近代基督教传入陕西及陕西农民入教原因探析

Study on Spreading of Christianity and Causes of Peasants′ Believing in it in Modern Shaanxi

鸦片战争后,基督教随着在华的传播潮流传入陕西,这与基督教宗教势力的扩张、列强对中国的侵略和近代陕西特殊的社会状况不无关系。经济破产、社会动荡、农民生活日益贫困化,导致"吃教"、"靠教"、"因病入教"、"因上学入教"等现象在近代陕西农村非常普遍,只有综合分析经济、政治、心理等各方面因素,才能对错综复杂的农民入教问题作出合理解释。

After the Opium War broke out in 1840,Christianity was once again introduced into China.The inland province Shaanxi had also attracted many western missionaries to spread their doctrine.Based on modern social status of Shaanxi,the article analyzes the spreading of Christianity and causes of peasant′s believing in it.Both of them were closely attached to the economic and political status of the Shaanxi socity at that time.