[[alternative]]A Communication Content Studies of Religious Publication: Cases of Society for Buddhist Renaissance Monthly and Modern Zen Magazine

[[abstract]] 「解嚴」對臺灣佛教發展的研究來說，是一個重要的分界嶺。而新雨社和現代禪是在印順思想體系的影響之下，創立於解嚴初期的在家佛教團體。他們分別出版《新雨月刊》（1987.02-1994.01）和《現代禪》（1989.02-1994.08）合計1326篇樣本，即本研究所要探討的對象。 本研究為瞭解《新雨月刊》及《現代禪》傳播内容訊息的構成，以及新雨社和現代禪在佛教發展上所反映的特殊意義，採用改良式的内容分析法以及自行研發的文獻分析法，以完整地回答研究問題。 研究結果發現，《新雨月刊》和《現代禪》這兩本刊物所要傳達的內容側重點不同。《新雨月刊》主要倡導的是原始佛教的内容，特色在於強調修行的重要性，並且積極把四念處落實在生活中的觀照。《現代禪》所要傳達的訊息比較集中在有關教團的訊息，進展和相關的報導。前者的主要人物為張大卿、張慈田以及白偉瑋，採用說明文的文體爲主；後者的主要人物為李元松，溫金柯以及連永川，採用的文體以記敍文爲主。新雨社和現代禪在佛教發展上反映了對印順導師的人間佛教思想的進一步落實和反思。他們從佛教的角度嘗試與現實生活結合，呈現走向現代化的一種努力，但另一方面，由於他們累積的時間太短，所做出的努力也無法進一步伸延。[[abstract]] The lifting of Martial Law is an important stage for the study of Taiwan’s Buddhism development. Under the influence by Yin Shun’s thoughts, The Society for Buddhist Renaissance and Modern Zen Society were founded during the time when the Martial Law was first lifted. They published Society for Buddhist Renaissance Monthly (1987.02-1994.01) and Modern Zen Magazine (1989.02-1994.08) and a total of 1326 sample articles from these two publications constitute the research subject of this dissertation. This study aims to understand the composition of Society for Buhhist Renaissance Monthly and Modern Zen Magazine’s communication content, as well as reflect the special significance of Society for Buddhist Renaissance and Modern Zen Society in the development of Taiwan’s Buddhism. Reformed content analysis and citation analysis are applied in the course of research to achieve a comprehensive answer to the research question. The research shows that Society for Buddhist Renaissance Monthly and Modern Zen Magazine have different focus in content. Society for Buddhist Renaissance Monthly advocated primitive Buddhism; emphasize the importance of practice and fulfilling The Four Arousings of Mindfulness in daily life. Modern Zen Magazine focused more on organization’s news, progress and such. The main figures in Society for Buddhist Renaissance are Thomas Chang, Zhang Ci-Tian and Wei Wei Chang. The magazine adopted the descriptive literary style. The main figures in Modern Zen Magazine are Li Yuan-Song, Wen Jin-Ke and Lian Yong-Chuan. The magazine adopted the narrative literary style. In the development of Taiwan’s Buddhism, both Society for Buddhist Renaissance and Modern Zen Society reflected the further implementation and reflection of Master Yin Shun’s ideology on Humanistic Buddhism. From the Buddhism perspective, they try to integrate with reality, making an effort towards modernization. However, their existences were too short for their effort to make a greater impact