试论互联网宗教的发展趋势及其治理难点

On the Development Trend of Internet Religion and Its Difficulties in Governance

互联网与宗教都很复杂,两个复杂多样的事物结合催生下的互联网宗教,具有高度复杂化,层次多样化与碎片化明显的特点。本文将互联网宗教分为"网站形态""信息形态""社交形态""工具形态"等四种不同形态,通过对这些形态的分析,揭示出当前我国互联网宗教发展中的一个趋势:由于互联网的开放性,导致在互联网上信息发出者和接收者是无限多的,任何一种小众的思想都可以在整个网络范围内传播,尤其是借助社交平台,更容易找到潜在的"粉丝",从而能够生存下去。这种对潜在思想认同者寻找的便利化会加速互联网宗教这一新兴社会现象的碎片化趋势。而对于互联网宗教治理的难点在于各治理主体之间的责任划分及协调问题。

Internet and religion are both very complex.Internet religion,which is the result of the combination of two complex and diverse things,has the obvious characteristics of high complexity,multi-level and fragmentation.This article divides Internet religion into four different forms,such as“website form”,“information form”,“social media form”and“tool form”.Through the analysis of these forms,it reveals a trend in the development of Internet religion in our country:because of the openness of the Internet,there are infinite number of information senders and receivers on the Internet,and any kind of minority thought can be spread throughout the whole network,especially with the help of social platforms,it is easier to find potential“fans”and thus be survive.This kind of convenience for potential ideological identification will accelerate the fragmentation trend of the emerging social phenomenon of Internet religion.The difficulty of Internet religious governance lies in the division of responsibilities and coordination among various governance subjects.