传统中国社会的“灾难信仰制度”与秘密教门的“灾难神话”

The Disaster Belief System of Chinese Traditional Society and the Disaster Myth of Ming-Qing Sects

研究者目前倾向从“小传统”和“草根社会”等概念出发 ,分析明清秘密教门的历史与信仰 ,然而对明清教门的信仰的理解 ,离不开宏观的制度性思考。因此 ,从明清秘密教门核心的“灾难神话”出发 ,体察它在整个传统社会信仰制度中的位置 。

It is popular that scholars focus their attention on the conceptual tool as little tradition and Grass-root society to analysis the history and belief of the Ming-Qing sects But it is also true that without a greater institutional scope a better and fully understanding of the belief system of Ming-Qing Sects would be almost impossible Therefore, positioning the Disaster Myth that is central to the sect beliefs into proper and grander institutional context could be helpful for us to analysis how come the sects could survive its harsh environmentand what the logic of their religious traits could be