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媽祖信仰與政治—以大甲媽祖為例 〈1949-2000〉
(碩專班:柯明章) (指導教授:郭文般)

刊登日期:2006-08-31  
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  • 研究生:柯明章
  • 論文名稱:媽祖信仰與政治—以大甲媽祖為例〈1949-2000〉
  • 指導教授:郭文般
  • 關鍵字:媽祖信仰、政治權力、威權體制、進香、地方派系、宗教直航
  • [摘要]

    本篇研究的目的將描述和分析媽祖信仰與政治權力的關係。時間從國民政府1949遷台迄2000年政黨輪替為止。透過歷史比較研究途徑,分析逾五十年國民黨主政期間大甲媽祖信仰的與政治之間的互動。

    研究架構以1987年解嚴為分界,分析解嚴前政府權力管控宗教,及解嚴後政治人物運用權力操控神意對政府施加壓力。在戒嚴的威權體制下,政府操控社會各部門,宗教亦受嚴格管制,對媽祖信仰團體進香、祭儀等活動則管制與輔導並行,媽祖信仰以救苦救難、除災顯威的靈力為主。解嚴以後,管制一旦鬆綁,各種宗教活動及新興宗教團體如雨後春筍勃然而興,加速了宗教的變遷。就媽祖信仰而言,地方派系政治人物,直接挑戰政府的國安政策與兩岸的現狀,挾神意製造輿論,主張宗教直航。

    1987年七月政府甫宣布解嚴,十月大甲鎮瀾宮董監事即組團取道日本,回

    福建湄洲媽祖祖廟進香之舉,的確是驚動台灣宗教界的大新聞。1999年大甲鎮

    瀾宮董事長顏清標要求政府開放宗教直航,更是一種政治宣示,此在兩岸情勢仍未明朗下,對政府造成莫大壓力,媽祖作為地方保護神祇身不由己捲入對政府政策的抗爭運動中,卻隱約可見背後政治權力的運作。

    本研究將分析並檢討上述台灣政治變遷下的政治與大甲媽祖信仰的互動關係,提供理解解嚴前後,政府宗教政策對媽祖信仰的影響。並比較解嚴前後政治的發展和媽祖信仰變遷的關聯、及解嚴前後地方政治派系操控及運用神意的原因與過程。

  • [ 英文摘要 ]

    This research is to describe and analyze the relationship of the Matsu Cult and the politics. Time period of this research starts from 1949, the year that the Nationalist government fled to Taiwan, and ends with the KMT's defeat in the presidential election in 2000.

    Before the suspension of the martial law in 1987, the folk religion was under the KMT's authoritarian control. The government restrained and guided religious activities of all kinds, such as pilgrimage, memorial ceremonies and others. People who worshipped Goddess Matsu at this time mainly believed in Her power to relieve the pains, to comfort the sorrows and to satisfy the needy. After the suspension of the martial law, the political restraints were moved away and all kinds of religious activities and new religious organizations sprang up quickly around the island. In the mean time, the cult of Daijai Goddess Matsu started to change too. Local politicians directly challenged the national safety policies and the current cross-strait situation in the name of the Goddess' will. Using religious needs as a cause, they tried to manipulate the public opinions and asserted “direct, religious transportation” to the Goddess's mother temple across the strait.

    When the government just decided to suspend the martial law on July 1987, directors and supervisors of the Dajia Matsu Jhenlan Temple immediately organized a tour and made a pilgrimage via Fujian Meijhou Matsu Temple in Mainland China on October. It was indeed a big news which surprised the religious circles in Taiwan. In 1999, Mr. Yen, Ching0Biao, chairman to the board of the Dajia Matsu Jhenlan Temple, even asked the government to open up direct religious transportation across the Taiwan Strait. The “political” announcement caused tremendous pressure on the Taiwanese government. Goddess Matsu, the patron deity of Taiwan was then transformed by human persons into a deity of political resistance and protest.