Confucianism under the Perspectives of Religious Anthropology

儒学是一种哲学思想体系还是宗教,从中国历史上的＂礼仪之争＂到20世纪80年代,国内外学者一直争论不休,没有定论;知识分子对该问题的争论自始至终都与中国社会政治变革缠绕在一起,尝试为国家话语服务,并寻找变通的可行性与依据;从宗教人类学的角度出发,借用罗伯特.贝拉的＂公民宗教＂学说,通过对皇帝＂祭天＂仪式的分析展现儒学元素和内涵在公民宗教层面上的重构与再阐释,作为公民宗教的儒教,有利于国家的政治稳定与公民的精神凝聚。A debate over whether Confucianism is an ideology or a religion has been going for many years in China.The intellectual have associated the controversy with China＇s social and political reform and sought to serve national discourse.This paper assumes that religious anthropology can give a good account of Confucianism in ＂offerings to the heaven＂ as done by emperors as well as the relation between the public and Confucianism at the religious level.It is believed that the Confucianism of the public＇s religion can contribute to national political stability and the cohesive power of the public.0257-6