Because of Taiwan and Macau’s own geographic, political and sovereignty problems, the living space of religions in Taiwan and Macau was once advantageous for Christianity. Some scholars bring up the concept of “Christianization”, and some other scholars think some Buddhist sects emulate Christianity and take Christianity as a reference to innovate themselves to compete with and face the challenge of Christianity. However, if Christianization is an authentic conviction, it can’t explain why Christianity has not developed well while Chinese religions become dominant in Taiwan and Macau. The lifting of martial law in Taiwan and the 1-2-3 Riot in Macau were the turning points of Christianity’s favourable situation, Christianity fails to prosper in these two places, and the number of Christians continues to constitute less than 10 per cent of the total population. This master thesis will focus on the selected religions’ organizational structure, their innovation on doctrine and rituals and their propagation strategies, to examine whether the success of Chinese religions is due to their glocal-modernization or the adoption of Christianization. FoGuang Shan and Fa-Yi Chong De of I-Kuan Tao are two religions that have been developing in both Taiwan and Macau prosperously. Thus, I select FoGuang Shan and Fa-Yi Chong De of I-Kuan Tao for comparison.
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Abstract 1 摘要 2 Chapter 1: Introduction 6 Chapter 2: Theoretical Framework 18 Chapter 3: The Glocal-modernization of FGS in Taiwan and Macau 33 Chapter 4: Glocal-modernization of Fa-Yi Chong De in Taiwan and Macau 69 Chapter 5: A Summary Comparison of FGS and IKT 102 Chapter 6: Conclusion 111 Appendix 1. FGS Macau Branch's Year Calendar 115 Bibliography 121
