Aniconism and Sacramentality: Rethinking the Riddles of Representing the Sacred

神像的禁止與聖事：重新思考再現神聖之謎

鮑霖(Batairwa K. Paulin)

《哲學與文化》 41卷10期 (2014/10) Pp. 59-83

摘要

「神像的禁制」（Aniconism）是指宗教成像的禁制，禁止神明、神聖存在者與聖人的形象化。由於亞伯拉罕宗教的影響，「神像的禁制」提供一個詮釋的框架。這框架被視為能解讀一般宗教成像的缺乏；整體上又能解釋宗教對使用符號來描述神聖與聖者的優勢。而本文則認為「聖事」（sacramentality）提供更好的視域解決一道謎題－神聖的再現（representation）固有的謎。

關鍵字

神像禁止論 ； 聖事 ； 宗教意象 ； 宗教再現

並列摘要

Aniconism refers to the proscription of religious imagery and representations of the Divine, sacred beings, and holy personages. Due to the influence of the Abrahamic religions, aniconism provides the hermeneutic framework to interpret the absence of religious imagery and the preponderance of symbolic representations of the divine and holy people in religions in general. This paper holds that sacramentality offers a better horizon to address the riddles inherent to the representation of the sacred.

並列關鍵字

Aniconism ； Sacramentality Religious Imagery ； ReligiousRepresentations

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