Religion and Democracy in Taiwan

Cheng-Tian Kuo sets a high academic goal to achieve in this book: to examine the relations between state and religion through the lens of democratization in Taiwan. To be sure, there has been a significant amount of scholarship accumulated on Taiwanese democratization. But scholars tend to be preocc...

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Auteur principal: Sun, Jing (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Review
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Oxford University Press 2009
Dans: A journal of church and state
Année: 2009, Volume: 51, Numéro: 1, Pages: 169-171
Compte rendu de:Religion and Democracy in Taiwan. (Ithaca : State University of New York Press, 2008) (Sun, Jing)
Religion and democracy in Taiwan (Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, 2008) (Sun, Jing)
Religion and democracy in Taiwan (Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, 2008) (Sun, Jing)
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Résumé:Cheng-Tian Kuo sets a high academic goal to achieve in this book: to examine the relations between state and religion through the lens of democratization in Taiwan. To be sure, there has been a significant amount of scholarship accumulated on Taiwanese democratization. But scholars tend to be preoccupied with either internal party politics or the impact of Taiwan's democratization on its relations with China. As Kuo correctly points out, no major study has yet compared the relations between democracy and all major Taiwanese religions. This is troublesome—given various religions' prevalent influence on the Taiwanese citizenry. On this ground, Kuo's book is a welcome effort to enrich our understanding of this emerging democracy.
ISSN:2040-4867
Contient:Enthalten in: A journal of church and state
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1093/jcs/csp035