台灣在1990年左右經歷了一場時代的變遷浪潮，台灣發生的不僅僅是政治上的自由開放，在社會的各個層面都產生重大變革。在性別問題上，台灣同性戀運動也是從這一時代開始，而宗教的同性戀運動發生於1996年，即台灣第一個基督教同性戀團體的誕生，也是台灣第一個宗教性的同性戀團體。
基督教素來對同性戀議題較為保守，且同性戀長久以來被認定為是一種罪惡，因此在基督教中成立同性戀團體是極具爭議性的。本研究即是以五位同性戀基督徒身處基督教的大環境當中，他們的生命與宗教經驗為研究核心，展演出同志基督徒在性別與宗教交互牽引的歷程。
同性戀傾向不管是對基督徒或是非信仰者來說，都是非常態的一種表現，同志基督徒所承擔的壓力不僅是令人側目的眼光，更深層的是心裡上對宗教真理的違背。本研究以同光同志長老教會為研究對象，探究同志基督徒的信仰歷程，發現同志基督徒普遍經歷宗教信仰的喜悅、同性傾向對宗教信仰的衝擊，以致放任自己經歷宗教上的漂流經驗，再尋求認同並重新經歷宗教(當然這是以結果論，因為受訪者都是同志教會的會友)，並開始盼望他們特殊身份的未來願景。
本研究發現，同志基督徒在宗教上的認同其實是繫於對性別的認同，過去的研究強調基督教同志團體在宗教經典的詮釋上，對同志基督徒提供宗教認同的要素，但本研究認為是宗教徒對個人生活政治的選擇，因為在同志基督徒中也不一定有相同的聖經詮釋，或是聖經詮釋不一定是信徒關懷的重心。同光教會作為一個提供非主流性傾向者的避難所，個體選擇進入同志教會是共同構築一個群體的願景，儘管同志基督徒在選擇了同志教會為宗教信仰的維持場所，外在的緊張關係與廣泛的道德問題仍舊存在，內部也有著相同性別等級的現實。 / In the 1990s, Taiwan underwent a series of transformations. Not only did politics open to a new phase of freedom, every aspect in the society has since experienced unprecedented changes. As for the development of gender issues, the first homosexual Christian organization in Taiwan was established in 1996, which was also known as Taiwan’s first religious homosexual community.
Christianity always takes a conservative stance on homosexual matters. Homosexuality has long been regarded as a sin, hence the controversial existence of the homosexual group within Christianity. This research takes the lives and religious experiences of five homosexual Christians as objects of study, trying to observe how they display the interaction between gender and religion in the Christian context.
The inclination towards homosexuality, no matter to Christians or to non-believers, is an abnormal behavior. Thus, the homosexual Christians take upon themselves not only the derogatory judgments from others, but also the self-condemnation caused by violation of beliefs. This research focuses on Tong-Kong Light House Presbyterian Church, exploring the faith-developing process of its homosexual members. Generally, they all at first enjoy religious faith, then experience clash between their homosexuality and religious faith, then readopt faith after going through a period of drifting along (this must be so, because all the interviewers are its members), and finally begin to look forward to future perspective shaped by their special identity.
The research finds that the religious identity of homosexual Christians is in fact related to their gender identity. The past researches tended to emphasize the determinant role of scriptural interpretations in homosexual Christian communities, while this research proves that it is the believer’s personal life choice that provides the founding ground of belief. Though belonging to the same church, the members might have protean understandings of the scripture, and so interpretations of the Bible are not necessarily the point at issue. Tong-Kong Church is a shelter for the Christians of periphery sexual disposition, allowing its members to have collective integrity. However, in spite of their choice of joining the community to maintain the Christian faith, the church members still have to face tensions with the outside world and moral issues. Besides, even inside the community, they have problems of hierarchy to deal with.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:CHENGCHI/G0921560101 |
| Creators | 許家恆 |
| Publisher | 國立政治大學 |
| Source Sets | National Chengchi University Libraries |
| Language | 中文 |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Rights | Copyright © nccu library on behalf of the copyright holders |
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