Communism or the Kingdom:

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" Communism or the Kingdom: "
Susan Rigdon

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1083306
Doc. No	:	LA126935
Call No	:	‭10.1163/187489309X12517973174365‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Susan Rigdon
Title & Author	:	Communism or the Kingdom: [Article] : Saving China, 1924-1949\ Susan Rigdon
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Social Sciences and Missions
Date	:	2009
Volume/ Issue Number	:	22/2
Page No	:	168–213
Abstract	:	"This paper identifies commonalities between Marxian economic principles and the socio-economic goals of Social Gospel missionaries in China in the quarter century between 1924 and 1949. It argues that the unbreachable divisions between missionaries, including those who advocated for a "Christian communism," and the communist party were rooted, on the Christian side, in a rejection of violence and coercive methods of policy implementation rather than in opposition to socialism. On the communist side opposition was not to specific tenets of Christianity but to foreign-funding and leadership and to the perception of American Christians as agents of an imperialist country. This paper identifies commonalities between Marxian economic principles and the socio-economic goals of Social Gospel missionaries in China in the quarter century between 1924 and 1949. It argues that the unbreachable divisions between missionaries, including those who advocated for a "Christian communism," and the communist party were rooted, on the Christian side, in a rejection of violence and coercive methods of policy implementation rather than in opposition to socialism. On the communist side opposition was not to specific tenets of Christianity but to foreign-funding and leadership and to the perception of American Christians as agents of an imperialist country."
Descriptor	:	CHRISTIAN COMMUNISM
Descriptor	:	COOPERATIVES
Descriptor	:	RED THEOLOGY
Descriptor	:	RURAL RECONSTRUCTION
Descriptor	:	SOCIAL GOSPEL
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/187489309X12517973174365‬