宗教和慈善两者体用相存,在伦理层面上基于共同的价值共识而衍生出了一种重要的社会公益形式即宗教慈善,成为人类公益慈善历史的源头之一。但进入现代民主文明社会以后,伴随政教关系改革,政府公共服务能力的完善,第三方独立组织的崛起和民间公益意识的觉醒,宗教慈善的社会参与逐渐被边缘化。现有条件下,我国宗教慈善应该在悠远的文化传统、富集的资源、较高的公信力等优势基础上,返本开新,探索宗教慈善的现代转型和创新。从基础理论、组织结构、供给系统方面开辟新的路径,力争成为现代社会中一支积极活跃的公益力量。 Both the religious and the philanthropic bodies use one another in their own right and derive an important form of social welfare, namely, religious charity, on the ethical level based on the common value consensus and become one of the sources of the history of human charity. However, after entering the modern democratic civilized society, along with the reform of the political and religious relations, the improvement of the government’s public service capabilities, the rise of the third party independent organization and the awakening of the non-governmental public awareness, the social participation of religious charities is gradually marginalized. Under current conditions, religious charities in our country should start anew based on the advantages of distant cultural traditions, abundant resources and high credibility, and explore the modern transformation and innovation of religious charity. From the basic theory, organizational structure, supply system to open up new paths and strive to become an active and active public interest in modern society.