中華文化天帝信仰的轉化與重現

The Transformation and Reappearance of ＂Tiandi＂ Belief in Chinese Culture

巨克毅(Ker-Yi Chu)

《宗教哲學》 73期 (2015/09) Pp. 19-33

https://doi.org/10.6309/JORP.2015.09.73.19

摘要

中國人探討天帝信仰源遠流長，迄今仍是中華大地上眾多人們的重要的宗教信仰。不過，近年來中國大陸學者針對儒家思想與儒教信仰引起一些爭辯，主要關鍵因素在於儒家知識份子對於天帝信仰的轉化，以哲學思維「人文化成」方式重新理解天帝信仰觀念；而社會中下階層百姓則仍保有原來的至上神信仰成份。本文首先將從中華文化天帝信仰的根源與發展探析之，其次針對天帝信仰的轉化方式與內涵加以分析，最後則對台灣地區新興宗教：天帝教的天帝信仰觀念的重現，予以新的詮釋與探討。

關鍵字

天帝信仰 ； 儒家與儒教 ； 人文化成 ； 天帝教

並列摘要

The belief in ＂Tiandi＂ began a long time ago, and it is still an important religious belief in the Chinese speaking area. However, there have been arguments among scholars recently regarding the Confucian thought and Confucian religion. What caused this argument is derived from the transformation of the Confucians intellectuals 'belief of ＂Tiandi＂. They redefined ＂Tiandi ＂with a philosophical idea of cultivated humanity, while the civilians from less educated class still take ＂Tiandi＂ as a supreme God. In this article, the source and development of ＂Tiandi＂ belief will first be discussed and analyzed. Then, the content of ＂Tiandi＂ and how it is transformed will be discoursed. Lastly, the discussion and analysis will focus on how the reappearance of the belief of ＂Tiandi＂ in the ＂Tiandi＂ religion has formed among the new religions emerging recently in Taiwan.

並列關鍵字

The Belief in ＂Tiendi＂ ； Confucian and Confucianism ； Cultivated Humanity ； The Lord of Universe Church