台灣身心障礙基督徒之教會參與： 以視障者之經驗為例

Church Participation of Christians with Disabilities in Taiwan: The experience of the People with Visual Impairment as Example

王錦心(Wang Chin-Hsin)

指導教授 ： 邱炫元

國立政治大學/社會科學學院/社會學系/碩士(2022年)

https://doi.org/10.6814/NCCU202201482

摘要

本論文採用宗教社會學的視角以及「有限模式」的障礙研究探討台灣視障基督徒的教會參與困難、基督教會面對視障信徒的應變以及基督教會對他們的服務帶給台灣社會的啟發。本論文調查的團體包含「新北市召會四十七會所」、「台灣基督教長老教會和平教會」、「基督教台灣信義會聖恩堂」、「天主教輔仁大學淨心堂」與「基督教城光教會」等5間沒有視障事工的教會以及1間有視障視工的教會「台灣基督教長老教會雙連教會」，另有教會機構「伊甸社會福利基金會喜樂傳播中心」。本論文的受訪者總共18人，分別為11名視障信徒、4名視障牧者以及3位明眼牧者。不論這些受訪視障信徒與視障牧者出身於基督徒家庭與否，他們的教會參與動機往往在於感受到人生的「苦難」。儘管這些視障信徒於移動能力、控制環境能力的限制都會造成基督教會參與的困難，但這些可由他們的人際網絡來降低；再者，由於基督教會對聲音的重視，加上這些視障基督徒於聽覺和口語的訓練，以及適當的輔助科技，他們得以將聲音化為這座場域內的能動性。另一方面，本論文也發現，當教會團體成立視障事工，舉凡「盲人合唱團」，點字會於其中塑造出一種「盲文化」，並由特殊學校作為這般文化複製的助力。更重要的是，透過視障輔具，這些視障基督徒研讀基督宗教經典《聖經》可以得到自我的超克，進而成為持續參與教會及至社會的動力。同時，教會團體服務身心障礙者能逐漸化解台灣社會大眾對「障礙」的成見。

關鍵字

宗教社會學 ； 障礙研究 ； 有限模式 ； 視障基督徒 ； 教會參與

並列摘要

This study adopts the perspective of sociology of religion and “the limit model” of disability study to investigate the difficulties of Christians with blindness/visual impairment participating in churches in Taiwan, the relevant arrangement from churches, as well as what inspiration from the churches’ services to them can bring to Taiwan’s society. The investigated groups in the thesis contains 5 churches without ministries for the blind, such as “the 47th Assembly in New Taipei City”, “Hoping Church of Taiwan’s Presbyterian Church”, “Sancta Gratia Lutheran Church”, “Fu Jen Catholic University Parish” as well as “Christian City of Light Church”; and a church with ministries for the blind, Shuanglian Church of Taiwan’s Presbyterian Church. In addition, the writer also investigated the church institute, “Joy Communication Center of Eden Social Welfare Foundation”. In this study are 18 interviewees in total: 11 Christians with blindness/visual impairment, 4 preachers with blindness/visual impairment as well as 3 pastors with discerning eyes. Whether the interviewees were born in Christian families or not, their motivation to participate in churches is frequently to find “suffering” in their lives. The difficulties of the interviewees with blindness/visual impairment participating in churches are from their limitations in the ability to get about and in the control of the environment; nonetheless, these difficulties can be reduced through their personal network. Furthermore, these Christians with blindness/visual impairment are able to turn the limitations into agency in this field by the training of their auditory sense and oral expression plus appropriate assistive resources, because voice is emphasized in churches. On the other hand, this thesis finds that braille forms such a “culture of the blind”, which can be reproduced through special schools, when ministries for the blind are set in church groups, for instance “choirs for the blind”. Most importantly, by the assistive technology for the people with blindness/visual impairment, the interviewees are capable of reading the Bible to achieve self-overcoming, which becomes dynamics for them to maintain participating in church and society. Meanwhile, the churches’ services to the people with disabilities can gradually solve the prejudice of “disabilities” from social majority in Taiwan.

並列關鍵字

Sociology of religion ； Disability study ； the Limit Model ； Christians with blind/visually impairment ； Church participation

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