论天主教的本土化——以滇西北茨中村藏族天主教徒的丧葬礼为例

The Discussion of Catholicism Indigenization:A Case Study on Funeral Rituals of Tibetan Catholics in Cizhong Village,Northwest Yunnan

在滇西北茨中村,历史上频繁的民族流动与交融削弱了人们的血缘观念,促成以地缘观念为基础的社会共同体建立,天主教信仰在传播过程中深深地嵌入到了这种社会结构之中,其在丧葬礼的表现就是维护藏族传统礼仪结构的基础上注入新的天主教信仰内容,有效地防止了信徒与社会其他群众之间的分裂与对立,这既是藏族文化在多宗教地区绵续的方式,又是天主教在多民族地区“中国化”“本土化”的表现。

In Cizhong village,ethnic migration and integration weakens people's concept of consanguinity,a social community was formed based on the concept of geographical relationship.Missionary priests spread the Catholic faith into the social community in Cizhong and influenced its local Tibetan funeral rituals.With Catholic elements added to traditional Tibetan funeral rituals,the catholic believers could easily get along with other social groups.This is a good example of traditional Tibetan culture surviving and developing in multi-religious area,and also a good demonstration on Sinicization and indigenization of Catholicism in multi-national region.