宗教对话向来就是宗教研究最持续、最热门和实践性最强的议题之一。宗教对话的含义非常广泛,因此界定宗教对话就与界定宗教本身一样困难。我对宗教对话作了宽泛地界定,即关于宗教议题的教内对话、教际对话,政教对话以及社会与宗教对话。一、在中国开展宗教对话的现实背景除了一般的动因外,中国宗教对话还有以下特殊的背景。首先,改革开放以来中国信教人数的较快增长。总的来说,中国是一个“宗教性较弱”的国家,这主要指宗教人口在总人口中的占比较低,以及国民宗教性较弱等。但中 Religious dialogue has always been one of the most persistent, hottest and practical aspects of religious studies. The meaning of religious dialogue is very wide, so defining religious dialogue is as difficult as defining religion itself. I have broadly defined religious dialogue, namely, inter-religious dialogue, inter-religious dialogue, religious dialogue and social and religious dialogue on religious issues. First, the background of the reality of religious dialogue in China In addition to the general motivation, China’s religious dialogue has the following special background. First, the rapid growth of religious believers in China since the reform and opening up. Generally speaking, China is a country with “less religious”. This mainly refers to the low proportion of the religious population in the general population and the relatively weak religion of the people. But medium