A Study On The Influence Of Christianity On The Economic Ethics Of The Miao Village In

As a strong involvement of foreign culture, the spread of Christianity in the remote mountain area and the roots have their own conditions, ways, characteristics and influence. For the big flower seedlings of Bajiao village FuMincounty in Yunnan province, Christianity is not only a kind of spirital dependence, but also a behavior guide. During the process of incoming, accept and development process, the Christianity had an deeply effect on the villagers’ religious view, wealth view, professional view, view of life-death and family view, which is especially embodied in the influence of the economic activities and the economic ethics of the villagers. Christianity influences on Bajiaoqing district’s economic ethics mainly has three points. First is the impact on the economic way of thinking, including the bud of self-awareness and rational forecast of income. The second is the impaction on the economic way of life and attitude, performing on the excessive consumption behavior which is caused by the emphasis of spiritual life and the counterchange of superiority and inferiority. The third is the influence on interpersonal relations, involving the affinity of the religious beliefs and public communication and interpersonal relations’ transition from the differential to the equality. Meanwhile, the village’s separation of the Christian church is a noticeable phenomenon that is associated with this village’s economic development, the consistency of religious sects, the shift of social structure and the specification of collective action. Thus, in the present context, the Christianity for the Bajiaoqing village is no longer an alien intruders, but its essential ingredients in the social and cultural mechanisms, and it is crucial for the global existence and development of the village.