02 October 2025
This report by Fang-I Chu examines how ghost stories across Taiwan operate as informal modes of remembering the authoritarian past,... Read more
Category: Articles
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
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
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
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
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
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 was founded in 1917 by a Chinese silk merchant named Wei Enbo. Later taking the Christian... Read more
13 September 2021
The ten-year conflict in Syria has impacted every aspect of society. This includes new incentives in both the marriage economy... Read more
11 February 2020
This report investigates how Salafist groups conduct and manage the illegal trafficking of antiquities in south-west and north-west Syria, with... Read more