从边缘走向主流:论慈善在建设和谐社会中的作用

From Verge to Mainstream: the Function of Charity in Constitution of Harmonious Society

慈善事业从边缘走向主流,在构建和谐社会过程中具有重要意义。发展慈善事业有利于缓解不同社会阶层的对立情绪,弥合社会裂缝。慈善作为推动财富流动的独特力量,是均衡财富分配、弱化收入两极分化的一种途径。构建和谐社会,慈善事业是必不可少的,它是社会保障体系的补充,是健全社会保障体系的一个不可缺少的方面。同时,发展慈善事业也是社会主义精神文明建设的重要内容。

Developing charity from verge to mainstream is of great significance in the construction of harmonious society. As a distinctive driving force of social property flow, charity plays a positive role in settling conflicts among different social classes, balancing property distributions and narrowing down the gap between the rich and the poor. Developing charity cause can help perfect social security system, promote the construction of harmonious society, and develop the socialist spiritual civilization as well.