美国基督教青年会创立远东体育协会的历史研究

A Historical Study of the Far Eastern Athletic Association Created by American YMCA

美国基督教青年会在远东体育协会的创立过程中至为关键。19世纪末,美国基督教青年会日渐成熟,开始拓展海外传教事业,东亚地区被认为是未来"基督"文化传承与发展的重要领地。1912年,美青会干事布朗发起在菲律宾建立东亚地区的体育组织,先后得到中国、日本的响应与支持,并于1917年正式创立"远东体育协会",成为世界首个地区性国际体育组织。美国基督教青年会籍体育之名行传教之实的模式取得了巨大成功,一方面使西方体育、美国价值体系在东亚地区生根发芽,另一方面推动了东亚社会的现代化进程。

American YMCA played an outstanding role in the creation of the Far Eastern Athletic Association. In the late 19 th century,American YMCA matured enough to expand overseas missionary work in East Asia,which was considered to be an important heritage territory of ' Christ' culture for the future. In 1912 Brown of the Philippines YMCA initiated the establishment of sports organization in East Asia,and successively gained supports from both China and Japan. In 1917 ' the Far Eastern Athletic Association' was formally established,and it was the first regional international sports organization in the world. The mode of spreading ' Christ' culture through sports,ushered by American YMCA,achieved great success. On one hand it made western sports and the American value system taking root in East Asia society,on the other hand it promoted the modernization process of East Asian societies.