從邊緣到中心－基督教潮人生命堂的由來及其本地化

From Peripheral to Central: Origin and Localization of the Swatow Christian Church

李金強(Kam-Keung Lee)

《輔仁歷史學報》 24期 (2009/12) Pp. 193-227

https://doi.org/10.29439/FJHJ.200912.0006

摘要

基督教潮人生命堂乃由英國長老會醫療傳教士懷敦幹與在港經營抽紗業的潮汕信徒於1909年所組成。至1947年始用現稱。該會發展至今，已成為分佈港、九、新界具有14間堂會的香港潮語教會。香港居民乃以操粵語的廣府人士為主，故操潮語的潮人生命堂，於本港乃屬居處邊緣的方言教會。然而，隨着該會信徒在香港落地生根，其所衍生的第二代，轉操粵語；且有不少粵語信徒加入該會，導致該會崇拜活動亦日趨粵語化，出現本地化之現象。潮人生命堂獨有的“潮汕”鄉族及語言文化的轉化，無疑具有邊緣與中心的互動。本文共分四部份，分別為（1）香港華人族群及粵語主流的形成；（2）潮人生命堂的由來；（3）潮人生命堂的誕生及發展；（4）潮人生命堂的本地化。

關鍵字

族群語言認同 ； 郭士立 ； 自養 ； 自管 ； 自播 ； 基督教潮人生命堂 ； 本地化

並列摘要

In 1909, a medical missionary of the British Presbyterian Mission, George Duncan Whyte (1879-1923), started a Christian fellowship with a number of Chaozhou Christians engaged in the hand embroidery trade in Hong Kong. The fellowship later became a Chinese independent church. In 1947, the church was officially renamed the Swatow Christian Church. From this origin, the church grows steadily and branches out into fourteen different churches today throughout Hong Kong. Most of the people in Hong Kong are Cantonese-speaking. Therefore the Swatow Church, with its members speaking the Chaozhou dialect, was at first regarded as a peripheral body among the Christian community. However, as the younger generations of the Church inevitably mix with the local Chinese, the number of members speaking the Chaozhou dialect drastically decreases. At the same time, as more and more Cantonese-speaking Christians join in, the Church gradually becomes localized. This evolution of the Swatow Christian church in Hong Kong vividly illustrates the theme-from peripheral to central.This article is divided into four parts as listed below:1. The Chinese ethnic groups in Hong Kong and why Cantonese has become the main dialect;2. The origin of the Swatow Christian church;3. The birth and development of the Swatow Christian Church in Hong Kong;4. The localization of the Swatow Christian Church.

並列關鍵字

ethnolinguistic identity ； Karl Gützlaff ； self-supporting ； self-governing ； self-propagating ； Swatow Christian Church ； localization

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