The Cancer and the Doctor from Above: The Moral Crisis of Contemporary China and Christianity

The moral crisis of Contemporary China can be understood as a kind of social cancer which is infectious and cannot be cured by secular means. On the basis of analysis of the defects in traditional Chinese ethical system and the symptoms of contemporary Chinese moral disease, this article points out that the basic principles of Christianity could cure the defects and the Chinese churches are playing some role of remedy for improving the symptoms. We can say that Christianity is like a doctor from above and it seems to be the only hope for better Chinese society and culture.