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09/08/201909/08/2019 UnderstandingTheology

Quick Facts Summary: A festival month in East Asia in which people leave food and offerings for ancestors and others who have are suffering in the afterlife. 2019 Date: August 15. The Seventh month of the East Asian Lunar Calendar. Celebrated by: Buddhists, Taoists, Chinese and East Asian societies. Linked Holidays: Sweeping Tomb Festival, Phi […]

Ancestor Worship

09/12/201612/07/2019 UnderstandingTheology

by Theo Poward I have spent much of the past year in Taiwan. While there I have had the unique opportunity to learn about Daoism, the traditional belief system of China, that has been better preserved in Taiwan. In this piece I don’t want to go into why and get myself caught in a […]