新时期世界宗教发展趋向研究

On the Trend of World Religious Development in the New Period

人类文明在21世纪进入新的历史发展时期,而宗教作为人类文明和世界历史的经典要素,在新时期又呈现出新的发展趋势和特点:第一,宗教在全球范围内强势复兴,呈现"量"与"治"的双重突破,宗教与现代化的关系从宗教适应现代化逐渐调整为现代化践行宗教性;第二,宗教表现出强烈入世冲动,出现宗教政治化和政治宗教化两种入世取径;第三,宗教信仰个体不断追求信仰的个性化,宗教发展呈现出多元化倾向;第四,宗教与科学之间的关系发生转变,形式上出现科学化倾向;第五,宗教异化、蜕变为宗教极端主义的趋势加剧,严重威胁世界和平与安宁。

Human civilization is coming into a new historical developing period in twenty-first Century.Meanwhile,as the classical elements of human civilization and history,religion show a new development trend and main feature in the new period as is shown in followings： firstly,religions revive strongly in the world,showing the double breakthroughs in quality and governance.Meanwhile,the relationship between religion and modernization is gradually translated from the adaptation of religion to modernization into the adaptation of modernization to religion.Secondly,religion displays a strong impulse of entering the world,and there are two ways to take it into the world,which are religious politics and political religion.Thirdly,the religious individuals pursue the individuality of faith constantly,and the religious development presents the multiplex tendency.Fourthly,the translation in the relationship between religion and science lets religion become more scientific.Fifthly,the alienation and change of religion strengthens religious extremism,which has seriously threatened world peace.