基督宗教禮拜空間之研究：以臺灣基督長老教會仁德教會為例

A Study of Christian Religious Worship Space: The Example of the Jin-Tek (Rende仁德) Presbyterian Church in Taiwan

矗立於世界的每個宗教建築，背後有著人與神相遇的神聖經驗，建築物中神聖空間通常是人朝拜神的空間，以基督宗教來說即是禮拜堂，禮拜進行的地方。禮拜神聖空間有靜態與動態兩類型，兩者相互依存。靜態空間依教堂建築而存在，長老教會的禮拜堂建築及禮拜空間配置，以簡單樸素為主要原則，幾乎沒有什麼裝飾，其靜態神聖空間的神聖感很弱，參與禮拜的人不容易從禮拜堂感受到上帝的臨在。從禮拜的動態發展，也就是神與人、人與人之間的互動交流，在語言和行動交錯中，反而較能讓人感受到上帝臨在於此，因禮拜進行，降靜態神聖空間轉化為動態神聖空間，再次動態發展中經歷與上帝相遇的宗教經驗。

"Behind every religious building standing in the world are the sacred experiences of human beings encountering God. Sacred space within buildings is usually the space where people worship God. For Christianity, sacred space is the chapel and the place to undertake worship practices. There are two types of sacred space––static and dynamic––that are interdependent. The existence of static space is contingent upon church buildings. The construction of Presbyterian church buildings and the configuration of sacred space are based on the main principles of simplicity and austerity, whereby spaces lack decorative adornments. The sacred feeling embodied by static sacred spaces is quite weak, and people who participate in worship in such spaces find it difficult to receive God’s presence within chapels. On the contrary, the expansion of dynamic worship, namely the interactive exchange between God and people or the people themselves, where language and action become intertwined, better allows people to receive the presence of God. Through worship practices, static sacred space is transformed into dynamic sacred space by the process of worship, and in the expansion of the latter, people come to have religious experiences of encountering God."