活在 “连字号” 之间
红包、绿包、紫包,看似相似的节庆习俗,背后却有无法完全互译的文化意义。吴孟翰从马来西亚、美国与台湾的生活经验出发,结合保罗书信与基督身体的意象,思考“连字符号”如何让不同的身份彼此相连,而不抹去差异。
红包、绿包、紫包,看似相似的节庆习俗,背后却有无法完全互译的文化意义。吴孟翰从马来西亚、美国与台湾的生活经验出发,结合保罗书信与基督身体的意象,思考“连字符号”如何让不同的身份彼此相连,而不抹去差异。
对于一个拥有多重语言、文化与地域背景,既尊重传统、又重视自身处境的人而言,神学思考究竟意味着什么?
“华语”不只有一种声音,“家”也不只有一个地方。面对多元的华语世界,神学如何超越单一中心,在差异中展开真正的对话?
What happens to faith when the structures that once sustained it become uncertain?
In a context where public space is restricted and church institutionalization is still taking shape, the “community of virtue” reminds the Chinese house church that public theology is not only about how the church speaks to the world, but also about whether the church itself lives out a life of peace, justice, humility, and mutual service.
Peace in Chinese culture, for example, often means requiring others to be the same as oneself, whereas biblical peace means being able to live with people who are different.
The phenomenon of child prostitution is closely related to human trafficking, the collapse of social values, poverty in Indigenous families, and the violence and inhumanity of the sex industry.
What kind of face does the church present in public? Do our tone and rhythm make people willing to approach us, and do they make us easier to understand?
The public witness of the church is not to win political power or cultural hegemony in this “competition of gods.” Rather, it is to imitate Christ, seeking the peace of the city in exile, living out embodied love in the virtual, and witnessing to the eternal kingdom in suffering.
Can the Malaysian Chinese Church shift from a community primarily concerned with its own survival to one that participates in the holistic mission of God and seeks the peace of this land?
Long before the word “Trinity” was rendered into Chinese as sanwei yiti (三位一體), Christians in Tang China were already searching for language to express the mystery of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
True formation is an inner checkup, a slow realization that our Heavenly Father has a specific plan and timing for us as we shift toward a life where God is truly first.