Abstract:
In Britain, the relation between religious welfare and welfare provided by government experienced four main revolution. Religious charity is dynamic and it is able to adjust itself in social change to obtain a development space in charity field. So that religious welfare supply methodology foundation to state welfare. If religion is placed in state-society frame, China has the same logic with Europe. Through analysis of welfare evolution and reality description, this paper indicate in the process of state-society relationship reshaping, China can learn lesson from Britain experience, not only to encourage religion group to participate social service delivery, but also government should provide well-established institutional supporting system, supply society oriented social policy, and give religious welfare some developed space. Chinese government need to suspend difference and controversy between religion and ideology, based on social needs, adopt religious resource to fill current welfare shortage gaps. Considering the status quo of welfare resource in China, both government and religious group need to adjust themselves, cooperate on the base of enhancing the welfare level.