The Study On The Secularization Of Christianity In Shanghai

Religion is a reflection of social existence,and its emergence and development have always been associated with a specific historical stage of society.Each time a significant historical change is experienced,religion ADAPTS to the new environment by changing its content and form of expression.In the present this in the process of modernization,religious expression comes out is the characteristic and the trend of secularization,and this trend with the development of modernization,will become increasingly significant and has a certain historical inevitability and global.Religious secularization problem has gradually become a hot academic topic,discusses on the issues of religious secularization of literature at home and abroad is immense,but the definition of the concept but not particularly clear and clear,and this article is mainly from christians actively into social secular activities,simplify its religious behavior to look at the social level of performance characteristics of secularization,and secular push is certainly conform to the trend,for religious work of our country,and plays an active role in social development in our country.Second,although a lot of literature about religion secularization,but for a specific the secularization of religious studies is relatively small,and in this limited study,based on a specific area of the empirical survey to intuitive understanding of religious secularization and even fewer.Considering it was abolished the Catholic Christian monks hierarchical system,beginning from its creation reflects the high recognition of personal values in modern society and for enthusiasm into secular activities,thus this article selects Christianity,hoping to start from the high degree of secularization of religion,by means of its spreading in China at the center of the city-Shanghai field survey of the main church,to understand the extent of the secular Christian in today's Shanghai,performance,characteristics,to be able to more a lack of empirical research on the problem of religious secularization is a supplement,Can be more clear,more intuitive to understand the manifestation of Christian church in the process of secularization,but also for understanding China's religious work,and how to guide religions to adapt themselves to socialist society the major issue is of important theoretical significance and practical value.Introduced the thesis research purpose and meaning,this thesis research trends and new ideas and research method,this paper defined the concept of religious secularization,to clarify the characteristics of the religious secularization,and established the comply with religious secular trend for social development in our country,its positive effect is greater than the negative effect of argument.Then,through the development and evolution of Christianity in modern Shanghai,a more detailed historical review and analysis can be made to understand the current research more deeply.The second chapter and the third chapter is the focus of this article,namely for the current development situation of Christianity in Shanghai this paper,through on-the-spot investigation and questionnaire,writing a for Christian believers in Shanghai their basic situation,religious reasons,such as survey data report,and try to see the essence through the phenomenon,to analyze the secular Christian in Shanghai why today's level and the status quo,and tries to find out the existing problems in the investigation,and analysis of these problems,find out the corresponding countermeasure and the suggestion.Secularization of Christianity by the last part is a thinking and supplement of the problem,this article always insist on the dialectical thinking and the development of the vision to recognize and solve the problem,in the affirmation of the positive role of religious secularization and at the same time,also bring the negative effect of emphasis on religious secularization process and its own existence.Through to our country religion secularization and comparing of the two concepts of the sinicization of religion in our country,to a more profound to see in the way of guide religions to adapt themselves to socialist society,the secularization of religion is to promote sinicization of religious part of this important task,not all,higher degree of religious secularization performance is by no means the end of the religious work in our country.Only promoting the sinicization in the religious could solve the problem of religion,which is the most comprehensive and effective way.And in the final section of this article,combining with the city of Shanghai,this paper mention that putting forward to promote sinicization of Christian needs to be cautious with the local and specific way.