God, Jesus and the Ancestors

An Ethnography of the Ancestors' Rites in the Taiwanese Catholic Church
Erscheinungsjahr 2023
ISBN: 978-3-948791-65-0
Verlag: Heidelberg Asian Studies Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 127 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 230 g

In this book the author describes the Ancestors Ceremonies as practiced in the Taiwanese Catholic Church. The author’s point is to demonstrate how the Chinese symbolic universe made a deep translation of the “new” symbolic system represented by the Catholic doctrine. At the same time the effort of the Catholic Church in order to adapt the Gospel message to the local situation built up a particular phenomenon that the author defined as cultural dialogue. It is this dialogic relationship the process that the author defines as Culture.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lazzarotti, Marco

Über Autor(innen)

Lazzarotti, Marco
Marco Lazzarotti is an Akademischer Mitarbeiter and Lecturer at the Institute of Ethnology of the University of Heidelberg. His research touches aspects linked to the effect of Catholicism on the tradition of ancestor rites in Taiwan, to Inter-religious and inter-cultural dialogue and to the Modernization of Funeral Rites in Taiwan.