论中国佛教文化功能塑造与佛教信仰的社会化建构

On Cultural Function Development of the Buddhism and Socialized Structuring of the Buddhist Belief in China

佛教文化功能的塑造是中国佛教及其文化适应时代发展的基本路径选择。其中,佛教信仰的社会化建构是塑造佛教文化功能的关键环节。在群体层面,中国佛教信仰的社会化建构呈现出鲜明的本土化特色,成为部分民众最为直接参与和对话的信仰活动;在个体层面,它主要体现在认同、内化、外化三个环节。

Developing the cultural function of the Buddhism is the fundamental path for Chinese Buddhism and its culture to adapt to the new era, while socialized structuring of the Buddhist belief is the key process for developing the cultural function of the Buddhism. The socialized structuring of the Buddhist belief in China is of distinctive local features, and it has become the most direct way for some people＇s participation and dialogue in religious activities. And for individuals, such socialized structuring is reflected in three aspects, i.e. identity, internalization and externalization.