The Catholic Church in Taiwan (eBook, PDF)

Birth, Growth and Development
Redaktion: So, Francis K. H.; Mylod, Ellen Mary; Leung, Beatrice K. F.

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Produktbeschreibung

Provides a comprehensive study of the birth and evolution of the Catholic Church in Taiwan

Examines the relationship between Taiwan, China and the Vatican

Provides a key contribution to religious studies in the Greater China Region

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Nature Singapore
• Seitenzahl: 265
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Dezember 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9789811066658
• Artikelnr.: 52943010

Autorenporträt

Dr Francis H.K. So is Chair Professor of English at Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan and is Councilor of the Taiwan Association of Classical, Medieval and Renaissance Studies.  He has published in Chinese and co-edited A Guide to Major Texts in English Literature (2007), Identity and Politics: Early Modern Culture (2005) and Emotions in Literature (2010). Most recently he edited Perceiving Power in Early Modern Europe (Palgrave Macmillan, 2016).  Dr Beatrice K.F. Leung, is a Sister of the Congregation of the Precious Blood. She graduated from the London School of Economics and Political Science. From 1989 to 2004 she taught in universities in Hong Kong and Macau. She is now a visiting research professor in Wenzao Ursuline University of Languages. Her research interest is Sino-Vatican-Taiwan relations.   Mary Ellen Mylod is an Ursuline Sister of the Roman Union of the Order of St. Ursula. She graduated from London University in French and Latin andfrom the London University Institute of Education. She has worked in Taiwan (Wenzao Ursuline University of Languages), Hong Kong and Xiamen (China) for over 40 years. She was Chairperson of the English Department for 16 years from 1974 and founded the Department of Foreign Language Education in 2003.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction.- The Formosa Catholic Mission, 1626-1895.- Catholic Church in Taiwan during the Japanese Occupation.- External Influences on the Emergence of the Catholic Church in Taiwan (1950s to 1960s).- Taiwan-Vatican Relations from 1949 to the Present.- Taiwan Catholic Bishops and the Bridging Endeavor: Origins and Development.- Taiwan Catholic Higher Education: Its Contribution to the Greater China Region.- The Focolare Movement in Taiwan: Global Vision, Local Context.- Wanjin's Basilica: Church Evangelization encountering Government's Tourism.- The New Triangular Relations among the Vatican, Taiwan and China in Tsai Ing-wen's Administration.

Rezensionen

"This timely and insightful essay collection balances the study of the institutionalization of Catholicism in Taiwan with a sociocultural analysis of the Catholic faithful." (Joseph Tse-Hei Lee, Journal of Ecclesiastical History, Vol. 70 (2), April, 2019)

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