本計畫名是「在台統一教祝福家庭日本女性跨國婚姻者的信仰生活」,目的是探討新興宗教、性別與移民三者之間的關係,以「在台統一教祝福家庭日本女性跨國婚姻者的信仰生活」為對象。本計畫分成五份。1.研究動機:為了檢證個人在教會的「另類」宗教體驗,為了擴大個人長年研究的新視野。2.研究背景:闡述統一教在台發展、跨國婚姻與家庭觀。3.先行研究回顧:英美、台灣、日本有關統一教的先行研究和「宗教、性別與移民」相關研究。4.研究方法、進行步驟及執行進度:採取文獻蒐集法、參與觀察法、訪談法,三管齊下。5.預期完成之工作項目、成果及績效:統一教的教義與在台宣教過程(1975〜2014年)(20%)、統一教在台的社會觀感(20%)、分析「在台統一教祝福家庭日本女性跨國婚姻者對於信仰生活」的描述與詮釋(60%)。 The title for my proposal is “ Belief life of transnational-marriage Japanese women from the FFWPU blessed families in Taiwan”. Through the study of these women's belief life, I am aiming to grasp the interaction of new religion, gender and immigration. There will be five parts in the proposal. (1)Research motivation: to expand my research horizons as well as verify my two-year participant observation in the FFWPU. (2)Research background: to elaborate the development of the FFWPU in Taiwan, and its transnational marriage and family value. (3)Prior research: prior researches concerning the FFWPU in Taiwan, Japan and the western conutries, along with researches on the subject “religion, gender and immigration”. (4)Research method and procedure: documentary analysis, participant observation and interview method. (5)Research result and achievement: religious doctrines and mission process of the FFWPU in Taiwan from 1975 to 2014(20%), social impression toward the FFWPU in Taiwan (20%), analysis on the belief life of the transnational-marriage Japanese women from the FFWPU blessed families in Taiwan(60%).