From the "religion" and "religious sense" understanding of religion to reflect on cultural - and on the critical theory of religion

Philosophy and Culture 26 (9):858-868 (1999)
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"Let the religious purification of the people, so that religious reform society" in all today's "champions of reform under the banner of the mind, is a very popular slogan but, when we consider religion as a social reform can be sure that the first religious Faith is a religion of its legitimacy, and its criticism for "religions" to grasp the nature and provisions, the author believes that religious system contains a sacred things, people, and part of the community. Based on the sacred things and people in the mutual relations. The basis of the definition of religion or "religious sense" on. The "religious sense" constitutes part of human nature. The requirements of people with congenital grid is self-preservation and self-development, it is a "reasonable" religion should be "conducive to human development, and to demonstrate the ability of human beings in particular is almost a" religion. Taiwanese direct and lively sense of religion, to gush, but most could not help it into the "technology" into the system, resulting in distorted religious consciousness. We must let this awakening of the power of human instinct, to address the needs of their own authentic humanity. In any context and under all眞are consciously managed. "Religion" directed at the "ultimate", and "ultimate" is a feeling. No matter how we believe to be the case敎rational analysis and discussion, most importantly, must not ignore this feeling, because it is so眞real. I am confident that humanity can make "fundamental changes", then "feel" must be one of the important forces. As a result, modern man is a help to go beyond their own limited, to better understand their nature, can thus be caused by greater freedom of cases敎, this be considered a "humanistic religion."

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