Children’s Religious Education of the Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity: A Case Study of the Tamsui Branch, Taiwan Association

• Main Authors: CHIU,CHIH-HSIANG, 邱志祥
• Other Authors: TSAI,WEI-MIN
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2018
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/8kdezn

碩士 === 真理大學 === 宗教文化與組織管理學系碩士班 === 106 === Title of Thesis: Children’s Religious Education of the Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity: A Case Study of the Tamsui Branch, Taiwan Association Key words: Unification Church, Children's Religious Education, Sunday school Name of Institute: Graduate Institute of Religious Culture and Organization Management Graduate Date: June, 2018 Degree Conferred: Master Degree Name of Student: Chih-Hsiang Chiu Advisor: Wei-Min Tsai Abstract: The Tamsui Branch of the Taiwan Association started its Sunday school in March 2006.It has been 12 years since. Unification Church puts great emphasis on children’s Sunday school. It is also because more and more members have children recently, they began to value and be concerned about this aspect. The church headquarters established the Second Education Bureau in 2012, responsible for teaching religious education to children. Although Unification Church’s Sunday school is quite new, it is gradually developing due to the work of the church and parents. In this article, we first talk about the Unification church’s educationalPhilosophy. According to the principles of its lesson, an analysis of educational concepts has been done. Next, we will introduce the Sunday school for Children at the Tamsui Branch. The history of the development of the Tamsui Branch has been stressed, and then the development of the history of the children’s Sunday school is mentioned. In-depth interviews are used to analyze and study the Tamsui Branch's Sunday school. A Comparative study of children's religious education in the Presbyterian Church through literature research is done. The author brings up a few points to illustrate the research results. 1. The purpose of the Unification Church-children Sunday school is to cultivate beliefs. 2. The Children's Sunday school needs the cooperation of the families and the church to induce good results. 3. The children from the Unification Church perform better in conduct and interpersonal relationships. 4. The feature of Tamsui Branch's Sunday school- Character Camp.