Religion in Modern Taiwan : : Tradition and Innovation in a Changing Society / / ed. by Charles B. Jones, Philip Clart.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
• MitwirkendeR: Clart, Philip,; Fong-mao, Lee,; Hsun, Chang,; Jochim, Christian,; Jones, Charles B.,; Katz, Paul R.,; Laliberté, André,; Nadeau, Randall,; Pas, Julian,; Reed, Barbara E.,; Rubinstein, Murray A.,; Shiun-wey, Huang,
• HerausgeberIn: Clart, Philip,; Jones, Charles B.,
• Place / Publishing House: Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2003]; ©2003
• Year of Publication: 2003
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (344 p.)

Religion in Modern Taiwan takes a new look at Taiwan's current religious traditions and their fortunes during the twentieth century. Beginning with the cession of Taiwan to Japan in 1895 and the currents of modernization that accompanied it, the essays move on to explore the developments that h...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Preface
• Introduction
• 1. Religion in Taiwan at the End of the Japanese Colonial Period
• 2. Stability and Change in Taiwan's Religious Culture
• 3. Carrying Confucianism into the Modern World: The Taiwan Case
• 4. Chinese Tradition and Taiwanese Modernity: Morality Books as Social Commentary and Critique
• 5. The Cult of the Royal Lords in Postwar Taiwan
• 6. The Daoist Priesthood and Secular Society: Two Aspects of Postwar Taiwanese Daoism
• 7. Religious Change and Democratization in Postwar Taiwan: Mainstream Buddhist Organizations and the Kuomintang, 1947-1996
• 8. Guanyin Narratives-Wartime and Postwar
• 9. Christianity and Democratization in Modern Taiwan: The Presbyterian Church and the Struggle for Minnan/Hakka Selfhood in the Republic of China
• 10. Accepting the Best, Revealing the Difference- Borrowing and Identity in an Ami Village
• 11. Gods, Ghosts, and Ancestors: Religious Studies and the Question of "Taiwanese Identity"
• Glossary
• Contributors
• Index