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From China to the U.S.: a Disruptive Contrast to the Dominant Discourse in the Local Church Movement

從中國到美國：對地方教會運動的話語權作顛覆性的對比

于Review of Religion and Chinese Society
著者：
Janice Chan School of Mission and Theology, Fuller Theological Seminary Pasadena, California USA

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在线出版日期:
15 May 2026
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Abstract

This study examines how the historical and ecclesiastical development of the Local Church movement from China to the U.S. has led to a complex entanglement that extends beyond issues such as anti-denominationalism, patriarchy, and even modalism. By tracing the defense mechanisms that arise from controversies surrounding its heterodoxies, it offers a compelling and disruptive contrast to the dominant discourse on the Local Church in academia, thereby restoring the neglected historical and theological development of the movement. By analyzing the intersection of the Local Church’s ecclesiology and spiritual formation, it becomes clear that as the church seeks to establish its dominant discourse, aiming to favorably evaluate its leaders and validate its orthodoxy, it ultimately undermines its hermeneutics and perpetuates an exclusionary religious system. This study offers both historical and contemporary perspectives that facilitate a critical examination of the Local Church movement, as its theological developments and practices continue to exert a profound influence worldwide.

摘要

本研究探討了地方教會運動從中國到美國的歷史和教會發展如何引致錯綜複雜的纏結，超越了反宗派、父權主義，甚至形態論等議題。通過追溯地方教會對非正統的争議所產生的防禦機制，對目前在學術界對地方教會的話語權提供了具說服力及顛覆性的對比，恢復了運動被忽略的歷史和神學發展。從其教會學和靈命塑造的交集分析可見，地方教會在追求話語權下，若旨在對其領導者及其正統性進行有利的評估，最終只會削弱其詮釋學並延續一種排他性的宗教體系。本研究提供了歷史和當代的視角，促進對地方教會運動的發展作批判性的檢視，因為其神學發展和實踐持續在全球產生深遠的影響。
题名:
From China to the U.S.: a Disruptive Contrast to the Dominant Discourse in the Local Church Movement
文章类别:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/22143955-12340038
Language:
英文
Page Range:
1–25
Keywords:
Chinese theology; Local Church; Watchman Nee; Witness Lee; Asia Research Center; defense mechanism;
原题名:
Review of Religion and Chinese Society
卷/期:
提前发表的文章
Received:
05 Oct 2025
Accepted:
06 Feb 2026
出版社:
Brill
国际标准刊号（电子版）:
2214-3955
国际标准刊号（印刷版）:
2214-3947
主题:
Religion in Asia, Religious Studies, China, Asian Studies, Religion, Sociology of Religion, Religion & Society, Social Sciences

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