Abstract:

Since the turn of Ming and Qing dynasties the development of Christianity has been deeply involved in the process of China's modernization to such an extent that the confluence of Christianity and China's modernization has profoundly manifested itself in the new methodology of Catholic mission, Protestant cultural educational project, theory and practice of Chinese reformation movement, and even in peasant uprisings such as the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and the Boxers (Yihetuan). In the beginning of the 20 th century Christianity was consciously or unconsciously engaged in various activities such as the New Cultural Movement, debates on religious issues and the national salvation to shape China's modernity.