“Culture Wars” in a Globalized East: How Taiwanese Conservative Christianity Turned Public during the Same-Sex Marriage Controversy and a Secularist Backlash = $Lchi全球化的東方開打的「文化戰爭」 : 台灣保守基督教在同志婚姻合法化爭議中的現身及世俗主義的逆襲
An astonishingly large Christian coalition has emerged to protest the legalization of same-sex marriage in Taiwan, an alleged beacon for the promotion of gay rights in Asia. This article investigates how Taiwanese conservative Christianity, which had been politically inactive for decades, has public...
| Published in: | Review of Religion and Chinese Society |
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| Subtitles: | $Lchi全球化的東方開打的「文化戰爭」 |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2017
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| In: |
Review of Religion and Chinese Society
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| Further subjects: | B
transnational religious networks
B 剬共宗教 B Conservative Christianity in Taiwan B Same-sex marriage B Public Religion B 同志婚姻 B 世俗主義 B 台灣保守基督宗教 B Secularism B 跨國宗教網絡 |
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| Summary: | An astonishingly large Christian coalition has emerged to protest the legalization of same-sex marriage in Taiwan, an alleged beacon for the promotion of gay rights in Asia. This article investigates how Taiwanese conservative Christianity, which had been politically inactive for decades, has publically mobilized itself since the early 2010s, particularly in reaction to the gay-rights movement. I examine how the shifting role of the state in Taiwan encouraged conservative Christians to stand up and speak against gay-rights issues. Transnational religious networks in East Asia facilitated Taiwanese conservative Christianity’s affiliation with a united and well-organized cross-denominational force targeting gay rights. Lately, religious entrepreneurs have emerged to integrate resources from business, politics, and academia that are necessary for political engagement. All these factors have contributed to this religious movement in the public sphere, a rarity in the Chinese world. I also analyze the ensuing secularist backlash: the anti-gay-rights movement is described as an anti-human-civilization movement in which charismatic leaders, portrayed as evil magicians, utilize a variety of strategies to deceive naive, ignorant believers. |
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| ISSN: | 2214-3955 |
| Contains: | In: Review of Religion and Chinese Society
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/22143955-00401006 |