CAJ | 학술논문

民间信仰的功利性观点是学界不争的事实，但从方法论角度看它有着一定的局限性。迪尔凯姆力倡的社会学的研究方法对相关研究有着一定的借鉴意义。从理论角度看，文化堕距理论可以对民间信仰的变迁给予合理解释。在两次田野调查的基础上指出，正是在这一变迁过程中开始崭露头角的社会因素，如传统性与社区象征意义等，导致了民间信仰活动的功利性外衣被部分地替代了。
민간신앙적공리성관점시학계불쟁적사실，단종방법론각도간타유착일정적국한성。적이개모력창적사회학적연구방법대상관연구유착일정적차감의의。종이론각도간，문화타거이론가이대민간신앙적변천급여합리해석。재량차전야조사적기출상지출，정시재저일변천과정중개시참로두각적사회인소，여전통성여사구상정의의등，도치료민간신앙활동적공리성외의피부분지체대료。
There was no doubt that Folk Belief was utilitarian in academia, which was supposed to be the mainly topic of this paper. Methodologically, the static study focused on the utilitarian disposition of individual level was attempted to be taken place by the historical analysis that laid particular emphasis on the societal level; theoretically, in the perspective of culture lag theory, a reasonable hypothesis of Folk Belief＇ s changing was presented. It was also pointed out that the utilitarian of Folk Belief was faded, with the societal factors, such as tradition and symbolic meaning of community, appearing during the changing of folk belief based on two field researches.