中文摘要：

宗教传播必须依托一定的地域空间来实现。来华基督教新教首传广东，不但与广东远离中原、面向海洋的特殊地理区位，自然交通路径发达和湿热气候等自然环境密切相关；同时，广东独特的文化多样性、繁荣的商贾文化、华侨文化、天主教文化，以及与港澳的近邻关系和发达的城镇经济等社会环境，也为新教在广东的发展提供了良好的生长空间。然而，新教在传播扩散过程中也对广东地域文化的形成产生了深远的影响。这表明，基督教新教与广东地域环境的关系并非仅体现为单向的环境决定论，而是一个双向互动的影响过程。

英文摘要：

The diffusion of religion must be based on a geographical space. Guangdong became the first destination that Protestant missionaries chose to enter China in 1807. On the one hand, it was related to the unique natural environment in Guangdong： being far from the political centre and facing South Ocean. Protestants could diffuse in Guangdong freely to an extent. The many rivers and the long coastline in Guangdong also provided an traffic route for the spread of Protestants. The cure to some ＂hot＂ diseases, caused by the hot and humid climate, made medical missionaries accepted first by Guangdong society. On the other hand, factors such as the tolerance in cultural diversity, utilitarianism of merchants culture, the important role of overseas Chinese culture on the communication between China and the West, the basic effect Catholicism took in Guangdong, the neighborhood among Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, the developed economies in cities and towns in Guangdong, had provided a good growth space for the development of Protestant. However, the diffusion of Protestant in Guangdong was not only aided by the regional environment, but also influenced by Guangdong society deeply.