According to the Ministry of the Interior, currently in Taiwan there are only 16 legal religions. Several belief systems that are well known in society are "unlicensed." Do religions need legal legitimization? This has long been a matter of debate among scholars.
根據內政部統計，目前國內合法立案的宗教僅有十六個，許多在社會上知名度頗高的新興宗教，都是「沒有牌照」的，而宗教到底需不需要牌照，也始終是學界討論的焦點。