坚持我国宗教中国化方向的几点思考

Reflections on Upholding the Principle of Developing Religions in the Chinese Context

宗教学理论研究要为推动我国宗教坚持中国化方向助力,就要在调研问题和理论探索上多下功夫。通过理论层面对三组辩证“关系”进行探索,得出以下结论:一是宗教存在的长期性和宗教在特定时间、空间中嬗变的关系,决定了坚持宗教中国化方向要着眼于当下和未来;二是宗教存在的群众性和信众的归属与身份的非等同关系,决定了坚持宗教中国化方向不能忽视“结构”及其多样性;三是传承宗教传统与调适变革的内在动力的关系,决定了坚持宗教中国化方向重在“自觉”。希冀上述思考能为推动宗教中国化、促进宗教学理论界的“三大体系”建设提供助力。

More efforts should be made in research and theoretical exploration so that the theoretical study of religion will help to develop religions in the Chinese context.Exploring the three sets of dialectical“relationships”at the theoretical level leads to the following conclusions.First,the relationship between the long-term existence of religions and their transmutation in a specific time and space determines that upholding the principle of developing religions in the Chinese context should focus on the present and the future.Second,the relationship between the mass character of religions and the non-equivalence between the belonging and the identity of the believers determines that upholding the principle of developing religions in the Chinese context should not neglect the“structure”and the diversity.Third,the relationship between inheriting religious traditions and internally adjusting to the change determines that upholding the principle of developing religions in the Chinese context is a matter of“self-awareness”.It is hoped that the above reflections will contribute to the promotion of the Sinicization of religions and the construction of“three systems”in the theoretical study of religion.