生命历程视野下的乡村民间信仰行为改变研究

A Study of Rural Folk Belief Conversion From the Life Course Perspective

本文试图从生命历程的角度研究当代乡村民间信仰行为。在分析个体的民间信仰行为受生命历程影响从“不信—信”转变的基础上,从社会角色的需要、生活时空的转换、相关生命的影响以及个体的能动选择四个方面分析民间信仰改变成为可能的原因,认为民间信仰行为改变不仅受社会历史因素的影响,更与个体根据其生命历程的需要而进行选择有关。基于此,社会及政府应当给民间信仰预留足够的空间,使其自然发展;同时,我们也应当注意到民间信仰行为改变与社会风气和乡村治理之间的关系,对民间信仰活动进行有效规范,以发挥其正面功能,避免不良影响。

This article tries to study the conversion of rural folk belief in modern society from the perspective of life course.Firstly,this study analyzed how individual choose his or her folk belief’s behavior between human agency and objective life course and transfers it from disbelief to belief.Then,it discussed the reason why the folk belief conversion becomes possible from four aspects,including individual life course,the need of social role,the transition of time and place when life occurs,and the influence of linked lives and human agency.It noted that the folk belief conversion is not only influenced of social history but also related to individual choice depending on his or her need of life course.Therefore,it emphasized that our society and government should give more space to folk belief behavior in order to make it develop naturally.Meanwhile,we should also pay more atterntion to the relationship between folk belief and rural governance and regulate the development of folk belief.