God, Jesus and the Ancestors - An Ethnography of the Ancestors' Rites in the Taiwanese Catholic Church

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.

About the author

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.

Product details

• Authors: Marco Lazzarotti
• Publisher: Heidelberg Asian Studies Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.08.2023
• EAN: 9783948791650
• ISBN: 978-3-948791-65-0
• No. of pages: 144
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 235 mm x 9 mm
• Weight: 230 g
• Illustrations: 8 Farbabb.
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous