Deepening a Sense of Being Taiwanese: Conversion and Cultural Continuity among the Austronesian-Speaking Amis Catholics

Abstract This paper examines how the Amis, the largest indigenous community in Taiwan, draw on their Catholic faith to understand what it means to be Taiwanese. For over a century, the Amis were treated as marginalised citizens by the Japanese colonial government and the Han-Chinese Kuomintang under...

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Authors: Yeh, Shu-ling (Author) ; Chang, Ying-Cheng (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2021
In: Social sciences and missions
Year: 2021, Volume: 34, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 366-390
Further subjects:B indigenous Taiwanese
B Ethnicity
B Mother Mary
B Catholics
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