28 October 2025 Rites, Charms and Wordplay: Religious Iconography in Taiwan’s Political Movements When Taiwan’s recall protests erupted in 2025, faith and politics merged in striking ways, from churches sheltering activists to Daoist... Read more
20 October 2025 Finding Light: Chinese Converts to Yiguandao in Japan This article traces the journeys of Chinese women connected to the Yiguandao movement, whose conversions took place in both China... Read more
02 October 2025 Report: Holy Ground, Haunted Past – Religious Responses to Ghost Stories and Political Memory on Green Island This report by Fang-I Chu examines how ghost stories across Taiwan operate as informal modes of remembering the authoritarian past,... Read more
17 September 2025 Report: The Presbyterian Church in Taiwan – Between prophetic tradition and institutional challenges This report, authored by Kwan Yuk Sing for Religioscope, explores the political engagement of the Presbyterian Church in Taiwan (PCT)... Read more
16 September 2025 From Mrs. Tsai to Biō-Pô: A Chilean Priestess in a Taiwanese Temple Born in Chile and raised Catholic, Elvira now spends her days in a small Changhua township, opening the gates of... Read more
26 June 2025 Report: “Infiltrating the Tao” – China’s Influence Operations Targeting Quanzhen Taoist Communities in Taiwan and the West This report, authored by Mattias Swenson Daly for Religioscope, explores the global expansion of the Quanzhen sect of Taoism and... Read more
28 April 2025 Report: “The Soft Power of a Goddess” – Mazu, Political Influence and Organized Crime in Taiwan This report explores how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has rebranded Mazu as the “Goddess of Peace in the Taiwan... Read more
09 June 2024 Syncretism, Religious Freedom and Revival: Taiwan’s Yiguandao Having originated in mainland China one hundred years ago, Yiguandao is a fast growing religious movement and one the largest... Read more
23 January 2024 Conference: The 17th International Conference on Taoist Studies: Taoist Ways of Enhancing Life—I Ching, Feng Shui & Personal Cultivation Religious studies scholars from Asia, Europe, and North America joined Taiwanese researchers, practicing Taoists, and local members of the contemporary... Read more
06 December 2023 The True Jesus Church in Taiwan: Resilience, community, and the centrality of truth in a Chinese Christian movement The True Jesus Church was founded in 1917 by a Chinese silk merchant named Wei Enbo. Later taking the Christian... Read more