Departing from the long debates on the role of faith/belief, recent interdisciplinary research has turned to characterize the features of the psychophysical processes underlying believing. Here we review recent cognit...Departing from the long debates on the role of faith/belief, recent interdisciplinary research has turned to characterize the features of the psychophysical processes underlying believing. Here we review recent cognitive neuroscience models of the believing process and propose a conceptual framework that integrates current theoretical and empiric knowledge about the processes of believing. There are theories that elegantly explain believing as a self-organization process of cognitive and emotional elements. Adding to the component of self-organized belief representation, dual-component models assume a belief evaluation component, which is probably supported by the right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) and explains the stability of the belief despite the changing environment. Borrowing an idea from the neural models for the mental representation of action or situation, inclusion of both perceptive and action informations as the construct of belief representation allows the intimate relationship between a specific belief and a specific range of behaviour. Furthermore, inclusion of the personal value or affective information in the representation explains the deep impact of one’s emotional and physical state on the believing process. For associating perception, action, and value in a representation, the medial frontal cortex (MFC) may play a key role. Recent neuro-cognitive models of self-cognition explain the developmental origin of such a representation and the hierarchically nested structure of three levels of complexity in the representations: basic physical level, interpersonal level, and higher social level. The integrated model provides a comprehensive perspective of the believing process which suggests the importance and future directions of this interdisciplinary approach.展开更多
The Truman Show,directed by Peter Weir,is a famous American film released in 1998.The paper does not only try to discuss and analyze the life of the main character in the film,but also attempt to combine the film with...The Truman Show,directed by Peter Weir,is a famous American film released in 1998.The paper does not only try to discuss and analyze the life of the main character in the film,but also attempt to combine the film with our own life to demonstrate that choice makes destiny,furthermore belief and love are the strongest power for lots of"Truman"to promote making choice.展开更多
LIU GUIJIN is a Chinese face familiar to many African TV viewers. The 67-year-old has been involved with the continent for more than 30 years as a Chinese diplomat. He＇s the first Special Representative of the Chines...LIU GUIJIN is a Chinese face familiar to many African TV viewers. The 67-year-old has been involved with the continent for more than 30 years as a Chinese diplomat. He＇s the first Special Representative of the Chinese Government for African Affairs.展开更多
WHEN I grew up in Ghana, the only information children within my age bracket （10-15） had about China was that it is a populous country with rice as the staple food for its people. Therefore those of us who were alwa...WHEN I grew up in Ghana, the only information children within my age bracket （10-15） had about China was that it is a populous country with rice as the staple food for its people. Therefore those of us who were always crying for rice were referred to as ＂Chinese.＂ We were also fascinated by the few Chinese names we heard on air and how some news presenters fumbled to mention names such as Wang, Chen, Sun, Li among others, which we considered as following the pattern of a rhyme.展开更多
At Jiancaoping District, a rural part of Taiyuan, the capital city of Shanxi Province, north China, more than 8% of the residents are religious, believing in Catholicism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, as well as Chin...At Jiancaoping District, a rural part of Taiyuan, the capital city of Shanxi Province, north China, more than 8% of the residents are religious, believing in Catholicism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, as well as China＇s indigenous religion, Taoism. In other words, all the five religions in China have believers here. In particular, there are 16 villages with altogether 10,000 Catholics living in compact communties. It so happens that most religious people live in mountainous or hilly areas in the district, where adverse natural conditions once rendered them poor.展开更多
This paper is the first attempt to present the results form a pilot experimental research the authors conducted with high school students to examine their worldviews with regard to the implementation of the“credition...This paper is the first attempt to present the results form a pilot experimental research the authors conducted with high school students to examine their worldviews with regard to the implementation of the“credition”model in Religious Education.It was implemented in the 2nd grade of high school in selected topics.The research was held in the lessons of Religious Education during the whole school year.The authors examined the impact of the model on the students’worldviews when it is integrated with a worksheet,which was used as questionnaire(research tool).The topics to work with were selected from the expected learning results of the new curricula for Religious Education.The experimental research was qualitative semi-structured interview and aimed to examine,when the teacher implemented the“credition”model into her teaching,how this influenced the students and helped them realize their emotions,their strength and how they subsequently changed their attitudes and life choices and future orientation.The teaching with the model was implemented in the students of two different classrooms,one who had received explanations and guidelines beforehand and the other who had not received any explanation.The results showed that the students of the classroom who had received explanations realized better their emotions than the students of the other classroom who had not.The results were encouraging to make the authors repeat the research again this year to the 3rd grade students and proceed to the forming of a teaching model for working with the model in Religious Education.展开更多
believe 和 believe in 都表示“相信”什么,但内在含义和用法却不尽相同。一、从词义上讲1.如果它们之后跟表示人的名词或代词,那么 believe 的意思是“相信某人的话或做的事是真实的”;而 believe in 的意思是“相信某人的为人、品行...believe 和 believe in 都表示“相信”什么,但内在含义和用法却不尽相同。一、从词义上讲1.如果它们之后跟表示人的名词或代词,那么 believe 的意思是“相信某人的话或做的事是真实的”;而 believe in 的意思是“相信某人的为人、品行或能力”,这时常译为“信赖”;“信任”等。如:I can believe him,hut I cannot believe in him.我可以相信他的话。展开更多
While doing my shopping I heard a quarrel at the next counter. I went up and saw an old customer pointing at a slogan on the wall behind the young shop-assistant and
文摘Departing from the long debates on the role of faith/belief, recent interdisciplinary research has turned to characterize the features of the psychophysical processes underlying believing. Here we review recent cognitive neuroscience models of the believing process and propose a conceptual framework that integrates current theoretical and empiric knowledge about the processes of believing. There are theories that elegantly explain believing as a self-organization process of cognitive and emotional elements. Adding to the component of self-organized belief representation, dual-component models assume a belief evaluation component, which is probably supported by the right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) and explains the stability of the belief despite the changing environment. Borrowing an idea from the neural models for the mental representation of action or situation, inclusion of both perceptive and action informations as the construct of belief representation allows the intimate relationship between a specific belief and a specific range of behaviour. Furthermore, inclusion of the personal value or affective information in the representation explains the deep impact of one’s emotional and physical state on the believing process. For associating perception, action, and value in a representation, the medial frontal cortex (MFC) may play a key role. Recent neuro-cognitive models of self-cognition explain the developmental origin of such a representation and the hierarchically nested structure of three levels of complexity in the representations: basic physical level, interpersonal level, and higher social level. The integrated model provides a comprehensive perspective of the believing process which suggests the importance and future directions of this interdisciplinary approach.
文摘The Truman Show,directed by Peter Weir,is a famous American film released in 1998.The paper does not only try to discuss and analyze the life of the main character in the film,but also attempt to combine the film with our own life to demonstrate that choice makes destiny,furthermore belief and love are the strongest power for lots of"Truman"to promote making choice.
文摘LIU GUIJIN is a Chinese face familiar to many African TV viewers. The 67-year-old has been involved with the continent for more than 30 years as a Chinese diplomat. He＇s the first Special Representative of the Chinese Government for African Affairs.
文摘WHEN I grew up in Ghana, the only information children within my age bracket （10-15） had about China was that it is a populous country with rice as the staple food for its people. Therefore those of us who were always crying for rice were referred to as ＂Chinese.＂ We were also fascinated by the few Chinese names we heard on air and how some news presenters fumbled to mention names such as Wang, Chen, Sun, Li among others, which we considered as following the pattern of a rhyme.
文摘At Jiancaoping District, a rural part of Taiyuan, the capital city of Shanxi Province, north China, more than 8% of the residents are religious, believing in Catholicism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, as well as China＇s indigenous religion, Taoism. In other words, all the five religions in China have believers here. In particular, there are 16 villages with altogether 10,000 Catholics living in compact communties. It so happens that most religious people live in mountainous or hilly areas in the district, where adverse natural conditions once rendered them poor.
文摘This paper is the first attempt to present the results form a pilot experimental research the authors conducted with high school students to examine their worldviews with regard to the implementation of the“credition”model in Religious Education.It was implemented in the 2nd grade of high school in selected topics.The research was held in the lessons of Religious Education during the whole school year.The authors examined the impact of the model on the students’worldviews when it is integrated with a worksheet,which was used as questionnaire(research tool).The topics to work with were selected from the expected learning results of the new curricula for Religious Education.The experimental research was qualitative semi-structured interview and aimed to examine,when the teacher implemented the“credition”model into her teaching,how this influenced the students and helped them realize their emotions,their strength and how they subsequently changed their attitudes and life choices and future orientation.The teaching with the model was implemented in the students of two different classrooms,one who had received explanations and guidelines beforehand and the other who had not received any explanation.The results showed that the students of the classroom who had received explanations realized better their emotions than the students of the other classroom who had not.The results were encouraging to make the authors repeat the research again this year to the 3rd grade students and proceed to the forming of a teaching model for working with the model in Religious Education.
文摘believe 和 believe in 都表示“相信”什么,但内在含义和用法却不尽相同。一、从词义上讲1.如果它们之后跟表示人的名词或代词,那么 believe 的意思是“相信某人的话或做的事是真实的”;而 believe in 的意思是“相信某人的为人、品行或能力”,这时常译为“信赖”;“信任”等。如:I can believe him,hut I cannot believe in him.我可以相信他的话。
文摘While doing my shopping I heard a quarrel at the next counter. I went up and saw an old customer pointing at a slogan on the wall behind the young shop-assistant and
