Overview
- 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
Part of the book series: Christianity in Modern China (CMC)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Reviews
“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)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
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.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Catholic Church in Taiwan
Book Subtitle: Birth, Growth and Development
Editors: Francis K.H. So, Beatrice K.F. Leung, Ellen Mary Mylod
Series Title: Christianity in Modern China
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6665-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-6664-1Published: 28 December 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-4926-3Published: 29 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-6665-8Published: 07 December 2017
Series ISSN: 2730-7875
Series E-ISSN: 2730-7883
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIII, 265
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 3 illustrations in colour
Topics: Religion and Society, History of China, Politics and Religion, Sociology of Culture