This paper is a first step towards articulating a Chinese version of ecological civilization construction (short for ECC). Three major intellectual sources of ecological civilization are identified and the constraints from resources and environment on economic development are emphasized. The concept framework of ECC contains four aspects: the subjects, the objects, the means and the scope. The ...

The purpose of this article is to outline some of the religious implications of Western personality theories. It begins with broad comments about the general theoretical tradition of the West, especially for secular disciplines such as psychology. Next, it sketches briefly the religious implications of many aspects of the three forces of psychology, i.e., psychoanalysis, behaviorism, and humani...

This essay examines critically the demarcation of ethics and science. While its method is theoretical rather than experimental, it proposes a research program as a logical next step to test its conclusions. It offers a conceptual foundation for a new ethics whose chief aim is the survival of life. Only a global consensus can challenge contemporary threats to life. The foundation of this new eth...

The following essay examines the roles of Sherlock Holmes and his colleague, Watson, in the social construction of masculine norms in Arthur Conan Doyle‟s The Sign of Four. This novel includes a description of the courtship and marriage of Watson to Holmes‟s client, Mary Morstan—an act of masculine fulfillment that reinforces hegemonic patriarchal ideals of the time. The novel also supports pat...

This chapter explores cultural and individual religious roots of adolescents' family orientation on the basis of multilevel analyses with data from 17 cul­ tural groups. Religion and the family are seen as intertwined social insti­ tutions. The family as a source of social support has been identified as an important mediator of the effects of religiosity on adolescent developmental outcomes. Th...