南朝法华经普门品变相——论刘宋元嘉二年铭石刻画像的内容

自东晋至南朝，观音信仰已普及民间，名称由光世音转变为观世音，刘宋元嘉二年铭石刻画像正值过渡期，其内容所示，南朝佛教不仅具有贵族佛教的性格，而且已存在于极为平民化的信仰基础之上。     

安阳新出隋《成氏故士孙夫人墓志》研读

隋开皇十一年(591年)《成氏故士孙夫人墓志》,新近出土于安阳,其不仅是研讨北朝后期胡汉民族融合与稀见姓族繁衍迁变的珍贵文献,也为探究邺城故地白素之地的历史地理沿革提供了重要依据。     

‘The final decision is with the patient’: reproductive modernity and preferences for non-hormonal and non-biomedical contraceptives among postpartum middle class women in Yogyakarta,Indonesia

In Indonesia fertility has plateaued for more than a decade. Over the same period Indonesian women have increasingly accessed contraception via the private sector. Our qualitative inquiry into the contraceptive preferences of middle class women in urban Yogyakarta revealed limited interest in and intent to use biomedical and hormonal contraceptive methods. Women’s justifications for their contraceptive choices were complex and manifold: most had concerns about safety and the side effects associated with hormonal and biomedical contraceptives; others were ideologically opposed to fertility control. We conclude that contraceptive choices were an embodiment of women’s reproductive modernity, which in turn underpinned their reproductive agency. We also problematise the extent to which women’s contraceptive choices were comprehensively informed. Women’s reproductive modernity was shaped by their socioeconomic status; access to modern communication technologies; understandings of their right to health and contraceptive choice; pious yet pragmatic religious identities; and negotiations within their marital relationships.     

The Colonial Sinews of Imperial Power: The Political Economy of Jamaican Taxation, 1768–1838

This article uses a new data-set to calculate the ‘political economy’ or nature and purpose of taxation and spending in Jamaica between 1768 and 1839. It argues that these levels increased considerably, both in absolute terms and relative to the size of the population and economy of the island, and that the assembly raised taxes mainly to protect the white elite and the plantation economy against slave revolts and foreign invasion. Although the balance of spending shifted after Emancipation in 1834, the purpose did not, since military spending was simply redirected to subsidise policing and the cost of public order. Depending on how the national income or gross domestic product of the island is calculated, levels of taxation rose from 2 per cent in peacetime to about 4–6 per cent in wartime, peaking at 6–8 per cent in moments of crisis. White elites therefore made a significant contribution to the cost of their own defence, and to the wider projection of imperial power, and were willing to tolerate increasingly high levels of taxation because it was spent in ways that suited their interests. They thereby formed the colonial sinews of imperial power.     

Geochemical and mineralogical analysis of stone anchors from west coast of India: provenance study using thin sections,XRF and SEM-EDS

Stone anchors have been recovered along the Indian coast as a part of the maritime archaeological studies at the National Institute of Oceanography (NIO), Goa. Study of stone anchors provides clues to understand the ancient maritime trade contacts of India with other countries. These anchors resemble those found in the Mediterranean Sea, Persian Gulf and Red Sea Coast. Underwater explorations at Bet Dwarka, Dwarka, Goa, Visawada and Somnath have yielded stone anchors of widely varying shapes, sizes and weights ranging between 16 and 410 kg. Sixteen (10 Indo-Arabian, 4 Ringstone and 2 Single hole type) of the total of 269 stone anchors have been studied to determine provenance of rock through petrographic analysis using thin section studies, X-ray Fluorescence (XRF), and Scanning Electron Microscope – Energy Dispersive Spectrometer (SEM-EDS).     

唐代至后梁时期卢真启墓志考

2007年,河南省焦作市中站区发现了我国唐至五代时期名门望族范阳卢氏一支的家族墓地.墓地共出土墓志两方,一方为卢真启墓志,一方为其子卢价墓志.其中卢价墓志已发表,而卢真启墓志史料价值也颇高,为了解和研究唐至五代时期卢氏家族的历史,增添了新的实物资料.     

邴法敬造像碑研究

邴法敬造像碑是中国现存造像碑中十分罕见的隋代造像珍品,其名见于志书和一些专业文章,但仅是涉及部分信息,对造像题材和题记均未有完整详细的资料公布。该文对造像内容全面详细的介绍,并对其造像题材和艺术风格进行了初步研究。     

皇唐三阶大德禅师造像碑

本文介绍的皇唐三阶大德禅师碑,以三组佛造像为碑的主体,且造像主尊不是三阶教徒口念的地藏菩萨。文章意在说明佛教其他宗派的造像、礼佛风气对于三阶教的影响可能是始终的,同时通过造像内容,对这通唐代三阶教造像碑的相对年代作了大致的推断。     

20世纪八九十年代西部农村的庙会文化——以陕北地区为个案

改革开放以来,陕北乡村发生了巨大的变化,由单一的农业经济向多元经济转变,城镇化速度加快,农村社会阶层出现分化,社会大环境的变化使重新兴盛的庙会既继承了传统庙会的功能,同时又表现出以庙会活动为中心形成社区文化共同体、从传统神灵信仰转换为社会需求的表达、在维护乡村秩序中扮演了重要角色、开始在社区公共事务中发挥作用以及促成民间庙会与地方政府的互动等新的特点。对其作出全面、客观的评估,对推动西部大开发,促进农村社会的稳定和发展,将会起到积极作用。     

从二分到跨文化比较——西方的中西历史及史学比较述论

西方的中西历史及史学比较研究起源较早,是从宏观的历史文化比较发展来的。20世纪六七十年代以前,主要以宏观比较为主,并形成一般的理论模式。六七十年代,以个体的微观研究为主要特征,形成一个高潮。90年代至今是第二个高潮,以大的群体或项目为中心,出现了系统的比较,提出了新的比较理论,史学越来越成为比较的重点。西方的中西历史及史学比较理论,经历了从以近代西方为中心的东西二分法,到注重多元化的文明形态比较,再到不同文化的跨文化比较的几个发展阶段。这些变化是与学术和历史的变化密切相关的。