The Catholic Church in Taiwan Birth, Growth and Development /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: So, Francis K.H (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Leung, Beatrice K.F (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Mylod, Ellen Mary (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Christianity in Modern China
• Subjects: Religion and sociology.; China-History.; Religion and politics.; Culture.; Religion and Society.; History of China.; Politics and Religion.; Sociology of Culture.

This book provides a ground breaking interdisciplinary study of the Catholic Church in Taiwan, focusing on the post 1949 Civil War in China through to the present day, and discusses the role played by the Catholic Church in contemporary Taiwanese society. It considers the situation of the Catholic c...

Table of Contents:

• 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.