[a9201 著作摘要]
本文初稿為一九九○年十一月士林靈泉堂與校園團契合辦「基督徒與政
治」學術研討會論文。並曾由《校園雜誌》編輯同工節錄為約五千餘字
文，刊載於該雜誌一九九一年四、五月號及六、七月號兩期。並經作者
修訂後全文刊出。目前只存有英文摘要。
Revolution
and Jesus:
Inquiry on the Chinese Modern Political Theology
Solomon Yeh
- What is the proper relationship between religion and politics? This question, due to the sensitive role of the Taiwan Presbyterian and its voice of Homeland Theology, has obtained increasing attentions in Taiwan. However, there were so many early Chinese Christians had already offered more subtle political theology than Homeland Theology. By this article we attempt to learn the lessons of history. We discuss how the leaders of the Chinese Church in 1920-1928 to construct a political theology to meet the challenges that came from the Anti-Christian Movement.
- The political theology, contributed by many Chinese Christians, showed a strong tendency toward a theory of secular Messiah, and concentrated to describe Jesus as azealous revolutionist. Nevertheless, they were not the same in the approach of Jesus's revolution. Some viewed Jesus as a National Revolutionist of the Kuomintang, some a revolutionist of proletariat, and others a
- revolutionist of personality.
- Certainly, the pieties and the conservatives in the Chinese Church criticized fiercely these secular images of Messiah, and regarded its promoters as unbelievers with conspiracy. We should comprehend, however, the strong calling to the Chinese Church, which came from the age of political upheavals and national crises. In fact, every Christian in every age should to face the choice whether to response the world and to converse with its thoughts.
- Does any secular calling clash with the sacred Calling of God? Max Weber pointed out, compare to the case of Confucianism, that the Puritans had borne the duty to change the world for the glory of God. Nevertheless, the Bible can never provide a standard
- mode of secular city, as the blueprint in Plato's the Republic. On those secular things, such as politics especially, each one gets the right to interpret the biblical texts and inevitably drops into the situation of Weber's "struggle of gods."
