Reflect On Religious Market Theory

In recent years, The religious market theory has aroused widespread concern ofscholars in the field of sociology. At present, for the religious market theory merelyin the initial stage of introduction. As for the combination of concrete reality toreflect on the theory in this regard results are seldom. Moreover, in this limited casestudy, Scholars who have disseminated the traditional religions, for example as theentry point to study the theory. Disseminated religion has the great differences ininstitutional religion. Disseminated religion to validate the religious market theory,the religious market theory must be some deviation. In addition, domestic scholarsconcern more state control in the religious market theory, rational choice,but lack ofreflection of the variables in this theory. In this paper we take Northeast Village H’s“Christian proselytism”phenomenon as a case study analysis. Discussion of thereligious market theory in the interpretation of institutional religion in reaffiliation.This theory which is to explain this phenomenon can be feasible in which and cannot be feasible,and what of the root causes of these will not work.Different view ofWestern Christianity in contrast to the sectarian problems, Analysis the different inthe religious activities of " proselytism " between Chinese and the West. Tofurther discuss the religious market theory to explain Chinese institutional religionof the existence of Christianity, which shortage, discusses the existing shortage ofbasic reasons,at last, I try to use Mr. Yang’s religious short economic theory toexplain causes this kind of reaffiliation the causes of phenomena.Make up forreligious market theory to explain China’s religious market exists in some shortage,The last, I attempt to put forward some about reaffiliation phenomenon proposition.