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The Charismatic Movement in Taiwan from 1945 to 1995 The Distinctive Features of the Charismatic Movement in Taiwan, 1970–1995

The Charismatic Movement in Taiwan from 1945 to 1995 : The Distinctive Features of the... [The Charismatic Movement in Taiwan that started in the early 1970s differed from the Charismatic Movement that began in the early 1960s in the United States in a number of aspects. This chapter thus compares and contrasts the two from historical, theological, and cultural perspectives, so as to demonstrate the distinctive features of the Charismatic Movement in Taiwan from 1970 to 1995. A reoccurring theme of this chapter, which also contributes to the distinctive features of the Charismatic Movement in Taiwan, is the “many-spirits” cosmology of the Taiwanese cultural context. This “many-spirits” cosmology enables Taiwanese Christians to readily recognize the spiritual and demonic realm as depicted in Scripture in a literal sense, and this preconceived worldview has historically prepared them to receive the charismatic teachings of the late twentieth century with a ready ear. Taiwanese Christians have tended to look to Western Protestant or Evangelical circles for “pure doctrines,” which had traditionally failed to take the “middle” world seriously. As a result, this chapter concludes by questioning whether the imported theologies, at times, may have been employed by the natives to repress the inherent charismatic sensibilities that may have otherwise flourished in different forms or expressions at an earlier time.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

The Charismatic Movement in Taiwan from 1945 to 1995 The Distinctive Features of the Charismatic Movement in Taiwan, 1970–1995

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Publisher
Springer International Publishing
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© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
ISBN
978-3-030-48083-7
Pages
243 –255
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-48084-4_7
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Abstract

[The Charismatic Movement in Taiwan that started in the early 1970s differed from the Charismatic Movement that began in the early 1960s in the United States in a number of aspects. This chapter thus compares and contrasts the two from historical, theological, and cultural perspectives, so as to demonstrate the distinctive features of the Charismatic Movement in Taiwan from 1970 to 1995. A reoccurring theme of this chapter, which also contributes to the distinctive features of the Charismatic Movement in Taiwan, is the “many-spirits” cosmology of the Taiwanese cultural context. This “many-spirits” cosmology enables Taiwanese Christians to readily recognize the spiritual and demonic realm as depicted in Scripture in a literal sense, and this preconceived worldview has historically prepared them to receive the charismatic teachings of the late twentieth century with a ready ear. Taiwanese Christians have tended to look to Western Protestant or Evangelical circles for “pure doctrines,” which had traditionally failed to take the “middle” world seriously. As a result, this chapter concludes by questioning whether the imported theologies, at times, may have been employed by the natives to repress the inherent charismatic sensibilities that may have otherwise flourished in different forms or expressions at an earlier time.]

Published: Jul 11, 2020

Keywords: “Many-spirits” cosmology; Charismatic sensibilities

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