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Conflict And Adjustment Of Christianity And Traditional Etiquette

Posted on:2015-02-21Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:J Y ShangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2285330431456904Subject:Folklore
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Christianity was introduced into China since the beginning of its "monotheism," the teachings of respect among diverse Chinese community has a distinct folk beliefs conflict with the opposition, embodied in the tradition of ancestor worship and Chinese, funeral rites and folk deities and faith, witchcraft activities. Such conflicts can not simply be attributed to a conflict of faith, but as a conflict between Christianity and traditional Chinese culture and customs. This conflict throughout the whole Christianity spread history in china. In the process of entering into the Chinese society Christianity is also undergoing changes of its own. which in order to better absorb the adaptation made bv believers. and the interaction with the traditional rituals. In different historical periods, the conflict and the performance of rituals and customs are different.Since the1980s, the rapid development in the rural Protestant community, the traditional rituals themselves have experienced the impact during the liberation to the Cultural Revolution and gradually restored since the1980s. This time the conflict and adjustment between traditional customs and "Three-Self Church" and "Family Church", which were regarded as the representative of Christian, are reflected in many aspects of social life, showing a complex and diverse characteristics in the process of entering into the social life of rural areas.This article includes Church of Christ of Han Ying country, Christianity and the Spring Festival, Christianity and funerary rites and Christianity and folk beliefs. The part of Christianity and traditional Chinese New Year Spring Festival aims to show the traditional and contemporary of the Spring Festival, the changes in the form and content of traditional custom activities and the conflict and adjustment between Christianity and traditional custom activities; The part of Christian and funerary rites chapter includes the general form of traditional funerals of Han Ying country, concept and performance of Christian believer in traditional Chinese funeral and Christian burial, which focus on the impact of binding force of traditional funeral on the Christian believers and the impact of Christian on the traditional funeral idea of Christian believers and Christian believers Funeral ideas and behavior change; The Christianity and folk beliefs part highlights the impact of Christian faith on folk activities of Han Ying country.The article aims to more vividly and lively show the Conflict and Adjustment of current state of Christianity and traditional customs of the interactive process by selecting such a case between explore the traditional rituals of Christianity shocks and subtle changes to their traditional customs form, both of which show the gradual integration of the situation in the conflict and the process of adaptation, and thus accelerate the localization of Christianity and the Christianization of the rural society of such a topic for development and change the rural Christian study provides a vivid, specific cases.
Keywords/Search Tags:conflict, adjustment, Christianity, traditional etiquette, faith
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