Discourse on Freedom of Religion Transition in Contemporary Taiwan：cases studies of conflict between state and religion

[[abstract]]中國國民黨政府播遷來臺，頒布戒嚴法，厲行威權體制統治臺灣38年，期間，當局意識型態著重在國家安全至上及維持社會秩序標的，憲法規範人民信仰宗教自由，已形同虛設，享有宗教自由的保障並不充分，僅擁有低度的宗教自由；迨解嚴後，國家邁入民主體制，厲行「自由化」、「民主化」目標，強人政治不再，人民擁有普遍及完整選舉與競選官吏權利，大眾媒體資訊自由交流與散佈，臺灣已回歸正常憲法，並深化宗教與宗教團體言論自由及人民各種自由，致使臺灣各個宗教獲得前所未有的高度宗教自由。總而言之，臺灣宗教自由在解嚴前後之所以形成從低自由轉高自由變遷，應可歸之威權體制與民主體制的國家性質轉型所致。 Since Kuo Min Tang (KMT) government retreated to Taiwan after losing the civil war against the Chinese communists, it proclaimed the martial law to maintain its monocracy status. Under the pretext of national security and social order maintenance, the freedom of religion which ROC Constitutions guaranteed existed in name only during the martial law period (1949-1987). However, dictatorship fell, lifting of the martial law in 1987 made the freedom of religion become possible, no more impose limitations on organized religions and illegally arrest believers. In a word, the chronic change of freedom of religion in Taiwan depended on the transforms of political systems