The Catholic Church in Taiwan: Birth, Growth and Development [Hardcover]

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 church of Taiwan during the Japanese Occupation, Taiwan-Vatican Relations from 1949 onwards and triangular Relations among the Vatican, Taiwan and China during Tsai Ing-wens Administration. Written from a wide range of perspectives, from history and international relations to literature, philosophy, and education, this volume offers an important perspective on the birth and development of the Catholic Church in Taiwan, contributing a key work to religious studies in the Greater China Region.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.-?Wanjins Basilica: Church Evangelization encountering Governments Tourism.-?The New Triangular Relations among the Vatican, Taiwan and China in Tsai Ing-wen's Administration.

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 Precils%