The Thomas Souls Ministry – Onto‐praxis,Dividualism, and Charismatic Catholicism at Lake Chambri,Papua New Guinea

The Thomas Souls Ministry is a prayer group founded by Catholics from the middle Sepik. It is led by a spirit of the dead called Thomas who takes possession of a Nyaura (West Iatmul) woman to preach, prophesy, counsel, and heal. While a prominent debate within the Anthropology of Christianity argues for radical change and rupture with the pre‐Christian self and society, I suggest that continuity within change is found in the way my interlocutors have made Christianity their own. I argue that the local concept of the person defined by aspects of dividualism and reflecting ontological premises of people's lifeworld has strongly influenced the way Christianity was appropriated. In current religious practices people put these premises into action and reinforce them in intersubjective encounters with the divine other. Analysing people's ‘onto‐praxis’, I argue that the Thomas Souls Ministry can be understood as part of a re‐empowerment process that re‐appropriates local meanings, spirits, and practices despite, and in fact against, the influence of the Catholic mission proselytizing in the region.     

These Familiar Things? Witchcraft,War Crimes and Prince Rupert “the Devil”

This review article provides an examination, viewed through the prism of Mark Stoyle's “The Black Legend of Prince Rupert’s Dog,” of the reputation of Prince Rupert of the Rhine during the English Civil War and Restoration. In particular, it focuses upon the injection of violence into civil society by the Prince and his troops; and the manner in which the experience of war re-activated fears and theories of witchcraft, bringing to prominence the figure of the familiar spirit. Through the comparison of recent biographical studies with the primary sources that illuminate and underpin Rupert's career, the Prince emerges as a more equivocal figure but also, arguably, as a far more capable statesman and military commander.     

论朱熹建构鬼神理论的必然性

朱熹是宋代一位具有科学思想的理学家,但科学思想却没有使他走向无神论道路,反而使他接受鬼神,并建构了鬼神理论。对此,我们不能简单地断之为倒退落后,如果对朱熹"了解之同情",则能理解他建构鬼神理论之苦衷。四大因素迫使朱熹建构鬼神理论:一是现实中的"鬼神"现象必须得到解答;二是儒学典籍中的鬼神之事无法回避;三是必须应对佛道鬼神论的挑战;四是道统的合法性辩护。     

从《冯燕传》看唐代侠义精神的异化与沦落

唐代小说《冯燕传》中的冯燕历来受到人士大夫的高度赞扬,认为他是古今少有的侠义之士。但其行为实已背离真正的侠义精神,并被封建伦理道德所改造,是唐代侠义精神异化和沦落的产物。本拟就此进行探讨和分析,以揭示中国侠义化精神的真谛和唐代侠义化精神的异化沦落的原因及影响。     

齐、梁朝藏书文化评析

齐、梁朝藏书文化在王室政权及文化士人的倡导和实践下,与文史学互为动因,极大地推动了古代藏书事业的发展。在思想领域里,儒学、佛教、玄学三教援引并存,形成了多元的社会思潮格局,也为齐、梁朝藏书文化活动提供了良好的社会人文环境。     

未成年人群体人文素养之探析

本文针对未成年人群体的人文素养现状,分析其中原因,并就提高未成年人群体的人文素养提出几点对策与建议。     

图书馆人文精神的展示与传播

对于图书馆来说,确立正确的人文理念、展示传播人文精神非常重要。图书馆的人文理念,既指图书馆的服务要以读者为本,又指图书馆的管理要以馆员为本。因此,以人为本是图书馆管理工作的核心思想。     

博物馆工作与未成年人的人文素质教育

社会教育是博物馆固有的职能之一,因此,它肩负着育人的使命。关爱特殊群体,贴近未成年人的健康成长,是博物馆工作中的重中之重。