乡村基督教的实践形态:嵌入与疏离——以关中地区南村基督教会历史变迁为例

从对关中地区南村基督教会的历史变迁过程的观察可以看出，农民参加基督教会，其原因还在于当前农村中的正式制度和组织难以满足农民的复杂而多样化的需求。乡村基督教信徒由最初认同的“基督教会”转变为“家庭教会”，基本不再受基层国家权力的直接约束和管制．因而具有一定的“自治”和“自组织”色彩。在社会功能方面，南村基督教与国家乡村治理作用呈现嵌入关系，而在社会整合和规范方面，则与国家呈现出疏离关系。嵌入与疏离混合构成了当前乡村基督教的实践形态。基于此，国家需要以制度的完善去容纳、培育和引导乡村基督教与现代社会的良性发展相一致。

The Practical Form of the Embedded and Alienated Rural Christianity:A Case Study of Nan Village in Central Shanxi Province

The present paper gives an analysis of the social functions of Christianity in the living and spiritual spaces of the peasants and the social foundation for its expansion.The author has found that the parishioners in the rural areas have mostly retreated from their originally-accepted Christian Churches and entered the so-called family churches,and received less and less restriction and control from the state power,thus showing a sign of being self-organized and self-controlled to a certain extent.In terms ...