on the world improves,cultural and spiritual elements will play an ever more important role in social development and national construction.The Chinese mode will also have its impact on the discussions at the world forum.