For developing religious resources in Vietnam today, the religion rethinking must-have in light of ousiology

Abstract

The mobilization of religious resources in community building and development in Vietnam today is just the mobilization of money and human strength, without resource accumulation. This is not rationality. The ousiological religion rethinking is necessary. In light of ousiology, we get a view of the identity and way of religion existence in each dimension: Social Consciousness, Social Facts, Religious Facts, Culture Facts, and Social Capital. This view integrates the general knowledge of religion to determine: The social capital of religion is an ensemble of ousiological attributes of religion that makes with the being of man. The Man Being is the resource of religion. In light of ousiology, we can forecast the dangers and threats of the Age, which are challenging the existence of religions, and provide the contents for the restructuring a religious worldview, religious rituals and activities, and ways to preserve religious and moral values, etc., as an adaptation for religion to exist. In light of ousiology, we understand that it is inevitable for the social capital of religion to participate in the capital flow of the market economy. New challenges are emerging and the total mobilization of society to overcome these challenges is necessary for the authentic existence of religion.