Social Reform and the Campaign to Christianize the Economy

Autor: Thomas H. Reilly
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Saving the Nation
DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780190929503.003.0003
Popis: The Chinese Protestant elite supported the modernization and industrialization of the Chinese economy. Like the rest of the elite, they believed China needed to develop its economy to become a strong, modern, prosperous nation. They together with their missionary patrons also wanted to mitigate the impact of these changes. Theirs was a message of social reform. The national Protestant church sponsored two different conferences to consider how they might engage in a Christianizing of the economy. Alongside these conferences, a campaign was launched to address one of the more harmful consequences of industrialization, that of child labor. Protestant organizations also supported the new Nationalist government in passing legislation to curb other harmful effects of industrialization. The most effective organization in these efforts was the YWCA, especially in the work of Eleanor Hinder, chief of the Shanghai Municipal Council’s Industrial Section.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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