衝突或融合？同志基督徒的雙重認同之路

Conflict or Integration ? Being Both Gay and Christian

陳瀅劼(Ying-Chieh Chen)

指導教授 ： 許雅惠

國立暨南國際大學/人文學院/社會政策與社會工作學系/碩士(2016年)

摘要

本研究旨在探究，同志基督徒於傳統基督宗教信仰中，面對同志不友善的教意教導，為何還能堅定著他們的基督信仰？面對信仰與性傾向的衝突，同志基督徒是怎麼去調適？
研究中共訪談了三位男同志基督徒、六位女同志基督徒，採敘事分析。當中看見同志基督徒們在信仰中的表白。除了週末去教會做主日崇拜、穩定的小組聚會，也可以從言談間感受到他們對於神的熱愛與追求。他們也曾經被教會會友反同志或恐同志的言論傷害過，甚至轉換了教會，但仍然堅信著基督信仰。
研究發現同志基督徒對於同志族群的未來相當有信心、盼望。面對反對、批評同志的教友，有著許多的包容與愛去理解他們，甚至為他們禱告，相信有一天他們會打開心胸看見差異。反觀，現今許多教會中無論是牧者或是教友，都太缺乏基督信仰中最核心的價值：愛，因此也需要給教會牧者與教友有著深刻的提醒。除有較多的包容與愛，也幾乎都會經歷過些許的認同衝突過程，最終會轉化成融合同志與基督徒身份。可以說這條雙重認同之路最終是會走向融合的。真實地有著信仰的精隨，也就是信、望、愛。

關鍵字

同志基督徒 ； 基督信仰 ； 認同衝突 ； 認同融合

並列摘要

This study aims to demonstrate how homosexual Christians deal with the inner conflict between their faith and social identification. Although There are many researches on this issue in America and Europe, however, not much found in Taiwan. It is probably related to the size of Christian population, about 50% in America and Europe countries, but only 5% in Taiwan respectively. Why homosexual Christians choose to believe in Christianity rather than other religion? To what extent and how they confront conflicts while homosexual is considered to be sinful in their doctrine?
Among the nine interviewees of homosexual Christians, most of them have not experienced much identification conflicts being both homosexual and Christian due to their strong faith in Love and personal relationship with God. Meanwhile, many believed that God has a special plan for each one of them. Therefore, they do not blame on people who discriminate against them, just like what Jesus behaves. It is evident that many have successfully integrated their homosexual and religious identities.

並列關鍵字

Gay Christian ； Christian ； Identify Conflict ； Identify Integration

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