Anti-Christian Movement (China)
- Anti-Christian Movement (China)
The Anti-Christian Movement (非基督教运动) was an intellectual movement in China in the 1920s.[ [http://www.yutopian.com/religion/history/Anti.html "The Anti-Christian Movement"] ] It was inspired by modernizing attitudes deriving from both nationalist and socialist ideologies, as well as feeding on older anti-Christian sentiment that was in large part due to repeated invasions of China by western countries.][Hodus, Lewis [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0022-4189(193010)10%3A4%3C487%3ATAMIC%3E2.0.CO%3B2-D The Anti-Christian Movement in China] ] ][Cohen, Paul A. [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0021-9118(196102)20%3A2%3C169%3ATATIC%3E2.0.CO%3B2-%23 "The Anti-Christian Tradition in China"] ] ] Origins
The most influential publication behind the movement was an article by Chu Chi-hsin entitled "What Is Jesus?", first published in 1919 and much republished thereafter, in which he argued that Jesus was an ordinary illegitimate peasant child who became the leader of a band of mystical enthusiasts (with bandit elements) such as were often found in Chinese history.
Course
Pamphlets, rallies and petitions were numerous from 1922 through 1927.
The killing of six Christian missionaries during the Nanjing Incident of 1927 has been attributed to the influence of the movement, but can also be attributed to more generalized xenophobia.
The movement effectively came to an end with Chiang Kai-shek's baptism in 1929 and the appointment of T. V. Soong, a Christian, as premier in 1930.
References
See also
* [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0022-4189(193010)10%3A4%3C487%3ATAMIC%3E2.0.CO%3B2-D The Anti-Christian Movement in China] By Lewis Hodus
*Criticism of Christianity
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