试以儒家对“天”的信仰重塑当今道德信仰教育

Heavenly belief of Confucius and modern moral education

儒学不是严格意义上的宗教,但它具有宗教性或宗教意涵,发挥着类似宗教的作用。儒学的宗教意涵指"天"是人的终极信仰,人将这种信仰转变为修身的力量与源泉,从而实现以德配天,天人合一。"天"可以给人带来敬畏感、超越感,并在一定程度上解决德福一致的问题。对儒学的宗教意涵的讨论并不仅仅停留于学术层面,而是通过对儒学的宗教意涵的探讨指向我们现实生活中道德信仰教育的缺失。在当前道德教育中,道德信仰的教育比较缺乏,以至于道德实践领域的一些根本问题无法得到很好的解答。重拾中国传统对于"天"的信仰,不仅可以拓宽学术层面的相关讨论,更可以在一定程度上解决当前道德实践领域的一些根本性问题,从而在一定程度上扭转社会不良风气。

Confucianism is not a religion in the strict sense despite its religiosity and religious implications, according to the latter of which heaven is the ultimate belief of humanity, and can be translated into the power and source of self-cultivation, so that harmony is realized between heaven and man. Heaven might bring people with the sense of awe and transcendence, and bridge value and happiness. This does not only stay in the academic domain, but it also points to the moral education.