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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。

A man standing on a rock near the shore of the ocean looking at the sun set.

Cultivating Peace

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.

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From the Enlightenment to the Digital Age

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. 

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From “Set Apart as Holy” to a “Community of Virtue”

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.