地方道教:北魏道佛碑的实践社群

Local Daoism: The Community of the Northern Wei Dao-Buddhist Stelae

近年来,道教学者愈来愈了解经典所描述的道教与地方社群所实践的那个曾经存在的宗教之间的差距。当代道教学者已经学会利用人类学的方法,而且研究那些曾经在历史上存在特别复杂的宗教社群。可以弥补这些具有规范性经典资料的方法就是借助于出土的石刻史料。

Recently,there has been growing realization of the gaps between the Daoism described in canonic sources and the lived religion as practiced by communities.While researchers in contemporary Daoism can make use of ethnographic techniques.