XiangSonglin
Rousseauispraisedas“thefatherofsocialreligioninmodernform”.Formodernsociety,whichisbasicallychracterizedbyapoloticaleconomy,aethicalpoliticandareligiousethic,Rousseaukeenlyrealizedtheproblemofmodernity.HisgeneineoriginalityistochangeChristiantradition,namelytransformindividualatonementtosocialredemption,andtrytoevoke“socialfeeling”ofmodernpeo2pletoconstructa“civilreligion”.Rousseauπsconcepofsocialreligionandsentimentofsocialredemp2tionhavedrawnsharpattentioninmodernworld.
IsraeliteReligionasDescribedintheHebrewBible
ChenYiyi
BasedonthetextualevidencefromwithintheHebrewBibleandsomearchaeologicalevidence,thearticlediscussessomeaspectsoftheIsraelitereligion.TopicssuchasthelocalreligionsamongtheIsraelites,thelocality,jealousy,vengeance,andhumancharacteristicsoftheIsraeliteGod,andthestructureoftheIsraelitepantheonarecovered.Theworshipofthedeadandidols(teraphim),thedifferencesandconflictsbetweenthefamilyreligionandstatereligion,aswellastheimplicationsoftheDeuteronomisticReformtotheIsraelitereligionandlaterJudaismandChristianityareamongtheissuestoucheduponbythisarticle.