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近代苏南基督新教传播研究 摘要：《天津条约》签订后，外国传教士在中国内地传教合法化，大批基督 新教传教士涌入苏南地区布道。基督新教较早传入苏州、南京等苏南地区规模较 大的城市，并以这些城市为中心，向周围中小城市扩散。至 1926 年，基督新教 已传遍苏南全境。 基督新教在苏南的传播历程并非一帆风顺。传教之初，受太平天国战争及民 众反教情绪影响，苏南传教事业举步维艰。传教士及时调整传教策略，在苏南大 力兴办教育、医疗、慈善等社会公益事业，逐渐摆脱了传教困境。迈入民国时期， 民国历届政府对基督新教大体持开明态度。苏南政治、经济优势明显，民国至抗 战前夕，是基督新教在苏南发展的黄金时期。抗日战争爆发后，基督新教在苏南 的传教事业遭到了巨大打击，多数教会学校、医院被迫内迁。许多留守苏南的传 教士积极救助伤兵、难民。日本宣布投降后，苏南传教事业逐步恢复。新中国成 立不久，因诸多政治原因，外国传教士陆续回国，外国教会在苏南近百年的传教 事业由此结束。中国基督新教真正迈入独立发展的道路。 本文还对苏南基督新教时空分布问题进行了研究，主要包括差会、教堂、教 徒、学校、医院的分布。并对影响时空传播的驱动因素进行了简要分析，探寻基 督新教在苏南传播分布的内在规律。通过对近代苏南基督新教传播相关问题的探 究，应能对当下中国基督新教的健康发展起到一定借鉴意义。 关键词：苏南；基督新教；传播历程；时空分布 I On the Spread of Protestantism in the Southern Jiangsu in modern times Abstract: After the signing of Treaty of Tianjin, the missionary work of foreign missionaries in Chinese mainland was legalized. A great amount of Protestant missionaries surged into southern Jiangsu region to preach. Protestantism was introduced earlier into Suzhou, Nanjing and other larger cities of southern Jiangsu region, and then the small and medium-sized cities around these large cities. As of 1926, Protestantism had spread throughout southern Jiangsu region. The spread of Protestantism in southern Jiangsu region was not so smooth. At the beginning, influenced by War of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and the anti-religious sentiment of people, the mission in southern Jiangsu region came across difficulties. The missionaries timely adjusted their strategies—vigorously starting up education, medical care, charity and other social public welfare undertakings in these areas, and then gradually got rid of the missionary predicament. In the period of the Republic of China, successive governments