中國知識分子與基督教

CHINESE INTELLECTUALS AND CHRISTIANITY

卓新平(Zhuo Xin-ping)

《建道學刊》 7期 (1997/01) Pp. 125-136

摘要

本文分析、研究了中國知識分子與基督教的關係及對基督教的態度，指出中國知識分子體認基督教一是考慮民族、國家及文化精神發展的大局，二是受到信仰承載者之人格感染。全文在第一部分敘述了中國大陸知識界研究基督教的五種原因，包括對人類文明史、世界文化史的興趣；關注西方的精神思想；重新認識基督教在華的歷史；體認尋真的靈性；以及對學術拓展的基本考慮等；第二部分則分析了中國知識分子對基督教三種頗為不同的態度：即批評而抵制；兼容而結合；或認同而皈依。文章最後提出了基督教在華的形象及意義問題，指明中國知識界與基督教之關係乃靠雙方的生活見證和真誠努力。

並列摘要

This paper analyses the relationship between Chinese intellectuals and Christianity, and the attitudes of Chinese intellectuals toward Christianity. It points out that the understanding of Christianity by the Chinese intellectuals is based firstly on the interests of the whole nation's social, cultural and spiritual development, and secondly on the impact of personality of Christian believers. The first part of the paper describes the five interests or reasons in the study of Christianity by the intellectual circles in Chinese mainland, including their entire interests in the history of human civilization, their special concern for the Western thought and spirit, their revaluation of the history of Christianity in China, their spiritual experience of the Christian way in seeking truth, and their consideration in developing academic research. The second part analyses three different attitudes toward Christianity by the Chinese intellectuals, namely from criticism to resistance, from compatibility to combination, or from identification to conversion. Finally the paper raises the question of the form and the meaning of Christian existence in China and shows clearly that the relationship between Chinese intellectuals and Christianity depends upon the life testimony and efforts from both sides.