Christianity and the Intellectuals of the Republic of China

Author: Yang Tianhong
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Publish Date: 2005-07-01
Features: This is a theoretical monograph on the study of the Non-Christian Movement of 1922. To some extent influenced by the modern Enlightenment movement in the West, this movement emerged in the form and operational methods of the "anti-foreign church" movements by traditional scholars in late Qing history. It was a relatively rational movement that opposed religious and divine culture with secular and humanistic culture, serving as a continuation of the New Culture Movement and an important component of the Chinese nationalist movement in the 1920s. Since the 19th century, with the emergence of evolutionism, science, and philosophy, a critical movement against religious and divine culture with humanism as its has sprung up in Europe and America. The Non-Christian Movement in China also followed this trend and wave, developing into a nationwide ideological, cultural, and political movement. This movement, influenced to some extent by the modern Enlightenment movement in the West, appeared in the form and operational methods of the "anti-foreign church" movements by traditional scholars in late Qing history. It was a relatively rational movement that opposed religious and divine culture with secular and humanistic culture, serving as a continuation of the New Culture Movement and an important component of the Chinese nationalist movement in the 1920s. The book also provides an evaluation of Christianity and its missionary activities in China.