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A Taiwanese Pentecostal scholar.
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International journal of sino-western studies, May 28, 2024

The True Jesus Church has been regarded as a Chinese Indigenous/Independent Pentecostal denominat... more The True Jesus Church has been regarded as a Chinese Indigenous/Independent Pentecostal denomination by scholarship specifically in the area of Global Pentecostal/Charismatic Studies and World Christianity irrespective of those scholar's definitions-inclusive or exclusive. This paper argues that it might be inappropriate for scholarship to define the True Jesus Church as Pentecostals at least for three factors: 1. The refusal from the True Jesus Church to be regarded as Pentecostalism due to its' providential and exclusive self-identity; 2. The primary intent of the establishment of the True Jesus Church was to seek church independence and religious reformation rather than promote Pentecostal spirituality; 3. There is a lack of synchronous network between the True Jesus Church and Pentecostalism both at global and local levels. Also, this paper indicates a latent Orientalism among Western scholars of Pentecostalism based on an exotic imagination and representation of Non-Western Christianity enhanced by the complicity of Orients and native informants.

International Journal of Sino-Western Studies, 2024

The True Jesus Church has been regarded as a Chinese Indigenous/Independent Pentecostal denominat... more The True Jesus Church has been regarded as a Chinese Indigenous/Independent Pentecostal denomination by scholarship specifically in the area of Global Pentecostal/Charismatic Studies and World Christianity irrespective of those scholar's definitions-inclusive or exclusive. This paper argues that it might be inappropriate for scholarship to define the True Jesus Church as Pentecostals at least for three factors: 1. The refusal from the True Jesus Church to be regarded as Pentecostalism due to its' providential and exclusive self-identity; 2. The primary intent of the establishment of the True Jesus Church was to seek church independence and religious reformation rather than promote Pentecostal spirituality; 3. There is a lack of synchronous network between the True Jesus Church and Pentecostalism both at global and local levels. Also, this paper indicates a latent Orientalism among Western scholars of Pentecostalism based on an exotic imagination and representation of Non-Western Christianity enhanced by the complicity of Orients and native informants.

International Journal of Sino-Western Studies, 2017

International journal of sino-western studies, May 28, 2024

The True Jesus Church has been regarded as a Chinese Indigenous/Independent Pentecostal denominat... more The True Jesus Church has been regarded as a Chinese Indigenous/Independent Pentecostal denomination by scholarship specifically in the area of Global Pentecostal/Charismatic Studies and World Christianity irrespective of those scholar's definitions-inclusive or exclusive. This paper argues that it might be inappropriate for scholarship to define the True Jesus Church as Pentecostals at least for three factors: 1. The refusal from the True Jesus Church to be regarded as Pentecostalism due to its' providential and exclusive self-identity; 2. The primary intent of the establishment of the True Jesus Church was to seek church independence and religious reformation rather than promote Pentecostal spirituality; 3. There is a lack of synchronous network between the True Jesus Church and Pentecostalism both at global and local levels. Also, this paper indicates a latent Orientalism among Western scholars of Pentecostalism based on an exotic imagination and representation of Non-Western Christianity enhanced by the complicity of Orients and native informants.

International Journal of Sino-Western Studies, 2024

The True Jesus Church has been regarded as a Chinese Indigenous/Independent Pentecostal denominat... more The True Jesus Church has been regarded as a Chinese Indigenous/Independent Pentecostal denomination by scholarship specifically in the area of Global Pentecostal/Charismatic Studies and World Christianity irrespective of those scholar's definitions-inclusive or exclusive. This paper argues that it might be inappropriate for scholarship to define the True Jesus Church as Pentecostals at least for three factors: 1. The refusal from the True Jesus Church to be regarded as Pentecostalism due to its' providential and exclusive self-identity; 2. The primary intent of the establishment of the True Jesus Church was to seek church independence and religious reformation rather than promote Pentecostal spirituality; 3. There is a lack of synchronous network between the True Jesus Church and Pentecostalism both at global and local levels. Also, this paper indicates a latent Orientalism among Western scholars of Pentecostalism based on an exotic imagination and representation of Non-Western Christianity enhanced by the complicity of Orients and native informants.

International Journal of Sino-Western Studies, 2017

儆醒預備： 2021華人基督教之本土與全球發展研討會論文集, 2022

汪兆翔一名在民國時期基督教刊物中雖非隨處可見，卻也並非名不見經傳，其生平可分為前半段的社會福音時期以及後半段的奮興運動和五旬節運動時期。他在信仰型態轉向保守後，對從前的社會福音歲月口誅筆伐，大有... more 汪兆翔一名在民國時期基督教刊物中雖非隨處可見，卻也並非名不見經傳，其生平可分為前半段的社會福音時期以及後半段的奮興運動和五旬節運動時期。他在信仰型態轉向保守後，對從前的社會福音歲月口誅筆伐，大有昨非今是的感嘆。這樣的態度廣泛見於當時的保守派基督徒之中，無不撇清與自由派、社會福音甚至社會服務工作的關係，且視之為不屬靈或是認為輕視救恩重要性。汪氏的言行和人生歷程即充分反映當時教會界實況。本文將回顧汪氏較為人忽略的社會福音言論並說明其接近艾迪的改良派路線，為其在當時風起雲湧的基督教社會主義（泛稱）和社會福音（特稱）思潮中找到位置。此外，筆者也將對汪兆翔非此即彼的態度提出批判和反省，主張兩者有內在理路的相似。

Brill's Encyclopedia of Global Pentecostalism, 2021

向下扎根，向上結果：2019現代中國本土基督教神學之發展研討會論文集, 2020

Global Renewal Christianity: Spirit-Empowered Movements Past, Present, and Future, vol. I: Asia and Oceania, 2015

Global Renewal Christianity: Spirit-Empowered Movements Past, Present, and Future, vol. I: Asia and Oceania, 2015

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