现代宗教世俗化的发展历程、特征及社会影响

The Course,Features and Social Influence of the Secularization of Modern Religion

社会经济、政治、文化现代化的发展,促使现代宗教发生了结构性的社会变化,导致宗教神圣性逐渐衰退,亦即世俗化。这使得宗教在神权和人权、教权和政权、神性神道和人性人道相互关系上发生了显著的变化,这种世俗性的发展变化,不仅代表现代宗教的发展趋势,而且对当今社会的发展也产生了深远的影响。首先,现代宗教世俗化迎合了人们现实生活的需要。其次,宗教世俗化把传统从社会生活的核心移向了社会生活的边缘。最后,世俗化宗教精神契合了现代人社会心理发展的需求。

The development of social, political and cultural modernization has brought about a social structural change in modem religion and led to its secularization. And this has made relations between religious authority and human rights, church authority and political power markedly changed. This secular development and change not only represent the trend of religious development but also have far-reaching influence on the development of modern society