近十年中国乡村宗教研究述评

A Comment on the Village Religions Study over the Latest Decade

近十年的中国乡村宗教研究有其突出的优势,即族裔性,实用性,地域性和交叉性;同时也存在些弊端:自发性但缺乏系统性与自主性,研究视角狭窄性。近十年乡村宗教研究的梳理有助于理清乡村宗教的研究脉络与把握最新动向。在此基础上,尝试提出"乡村宗教"的研究概念以有利于明确乡村宗教研究方向,强调着社区宗教研究的一种地方性回归;同时,又赋予乡村宗教研究开放的包容性和多样性。

A review over the latest decade of Village religions study shows the advantageous features, i.e. ethnical, practical, regional and interdisciplinary. Nonetheless, some problems also exist, spontaneity, the lack of systematic independency and the narrowness of study vision. The review on the village religion studies over the latest decade matters in describing the research route and give the new tips. On this base, an attempt of defining of village religions helps to guide the village religions to the right direction by the emphasis on the local return of the community religion studies and the attachment of the open inclusiveness and diversity to the village religion study.