Combatting antisemitism in the school playground: an Australian case study

The aim of Gross and Rutland's paper is to analyse the problem of antisemitic bullying in contemporary Australian state schools by investigating the case of Jewish children in those schools. The study is interdisciplinary, drawing on historical data and educational methodology, and employs a qualitative approach through semi-structured interviews conducted in Sydney and Melbourne with all the major actors: students (55), teachers (10), principals (4), parents (13) and Jewish communal leaders (10). Gross and Rutland argue that classical anti-Jewish stereotypes are perpetuated in the school playground, transmitted by children from one generation to the next. This finding provides an additional perspective to the general literature, which argues that racial prejudice and stereotypes are acquired primarily through home socialization, religious institutions and the media, and neglects the role of the school playground.     

Popular Culture, Power Relations and Urban Discipline: The Festival of the Holy Spirit in Nineteenth-Century Rio de Janeiro

The Festival of the Holy Spirit was considered the most important religious celebration in nineteenth‐century Rio de Janeiro. I discuss the popular practices of music, dance and theatre during the festival. By merging European waltz and the African batuque, the heterogeneous public re‐created and re‐invented a number of new genres that are at the roots of twentieth‐century Brazilian popular music. The festival of the Holy Spirit allows an examination of elite strategies and municipal policies regarding popular culture. In this respect, it is remarkable how much political use the Brazilian Empire made of the festival of the Holy Spirit and how its revellers fought for their celebration.     

“少生快富”与宁夏回族群众生育观念的转变

在由传统型社会向现代型社会转变的新时期,宁夏回族群众在生育问题上呈现出一些新特点与新动向,生育意愿与生育政策的差距逐渐缩小,实行计划生育的自觉性有所提高。这些改变对宁夏经济发展、生产力水平提高产生了深远的影响。     

台江县反排村当代苗族习惯法民族志

台江县是全国最集中的苗族聚居县,由于特殊的地理环境和历史背景,较好地保留了原始苗族习惯法文化。历史上传承下来的桥崇拜规范、牯脏节规范、婚姻习惯法规范以及神判制度等仍然发挥着重要的社会控制作用。由于国家实行村民自治制度,很多苗族习惯法规范以村规民约的形式表现出来。村民委员会和村民调解委员会成员代替传统上的寨老对民间纠纷进行调解。     

治安专业教学计划课程体系的调查与启示

围绕素质教育的需要,结合我校教学改革的实际情况,从实践和培养合格人民警察的需要出发,经广泛调研,结果表明:在对“两课”予以充分肯定的前提下,治安专业教学计划课程体系的设计要厚基础,宽专业口径;要注重实用性;要加强实践性课程;要符合社会需求,又要有利于“通才”教育;多开选修课;增开《公共关系学》、《社会调查研究》等课程。     

属灵的冲突来自属物的冲突--东南亚宗教冲突初探

宗教问题和民族问题将是21世纪困扰人类社会最复杂的问题,东南亚是一个多宗教的地区,婆罗门教、佛教、伊斯兰教、天主教都曾经在东南亚盛行一时,东南亚国家在独立以后,一些国家内部的宗教冲突一直连续不断,特别是20世纪60、70年代泰国南部地区穆斯林和佛教徒之间的冲突;70、80年代菲律宾南部的穆斯林和天主教徒之间的冲突和90年代末印度尼西亚马鲁古群岛穆斯林和基督教徒之间的冲突,导致社会的激烈动荡,带来了经济、文化等方面的重大损失.本文通过分析60年代到90年代在东南亚地区发生的不同宗教教徒之间的冲突,阐释产生冲突的历史渊源,并从制度的角度观察精神世界的冲突.笔者认为属于精神层面的宗教冲突在很大程度上来自一些制度层面的失误.因此,解决宗教冲突的关键并不是单纯地针对精神层面的因素,解决宗教冲突的外部原因比解决宗教的内部原因更为重要.     

Does religion count for religious parliamentary representation? Evidence from Early Day Motions

The article addresses one facet of the representation puzzle, namely substantive minority representation in the UK House of Commons. It examines whether a religious Jewish and Muslim minority background stimulates politicians from these backgrounds to address issues of concern for Jewish and Muslim minority groups in Early Day Motions (EDMs), and compares the effects from identity-based and institutional predictors. The study draws upon previous studies that used low-cost parliamentary activities to assess the impact of gender and ethnic minority identities on the representation of women and ethnic minorities, employing quantitative content analysis and time-series cross-sectional data analysis to examine the content of EDMs sponsored by members of parliament from Jewish and Muslim background (plus a control group) between 1997 and 2012. The analyses test for the effects of religious background and institutional predictors on the likelihood of referring to minority issues. They show that identity-based predictors such as a religious background are vastly inferior to institutional factors, including a legislative role, representing a constituency with a significant proportion of minority population, and the length of parliamentary service, in determining such references.     

云南的民族宗教问题与和谐社会建设

民族宗教问题是构建社会主义和谐社会必须始终高度重视和正确处理的重大问题。云南是一个多民族、多宗教长期并存的边疆山区省,云南的民族宗教问题在全国具有典型性和代表性,对云南乃至全国的和谐社会建设发挥着重要影响。文章在认真总结云南正确处理民族宗教问题取得显著成就和丰富经验的基础上,深入分析了民族宗教问题对构建和谐云南的现实影响,并从民族宗教领域对构建和谐云南提出了一系列操作性很强的对策建议,对全国民族地区构建社会主义和谐社会具有一定的借鉴意义。     

论宗教活动场所的治安管理——以西藏自治区拉萨市为例

宗教活动场所的治安管理,是保障宗教事务及宗教活动健康有序的需要,是保证宗教教职人员、信教群众和观光游客以及文物安全的需要,也是抵制境内外敌对势力利用宗教进行渗透和破坏的需要。作为社会治安的主管部门,公安机关依法对宗教活动场所进行治安管理是其职责所在。在西藏,尤其是拉萨,加强对宗教活动场所的治安管理显得更为重要。     

和谐社会视阈中的宗教文化建设

构建社会主义和谐社会,为宗教文化建设提供了新的契机。宗教文化中的爱国爱教传统、合理的伦理道德因素、积极入世的人生态度及其对民族精神的影响,是与和谐社会相契合的。为此,必须努力发掘宗教文化的现代价值,使之成为推动经济发展、维护社会稳定、保护生态环境和促进祖国统一的重要资源。