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題 名 | 臺灣基督長老教會入臺初期的一個文化面相--「靠番仔勢」=An Early Period Cultural Phenomenon of the Taiwan Presbyterian Church Missionaries--"Kho Hoan A Se" |
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作 者 | 吳學明; | 書刊名 | 鄉土文化研究所學報 |
卷 期 | 1 民88.12 |
頁 次 | 頁101-130 |
分類號 | 246.5 |
關鍵詞 | 外來宗教; 船砲勢力; 靠勢入教; 傳教發展; Foreign religion; Gun-boat power; Entrance church for foreign-backed; Church development; |
語 文 | 中文(Chinese) |
中文摘要 | 長老教會是清末新傳入臺灣的宗教。傳入初期,由於文化價值與宗教觀念的差異,雖然教會採「醫療傳道」的方法,力圖化解傳教所遭遇的阻力。但仍然困難重重,「靠番仔勢」的批評為其中重要的原因之一。 「靠番仔勢」觀念的形成,一方面是臺灣人民無法分辨外國商人與傳教士之別;更重要的是有些傳教士因具強烈「傳福音」的使命感,或借助英國的船砲為後盾排除傳教障礙;或仗勢藐視中國地方官府;遇到民教衝突之際,往往不問是非曲直,一味袒護教民。令人以為英國傳教士有勢可靠,造成入教有番仔勢可靠的思想漫延,靠勢力入教的現象因而產生。不肖之徒寄望靠勢而入教,以得到洋勢的保護。在教會發展過程中,確有為「靠番仔勢」而入教的現象發生,結果加深了民教的衝突;但也確有為靠番仔勢入教的信徒,成為虔誠的基督徒。因此,靠番仔勢入教的現象,對教會擴展的影響利弊互見。 |
英文摘要 | The Presbyterian Church is a new religion that came to Taiwan during the late Ching Dynasty. Although the church set up medical work for their missions, the differences in cultural values and religious concepts made them encounter numerous preaching difficulties; one primary reason is the "Kho Hoan A Se" feeling it gave to people. The "Kho Hoan A Se" concept was due to the Taiwanese inability to distinguish the missionaries from foreign businessmen. A stronger factor is the missionaries strong emphasis on the "preach the gospel" mission. Perhaps it was the gun-boat backing they to blow away preaching obstacles, or perhaps it was their bully tactics and contempt for local Chinese officials; each time a conflict rose between the people and the people and the Christians, the missionaries would protect their followers without regard for who was in the right or wrong. Since the British preachers had a powerful backer, they gave the impression of preaching with foreign gun-boat for backup; thus concept of joining the religion to get a strong-arm backer. Some unscrupulous persons would join the religion to take the protection of a foreign power, a development that fanned the degree of conflict between the people and the church. However there were also followers of the foreign power backed religion that became devoted Christians. So it may be said that the phenomenon of joining religion to incur foreigner favor had both positive and positive and negative effect on the development of the Presbyterian Church mission in Taiwan. |
本系統中英文摘要資訊取自各篇刊載內容。