任何宗教理論都表現了某種關於「宗教」的理解。任何宗教傳統的過去與 現在也呈現了「宗教」的某些面向。本文旨在指出，透過對於儒家思想中的「理 一分殊」命題的現代詮釋，我們可以將「宗教」當成一種作為具引導性質的規約 原理與功能統一性的理念。而且，宗教學研究從建立到當代發展的過程，或說， 「宗教發現的邏輯」，恰好可以由此得到闡明。故「理一分殊」同時可以作為宗 教學研究的方法論原則。

Any theories about religion have displayed certain understanding of the concept of Religion. Any religious traditions in the past and present have also manifested various dimensions of it. This paper suggests that the concept of Religion can be taken as an Ideal as the regulative principle and functional unity to direct the development of any models of religious studies, which are subject to be modified when encountering further more religious phenomenon. This pattern can be further illustrated in light of the insight of Confucian proposition of “the Li is one but its manifestations are many (理一分殊 li-yi-fen-shu ) ,^ which can in turn serve as a methodological principle of religious studies.