Catholics and Everyday Life in Macau: Changing Meanings of Religiosity, Morality and Civility (Routledge Religion in Contemporary Asia Series)
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- Synopsis
- Catholicism has had an important place in Macau since the earliest days of Portuguese colonization in the sixteenth century. This book, based on extensive original research including in-depth interviews, examines in detail the everyday life of Catholics in Macau at present. It outlines the tremendous societal pressures which Macau is currently undergoing – sovereignty handover and its consequences, the growth of casinos and tourism and the transformation of a serene and somewhat obscure colony into a vibrantly developing city. It shows how, although the formal structures of Catholicism no longer share in rule by the colonial power, and although formal religious observance is declining, nevertheless the personal piety and ethical religious outlook of individual Catholics continue to be strong, and have a huge, and possibly increasing, impact on public life through the application of personal religious ethics to issues of human rights and social justice and in the fields of education and social services.
- Copyright:
- 2017
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 196 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781134739998
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781315880419, 9780367183158, 9780367183158, 9780415715935, 9780415715935
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Date of Addition:
- 05/05/19
- Copyrighted By:
- Chen Hon-Fai
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Social Studies
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.