英国基督教与非洲约鲁巴兰的现代化进程(1841-1914)

British Christianity and the Process of Modernization in Yorubaland of Africa(1841-1914)

自1841年英国圣公会计划进入西非约鲁巴兰传教至1914年第一次世界大战爆发,基督教的活动一直伴随着英国海外殖民地约鲁巴兰的建设过程。基督教作为一种世界性宗教发挥了重要作用,传教士参与了殖民地的政治、经济、文化建设,导致了约鲁巴兰的政治、社会、经济结构发生了不同程度的变化。本文以英殖民地约鲁巴兰的建设和发展过程为例,说明在基督教的影响下,约鲁巴兰在政治、经济、思想文化等方面产生的变化及逐渐走向现代化的过程。

From the plan of entering Yorubland made by Church Missionary Society in 1841 to the outbreak of World War I in 1914,Christian activities had been accompanied by the construction of the British colony Yorubaland.Christianity played an important role as a world religion.Therefore,missionaries participated in the political,economic,and cultural construction of the colony,which led to changes in the political,social and economic structure of Yorubaland to varying degrees.The article takes the construction and development of the British colony of Yorubaland as an example to illustrate the political,economic,ideological and cultural changes in Yorubaland and the gradual process of modernization under the influence of Christianity.