從身體感研究取向探討臺灣基督宗教與民間宗教信徒之感通經驗

Embodied Experiences of Spiritual Inspiration of Christians and Followers of Folk Religion in Taiwan: An Approach of 'Ways of Sensing the World'

本文以台灣基督宗教與民間宗教信徒的感通經驗為對象，企圖從身體感取向的分析來討論這些經驗。在分析這些經驗時，本文提出感知、區辨與轉化三個層次，做為分析的框架。本篇論文從宗教信徒的感通經驗出發，指出這些經驗是以「身體感」做為其經驗構成之基礎，不同宗教傳統有其獨特之身體經驗的文化感知項目，構成其宗教文化之獨特意涵。其次，本論文也討論這些超常感知與日常感知的關係。本文認為，超常的身體感與日常生活的身體感有一種連續但又斷裂的關係，宗教信徒的感通經驗一方面建立在一套底層的日常身體感知系統之中；另一方面，感通經驗又有一種與日常脈絡斷裂、溢出日常系統，給予經驗者以及他人驚異感的特質。這樣的性質，使得感通經驗擁有一種改寫或轉化文化系統之能力。

This paper explores embodied experiences of spiritual inspiration of Christians and followers of folk religion in Taiwan. It proposes an analytical framework of perceiving, discerning and transforming based on the approach of ”ways of sensing the world,” which argues that embodied experiences constitute the very basis of our everyday existence. Embodied experiences form the character of our cultural life and the meaningful contexts of all of our socio-cultural conduct. The ”everydayness” of everyday lives is best represented by these kinds of ”ways of sensing the world.” Religious culture can be explicated by looking at their different ways of sensing the world, which are in turn constituted by networks of sensing categories. This paper also discusses the relationship between everyday ways of sensing the world and extraordinary ways of sensing the world. It points out that the embodied experiences of spiritual inspiration are rooted in the system of everyday ways of sensing the world. On the other hand, these extraordinary experiences are characterized by the quality of wonder that breaks through the boundaries of the everyday culture system. The embodied experiences of spiritual inspiration therefore are capable of rewriting and transforming the original cultural system.