都市佛教社会工作实践研究:以上海、西安、成都三地的寺院活动为例

Study on Urban Buddhist Social Work Practice:Take the Temple Activities in Shanghai,Xi'an and Chengdu as an Example

基于上海、西安、成都三地寺院活动的人类学调查资料的分析,对都市佛教社会工作实践内容、特征、面临的机遇及困境等问题进行了探讨,认为都市佛教社会工作实践内容可分为对弱势人群如贫困的病人、老人、特殊儿童进行救助和关怀,对正常人群的日常养生与心理健康的关注,重视文化教育和捐资助学等若干方面;其特征则包含范围的地域性和跨地域性、依托现代化和专业化的社会工作组织、体现服务内容的宗教性与公益性的双重属性;并对中国都市佛教与社会工作在实现有效对接的过程中面临的机遇及前景进行了尝试性的探讨。

The article mainly tries to discuss the content,feature and opportunities and predicaments faced by urban Buddhism social work practice through the anthropological investigation of the temple activities in the cities of Shanghai,Xi’an,and Chengdu.It concludes that urban Buddhist social work practice can be divided into the following aspects: rescue and concern for underprivileged groups such as poverty-stricken patients,the aged and exceptional children;concern for everyday health-keeping and psychological health of normal people;emphasis on cultural education and making donations to education.Its features include the regional and transregional scope of practice,its dependence on modern and professional social work organizations and service content reflecting the dual features of religion and public welfare.At the end,this paper tries to discuss the opportunities and prospects in the realization of effective docking between Chinese urban Buddhism and social work.