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The Impact And Evolution:Guwan Church Under The Background Of Urbanization

Posted on:2020-03-23Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:S M LiuFull Text:PDF
GTID:2545305744463074Subject:Anthropology
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Urbanization is an important symbol of the country’s modernization and industrialization,and also an inevitable trend of social and economic development.The main manifestations of urbanization are the continuous influx of rural population into cities and towns,the increasing proportion of urban population in the total population,the continuous optimization of industrial structure and the coordinated development of agriculture,industry and service industry.Since the reform and opening up,with the rapid development of socialist market economy with Chinese characteristics,China’s urbanization has entered a high-speed development track.Tens of thousands of rural population have been transformed into urban population,and patches of rural land have been transformed into brand-new urban areas.Urbanization has a great impact on the Christian Church which is prevalent in China’s rural society.In order to further explore the specific impact of urbanization on Christianity in rural China,this paper takes Guwan Church in Shangpai Town of Feixi County as a field investigation point,adopts participatory observation method and in-depth interview method,and makes a comprehensive investigation and Study on the belief psychology,reasons,practice and resources,and the relationship between politics and religion of Guwan Church believers in the process of urbanization.Firstly,this paper gives a general overview of the external environment of Guwan Church from two aspects:geographical environment and industrial environment.Secondly,combined with abundant interviews,this paper elaborates the impact of urbanization on Guwan Church:believers can not face up to the role of government and church,and have a complex psychology of over-reliance on churches in the process of urbanization;the demolition of churches and the flow of population directly lead to the loss of religious resources;the government readjusts urban land,Guwan Church in the process of urbanization.In the process of demolition,some contradictions arise between the demolition and the government,which results in the conflict between politics and religion.Family churches also loomed up at this time,shaking the beliefs of believers and affecting the development of Guwan Church.It is precisely because of the above multiple impacts that Guwan Church and its followers have undergone changes:on the one hand,the adjustment of industrial structure and the innovation of economic system have promoted the balance of sex composition,the younger age composition and the diversification of professional composition of the followers of the Church,and overall promoted the balance of the composition of Guwan Church’s followers;on the other hand,urbanization has changed the original concept of life and the diversification of the followers.Professional style makes them more inclined to pursue spiritual and cultural life.At the same time,the clergy received professional theological training,which improved the professionalization of church preaching content and the standardization of organization and management.On the other hand,in the process of urbanization,because of the church demolition and the infiltration of family churches,the underground trend of believers is serious;the alienation of missionary behavior has affected the spiritual civilization construction of society to a certain extent.In view of the impact on the Guwan Church and its changes in the process of urbanization,the author believes that the development of Christianity should be treated rationally,and the psychological and physical needs of the believers should be met on the basis of respecting their religious feelings;the conflicts between the government and the church should be adjusted to solve the political and religious conflicts arising from the demolition problem;and the infiltration of family churches should be strictly prevented from the legal level.Maintaining the development of the Three-Self church with the level of consciousness,standardizing the church management system,and giving full play to the positive role of the church in the construction of spiritual civilization.
Keywords/Search Tags:urbanization, christianity, Guwan Church, believers
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