非洲基督教会政治立场转变原因分析

An Analysis of the Reasons for the Change of African Christian Church's Political Position

截至20世纪70年代末,非洲基督教会在国家政治生活中的作用并不明显,出于生存的考虑,教会采取与政府"妥协"甚或"合作"的态度;但是进入80年代以后,非洲基督教会在政治上逐渐趋于活跃,并在非洲政治民主化浪潮中扮演了举足轻重的角色。引起这一变化的原因是多方面的,除了内部因素,诸如非洲国家政治经济状况恶化、政教关系发生变化、教会自身实力增强外,同时也受到国际政治气候和国际教会组织等外部因素的影响。

By the end of 1970s, the role of the African Christian Church in the national political life had been insignificant. For the consideration of existence, the Church made a compromise to the authority, or cooperated with it. However, into the 1980s, the African Christian Church gradually became more and more active in politics and played a significant role in the process of democratization. There are many reasons for this change. In addition to the internal reasons, such as the deteri- oration of the political and economic situation of the African countries, the change of the relations between the African Christian Church and the state, and the enhance- ment of the strength of African Christian church; the global political climate and the international Christian Church＇s organizations can be discerned as the external rea- sons.