Over the past three decades political relationships between mainland China and Taiwan have fluctuated precariously between warm peace and cold war. Instead of playing the role of the biblical peacemaker, Christian theologians on both sides have developed irreconcilable nationalist theologies in order to sanctify their respective nationalist programs: Chinese unification versus Taiwanese independence. For the purpose of constructing peace across the Taiwan Strait, a new political theology needs to be built on the centrality of religious freedom to be found in the Bible, democratic values, and the actual politics of both China and Taiwan. The second section of this article analyzes the biblical sources of a Chinese unification theology and a Taiwanese independence theology. The third and fourth sections introduce the historical development of nationalism and nationalist theology in both societies. The fifth section concludes by proposing a democratic union theology that builds on the centrality of religious freedom in the Bible, democratic values, and actual politics.
مجموعه
تاريخ نشر
2017
توصيف ظاهري
405-430
عنوان
International Journal of Public Theology
شماره جلد
11/4
شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها
1569-7320
اصطلاحهای موضوعی کنترل نشده
اصطلاح موضوعی
China
اصطلاح موضوعی
christianity
اصطلاح موضوعی
General
اصطلاح موضوعی
Jewish Studies
اصطلاح موضوعی
Philosophy, Theology & Science
اصطلاح موضوعی
politics
اصطلاح موضوعی
Practical Theology
اصطلاح موضوعی
Religion & Society
اصطلاح موضوعی
Religious Studies
اصطلاح موضوعی
Social Sciences
اصطلاح موضوعی
Sociology of Religion
اصطلاح موضوعی
Taiwan
اصطلاح موضوعی
Theology and World Christianity
نام شخص به منزله سر شناسه - (مسئولیت معنوی درجه اول )