The Entanglement between Religion and Politics: Hong Kong Christianity in the Anti-Extradition Bill Movement.

The relationship between religion and social movements is an important topic in the study of religion and society. This paper uses various textual and online sources to examine the role of Christianity in the anti-extradition bill movement that took place in Hong Kong from April to September 2019. The anti-extradition bill movement, which later evolved into a much wider movement against totalitarianism, has caused churches to grapple with church-state relations in the post-handover era. This paper employs the notion of "public religion" as an analytical framework to examine the process of the "deprivatization" of Christianity in Hong Kong. How does the ongoing contestation, both within and outside the church, reflect the challenges faced by Christianity when entering the public sphere? By answering the above questions, we will be able to explicate the religio-political significance of the protest movement in Hong Kong. 政治與宗教的糾結:香港反修例運動中基督宗教 摘要 宗教與社會運動的關係，是宗教與社會研究中備受重視的課題。本文運用文獻及網上資料，以2019年4月至9月為研究時限，探討基督宗教在反修例運動中的角色。從反修例運動演變成逆權運動，促使主權移交時代的香港教會面對政教關係的糾結。本文以「剬共宗教」作分析框架，檢討香港基督宗教「去私人化」的過程。教會在進入剬共領域時引發的內外爭議，反映出基督宗教面對著何種挑戰?通過回答以上問題，我們將闡明香港抗爭運動中的政治與宗教意義。 [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]