Richard Bourke: For the Honour of God and the Good of Man

The Church Act (1836) was arguably the most significant ecclesiastical legislation in Australia's history, as it profoundly impacted on the nation's social and political development in its formative years. The Act was instigated by Governor Richard Bourke and was welcomed by the people as establishing “religious equality on a just and firm basis.” However, historically it is often categorised as being part of Bourke's liberal reform agenda where the legislation's attributes of religious toleration have been magnified and its function to expand Christianity minimised. The fact that Bourke was a devout Christian is something that none of his biographers have disputed, but this belief is rarely portrayed as fundamental to his motives. This article explores the nature of Bourke's Christianity and discusses how that influenced his public policy in relation to religion and education. It reveals a complex man who had sincere orthodox Anglican faith, but recognised the part played by other denominations in the Christian mission. This examination will demonstrate the difficulty in differentiating between secular and spiritual motives and intentions in this period.     

祭天与“天人合一”思想

在中国古代礼制中,十分看重祭礼,而祭天,则是祭礼中最重要的一种,只有天子才有资格祭天。祭天礼中包含有丰富的文化含义,其中之一就是报本思     

中苏论战与中国社会主义建设道路的探索

中苏论战对当年以毛泽东为代表的中国共产党人探索中国的社会主义建设道路既起过一定的促进作用,也产生了严重的干扰和破坏作用。在改革开放新时期,以邓小平为代表的中国共产党人总结中苏论战的教训,对我国探索建设中国特色社会主义道路、对邓小平理论的形成和发展产生了深远的影响。     

Idolatry and the Polemics of World-Formation from Philo to Augustine

This article examines the association of idolatry with erroneous ideas about the natural world in the writings of late antique Jewish and Christian authors. It follows two polemical genres. The first is the hexaemeral commentaries composed by Philo of Alexandria, Basil of Caesarea and Augustine, which positioned the hexaemeron against the background of natural philosophy and used various critiques of idolatry to revise or refute pagan natural philosophy. The second genre is that of heresiology initiated by Irenaeus of Lyon and adapted by Augustine to refute Gnostic and Manichaean cosmological myths and disregard for the creation account in Genesis. The article analyses a variety of ways in which the prohibitions against idolatry figured in methodological questions about how to conceptualize the natural world, how to locate the sources of conceptual error, and how to distinguish those errors from truth.     

Competing Political Theologies: Intra-Muslim Polemics on the Limits of Prophetic Intercession

Abstract

This essay revolves around an analysis of a polemical exchange between two highly prominent Indian Muslim thinkers in Delhi, Shah Isma'il Shahid (d. 1831) and Fazl-i Haqq Khayrabadi (d. 1862), over the limits of the capacity of Prophet Muhammad to intercede (shafa'at) on behalf of sinners on the day of judgment. While focusing on this polemical moment, it explores the question of how this ostensibly theological debate on the limits of prophetic intercession connected to a much broader political debate surrounding the sociology of sovereignty under conditions of political change and transition. It argues that the opposing arguments on the limits of prophetic authority made centrally visible in this debate were intimately connected to larger questions surrounding the normative status of social hierarchies, distinctions and monarchical modes of being in early nineteenth-century India.     

Four - Footed Man: A Note on Greek Anthropology

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主动误解的产物:将军门神--读《将军门神起源研究--论误解与成型》

北京大学出版社"青年学者文库"出版了《将军门神起源研究--论误解与成型》(1998年11月)一书.据书中介绍可知,作者朱青生于1982-1985年在中央美院美术史系读研究生,师从邵大箴进行旧石器时代艺术的研究,期间随年画、门神研究专家薄松年听有关民间艺术的课,并参加中央美院有关民俗和民间宗教的沙龙.其发表的《欧亚石器时代的美术》(1987)、《旧石器时代模仿造型产生的契机》(1989)反映了作者研究石器时代艺术史的成果.后留学德国海德堡大学美术史研究所,研习哲学和现代艺术,而本书则是他1995年完成的博士论文略加修订的中文本.开篇就介绍作者,是为了了解其学术背景,进而把握该书的学术特色和作者的学术追求.     

华夏论坛:留住山川之神

大漠莽野,高山巨流,如今都有不倦的旅人的行踪.越来越多的人们走向原野,走向山川,即使只是短暂地逃离俗世,让奔忙劳碌的心,在原野上获得了慰藉. 行走在大地上的人们,各自寻找着他们的乐园.但在我心目中,真正的旅人,寻找和向往的应该是大地之灵,山川之神.     

1934—1936年间中美关系中的白银外交

美国政府 193 4年通过的《购银法》造成世界银价飞涨。作为银本位大国的中国深受其害 ,白银大量外流 ,金融出现严重危机。中国政府与美国政府进行了长达两年的艰苦交涉 ,最后与美国达成了白银交易 ,先后三次向美国售银总计 1 44亿盎司 ,并利用售银所得的外汇改革和稳定了中国的币制 ,实现了中国多年来一直追求的货币现代化。     

From Proletarian to Entrepreneur to Big Man: the Story of Noya1

The resemblances between Melanesian Big Men and capitalist entrepreneurs have long fascinated anthropologists. However, even though traditional leaders in Melanesian societies resemble entrepreneurs in certain respects they are motivated by different concerns. In this paper, I consider the career of Noya of the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea to demonstrate the contrasts and confluences between the roles of big man and that of entrepreneur. Noya is neither a traditional big-man nor a pure capitalist, but has drawn selectively upon the logic of each in his drive to achieve promience. His life story provides insights into how big-men articulate with the capitalist world system.