Christianity And Chinese Folk Religion - Fujian Research Center,

Taking Fujian as the focus of study, the paper is to explore the relation between the dissemination of christianity and Chinese popular faiths during the period from the late Ming Dynasty to the early of the Republic of China.Taking feng shui, ancestors worship and gods worship as the main content of Chinese popular faiths, it gives an account of this relations-hip at different historical stages.It places stress on the contradiction between them under thecircumstances when west powers invaded China from Late Qing to the early of the Republic of China.The paper also portrays the roles which were played by the missionaries,unfolds the real ideas about the live style and religious life of Chinese folk.Moreover, it has a deep exploration in cultural perspective in the contradiction and conflict between the christianity and Chinese popular faiths, analyses the interrelated causes by relating this cultural conflict to the hi-storical background of west powers' invasion into China and outlines the bastic frame work of the conflict in light of culture-anthropology.Meanwhile, it also touches on some missionaries'attempts and efforts in indigenization of christianity,as well as on the unconscious cultural integration of christianity and Chinese popular faiths in their frequent contact.