The Church Museums' Evolution of the Idea and Methods of Missionary Work in China
A Study of Tsinanfu Institute
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3557227 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Taiheng Li (0009-0004-6333-9498, Fudan University), Yingyi Zhang (0009-0000-0975-7251, Beijing Normal University), J Wei (0009-0005-3339-9470, Fudan University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 598 |
| Publication date | 2024-05-13 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/rel15050598 |
| OpenAlex | W4396904998 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 8 |
This study explores the role of church museums represented by the Tsinanfu Institute in the spread of Christianity in modern China. Established in 1887, Tsinanfu Institute, formerly Tsingchowfu Museum, stands as an early pioneer of church museums in China with the mission of spreading Christianity. It has taken exhibition and knowledge dissemination and social education as its core functions, indirect evangelization and expansion of religious influence as its fundamental purpose, and the Chinese way of localization and the promotion of harmonious relations with the community as its important working guidelines. It has established a new operational concept as a "public cultural museum", realizing the transformation of the church museum from a missionary venue for the intellectuals to a new type of missionary venue for the general public. The development stages of the church museum operational concept represented by Tsinanfu Institute are mainly socialization, education, localization, and the popularization of higher education, which is a microcosm of the development trend of the Christian Endeavour Movement, Social Gospel, and vernacularization thought. Tsinanfu Institute shows significant research value in studying new missionary concepts and exploring the new way of missionary work in the church during the late 19th and early 20th centuries
Archaeology · Art · China · Engineering ethics · Library science · Political science · Sociology · Visual arts · Chinese history and philosophy · Christian Theology and Mission · Computer Science · Engineering · History · Religious Tourism and Spaces · Mechanical Engineering
| Highly cited | No |
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