妈祖神光耀海明——漫谈汕尾民间妈祖信仰

妈祖信仰,作为一种化形态是近几年才被提出来的,妈祖信仰,大致可追溯到宋朝时期。妈祖化所包含的内容十分丰富,涉及到政治、经济、化、风俗、信仰等等诸多方面。妈祖化传入汕尾以后即与汕尾的地方化相融合,形成了鲜明的地方特色。     

论"家产析分契约"的性质和作用——兼评英国家庭史研究中的"变革与延续之争"

盛行于英国近代早期的家产析分契约(strict settlement)是地产主因对普通法继承规则不满而自行设计的一种家产分配方案。通过对其背景和实践的综合考察可发现,与之前的家产分配方案一样,家产析分契约明显也具有矛盾的性质,它反映了地产主既想保全家产,又要为弱势家庭成员考虑的矛盾心态。然而,过渡时期的特殊社会背景又赋予了它新的特性,地产主在坚持原则的基础上,开始利用新兴资本主义的理念和经济手段努力调整其家产分配方式,有效地调和了长久以来存在的各种矛盾。     

陕西志丹县马头山道教真身泥塑年代的测定分析

14C测年技术作为一种测年技术已广泛地应用在考古学、地质年代学、古气候学、古地理学等许多方面。为了解陕西志丹县马头山道教真身泥塑的年代,采用加速器质谱14C技术对道教真身泥塑的谷秸进行了测试,测试结果表明该真身泥塑制作年代在17世纪中叶至18世纪末的可能性较大。     

隐者与兔狲和“白狼”的故事

认识桑德尔老人,是我的一番特殊经历,他的人品、见识和医术给我留下了难忘的印象。     

从社会背景的差异看孔子与朱熹的义利观

孔子是儒家学派的创始人,朱熹是儒家思想传承过程中的重要一环———宋明理学的集大成者。二人的义利观在思想基础是有很大的相似性,但由于所生活的时代不同,社会背景相异,且作为当时代的学者,他们都相当关注当时代人们的生活和思想状况,因而,他们的义利观也因时代背景的差异而有了一些歧出之处。试图挖掘二者义利观的相异之处及其社会原因。     

释朱家集铸客大鼎铭文中的"鸣腋"

本文是对安徽寿县朱家集出土的大鼎上的铭文第八字与第九字的重新考释,认为此二字当释读为"鸣腋"。鸣腋应是当时负责饮食的机构的名称。     

汉晋墓葬中随葬陶瓶内盛物的初步研究

汉至西晋时期的墓葬中经常发现一些盛于朱书陶瓶内的物品,按其质地可以分为天然矿物类、金属制品类、植物类、五谷类。本文对已发现的材料进行了初步考察,认为这些物品就是道士们做法事的遗痕,分别起着压镇、代形、充当贡赋的作用。这些物品和巫医术士使用的物品大致相同,反映出早期道教和巫医方术之间密不可分的关系。     

Joining the Evangelical Club: The Movement of the Wesleyan‐Holiness Churches in Australia Along the Church‐Sect Continuum

A number of North American Wesleyan‐Holiness denominations emerged in Australia, beginning in the years following the Second World War. Some of these churches moved from being despised and marginalized sects to established denominations while others remained small and isolated, experiencing little growth. Their story demonstrates that movement along the church‐sect continuum is by no means a smooth and inevitable one. Random processes may lower or raise religious tension within the group thus affecting its movement along the continuum. The strict behavioural standards in Wesleyan‐Holiness churches have gradually been lowered and the distinctive beliefs of these groups have been eroded. Wesleyan‐Holiness churches in Australia have grown primarily through “switchers” from other denominations more than from new convert growth, so that they have become more generically “Evangelical” and less distinctively “Holiness” in their beliefs and practices.     

THE SECTILIA PANELS OF FARAGOLA (ASCOLI SATRIANO,SOUTHERN ITALY): A MULTI‐ANALYTICAL STUDY OF THE RED,ORANGE AND YELLOW GLASS SLABS*

SEM–EDS, EMPA, ICP–MS and ICP–OES were applied to the study of three sectilia panels made of red, orange and yellow glass slabs. In order to determine the chemical state of Cu, XAS was also performed. The results indicate that, with the exception of the red samples, all slabs were made by mixing a siliceous sand with natron. The red slabs show significant compositional differences with respect to K₂O and MgO contents, probably linked to the use of plant ashes as a source of alkali. The red, orange and yellow slabs are coloured by metallic copper, cuprite and Pb antimonates, respectively. The comparison between the chemical composition of the Faragola samples and several glass reference groups did not provide conclusive evidence of provenance.     

松井石根战争责任的再检讨——东京审判有关南京暴行罪被告方证词检证之一

东京审判判处南京暴行第一责任人松井石根绞刑,但所判只是普通战争罪的不作为,否定了公诉方提出的对和平之罪的相关罪名。由此产生了两个问题,一是最高量刑和消极责任的问题,二是甲级战犯名实是否相符的问题。后者尤有重大意义。本文通过比对、检讨被告、辩护人的证词和他们事发时自己的记录,证明影响免责判决的松井石根的消极虚像为被告方刻意编造,东京审判对松井石根的免责判决为在缺乏证据情况下做出的不当判决。松井石根列名甲级战犯确有所当,并无冤枉可言。