外源型宗教传播模式探析:以环南海为中心

A Preliminary Study of Religious Dissemination in the South China Sea Rim

环南海区域因其碎片化地理、海上丝绸之路重要贸易地位,而成为外来宗教的输入地,儒教、道教、佛教、印度教、伊斯兰教、基督教先后传入这一区域并扎下根来,形成典型的外源型宗教传播模式。与内源型宗教传播模式相比,环南海宗教传播具有自上而下、由点到面、温和、多样、融合包容的特征,它虽处于各大文明中心的边缘,但这种边缘地位在宗教传播中具有特殊优势,如各种宗教杂处,相互吸收,较难受到中心的控制,有更多发展空间,最终反向影响文明中心。

Due to its fragmented geographical condition and important trade status,the South China Sea Rim has become a region where diverse religions converged.Confucianism,Taoism,Buddhism,Hinduism,Islam and Christianity all took root in this region.Unlike indigenous religions,the religions that were introduced to the region disseminated from rulers to people and from individuals to groups.Since the South China Sea Rim was at the edges of major civilizational centers,it had special advantages for religious dissemination.Various religions coexisted and integrated with each other while enjoying more development space in this region which was far beyond the control of the surrounding civilization centers.But they could eventually have a reverse influence on these civilizational centers.