宗教对我国西部少数民族习惯法的影响

Influence of Religion on the Customary Law of the Ethnic Minorities of Western China

少数民族习惯法生成中的宗教背景,以及历史上少数民族社会公共权威中的政教合一特点,使宗教的价值取向影响少数民族习惯法的精神面貌。习惯法中的宗教因素主要表现在三个层面:以宗教禁忌、宗教戒律表现出来的习惯法;人们在习惯法的制定与遵守方面借助于宗教仪式以强化其神圣性;以神灵裁判解决案件纠纷。

Religious taboos are the earliest customary law but later development witnessed a gap between customary law and religious practices. The religious background of the customary law among the ethnic minorities, which have significant influence upon the implementation of the customary, manifests itself in three aspects： customary derived from religious taboos, the reinforcement of the sublimity of the customary law by means of religious ceremonies, and arbitration of secular conflicts through divine judgment.