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On the Secularization of Religion:Taking the Secularization of Buddhism inDai Villages in Yunnan as an Example

CHEN Mian   

  1. League Ccommittee,Kunming Metallurgy College,Kunming 650033,China
  • Received:2014-12-19 Online:2015-06-01 Published:2015-06-01

Abstract:

The phenomenon of secularization of religion seems to appear frequently in our daily life in recent years.Secularization of religion refers to the weakening of religious ideas and feelings,which results in the gradually narrowing religious activities,the weakening of religious influence and the loss of religious value.Taking the secularization of South-Shangzuo Buddhism in Dai communities in Yunnan as an example,based on the background and connotation,this paper presents the manifestation of these cularization as follows:the social management model changes from unification of the politics and the religion to separation of religion from politics;the basic beliefs transform from godhood to humanity;social religion changes to individual-sorganizationally;the focus is shifted from that world to this world.The growing trend of secularization theories is likely to be divided into three categories of pessimism,optimism and in-between.

Key words: religion, secularization of religion, Dai people, South-Shangzuo Buddhism

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