China—Twilight or Dawn?

Price, Frank W.

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“…This article is an attempt to understand such a thinker, described by Frank Price (1948: 142) as an “Old Testament prophet; his soul … seared by the social sins and injustices that he sees around him,” especially to grasp his critique deeply rooted in the reality of China. Wu came up with a “materialistic Christianity” under the premise of the “principle of reconciliation.” Just like many “leftist” thinkers or “neo-Marxists,” his theological thought runs through his critique on modernity, especially when exploring the future possibilities of Christianity in the reality of the world and of China itself.…”

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The dwarf and the puppet: YT Wu's “Christian materialism”

2014

Critical Research on Religion

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Marxism came to China along with the Russian Revolution. Many Chinese scholars and students became interested in Marxism, which was interpreted in terms of patriotism and as an anti-imperialist movement. As a leader of the Christian Youth Student Fellowship of YMCA in Shanghai, YT Wu was deeply concerned with the nature of current thought on campus, and sought dialogue between Christianity and materialism. This article analyzes Wu's thought, especially his proposal of a Christian materialism which would reconcile the two. Like Marxist thinkers in the West, Wu was highly critical of the modernity that was also influencing China. Wu finds the key to theology in an interpretation of the Sermon on the Mount, which he understands as a depiction of Christian materialism.

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Section: Materialistic Christianity?mentioning

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The dwarf and the puppet: YT Wu's “Christian materialism”

2014

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China—Twilight or Dawn?

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