宗教与慈善——从同一个站台出发的列车或走向同一站点的不同交通工具?

Religion and Charity:Trains Starting from the Same Platform or Different Vehicles Heading toward the Same Station?

宗教是慈善重要的思想渊源,一种重要的慈善组织形式,宗教提供的慈善服务对扶贫济困、社会救助发挥了积极的作用,慈善也促进宗教教化功能的实现。随着社会分化,慈善和宗教逐渐分离,现代慈善注入了更多的内涵,但宗教慈善仍然发挥着重要作用。现代社会,宗教与慈善都面临着角色定位和社会管理的挑战,如何合理自我调适,回应社会的需求是一个需要关注的问题。

Religions are important ideaistic source and organizational model for charity.Charitable works provided by religious groups are playing a positive role in welfare services and social support systems.In turn,such work help religions achieve their moral and educational goals.As social differentiation progresses,charity and religion have parted ways,and modern charity has a much richer content.However,religious charity is still important.In the modern world,both religion and charity are facing new challenges with role-identification and social administration.Attention whould be paid to the question of adaptation and adequate response to social needs.