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An Understanding of the Christian Debates in Early 1920s China
Korean Studies Quarterly / Korean Studies Quarterly, (P)2671-8197; (E)2733-936X
2025, v.48 no.4, pp.121-161
SUNG,
K.
(2025). An Understanding of the Christian Debates in Early 1920s China. , 48(4), 121-161.
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Abstract
This study presents an overview of the historical development of the AntiChristian Movement in 1920s China and the early debates on Christianity that arose during its initial phase. It examines key discussions on the personality of Jesus, Christian theology and the church, and the spirit of Christian love, which relate to the core nature of Christianity and influenced both anti-Christian critiques and Christian responses. The study highlights the arguments and reasoning of anti-Christian intellectuals such as Zhu Zhi-xin, Chen Du-xiu, and Miao Fenglin, as well as the defenses offered by Christian thinkers including Liang Jun-mo and Zhang Yi-jing. Overall, anti-Christian critiques in the 1920s differed markedly from earlier theoretical and ritual criticisms (典禮論爭), which interpreted Christianity through Buryu lun (補儒論) framework as a supplement to Confucianism. Instead, discourse during this period developed within the context of the May Fourth New Culture Movement, which emphasized self-reflection on Confucian culture and broader engagement with Western thought. Thus, early 1920s criticism of Christianity can be seen, at least theoretically, as a reflection on the core values of Christianity.
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- anti-Christian Movement, Christianity, church, Jesus, Christian love, 기독교 비판운동, 기독교, 교회, 예수, 사랑
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