近年来民间信仰问题研究的回顾与思考:社会史角度的考察

民间信仰问题是当前社会史研究中的一个重要领域,其研究取得一定的成绩,使得民间信仰成为了深入理解中国传统社会的一个很好的突破口。当然,研究中也存在诸多不足,最主要的问题是概念运用的随意性太大。在研究方法上,一方面受到了包括社会人类学、社会学、民俗学等诸多学科的影响,另一方面传统的史学研究方法也应得到重视。

Retrospect on the Study of Folk Religion:A Survey from the Perspective of Social History

Folk religion is an important area in the study of social history and some achievements have been made,which provide a good breach to have a better understanding of Chinese traditional society.But there also exist some limitations,in which the most serious problem is the random application of concepts.As for the research method,on the one hand,it is influenced by some social sciences such as anthropology,sociology,folklore,and so on;on the other hand,the traditional methods of historiographical studies should be valued.