Religiosity and Gospel Transmission

This work explains three main issues related to missiology in Taipei: issues with worldview, concepts of conversion, and religious pluralism. By tackling these issues, Tony is adding his voice to other missiologists, such as Paul Hiebert, in refining the understanding and application of contextualization. I am confident in his research’s positive impact on the understanding and transmission of the gospel.

Yamil Acevedo, PhD
Executive Vice President,
Wesley Seminary, Indiana, USA

Raised in a non-Christian Taiwanese Chinese family and equally adept in both Chinese and English, the author has effectively drawn out the “lived religiosity ” of the ordinary Taiwanese Chinese folks. Most importantly, this book offers practical guidelines on best approaches to presenting the gospel in the light of their culture and worldviews.

NamChen Chan, PhD
陳南振
Executive Director,
AsiaCMS, Malaysia

I am Chinese and came from a Chinese folk religion background similar to Tony’s. His conclusion with the practical gospel steps for the Christian evangelizing person and the transforming non-Christian will be an innovation in sharing the gospel with friends from Chinese folk religious background.

Chia Choon Chuah, PhD
蔡家存
Dean of Doctoral Studies and Mission Initiatives,
Malaysia Baptist Theological Seminary, Penang

In the Christian world, there is a large amount of literature studying evangelical strategies in Western contexts, but there is a lack of corresponding research in non-Western contexts. Dr. Chuang’s research in this book exactly fills this gap.

David Doong, PhD
董家驊
General Secretary,
Chinese Coordination Center of World Evangelization

In his field-based research, Tony Chuang asks why Christianity only makes up a small, underwhelming minority in Taiwan, a nation with religious freedom and many decades of evangelistic efforts, and what needs to be done to spread the gospel more. I applaud this terrific work, which points us toward a new direction in gospel transmission in Taiwan and gives us many hints for East Asia and beyond.

Peter T. Lee, PhD
이태훈
Associate Director of Korean DMin Program and Affiliate Professor of Intercultural Studies,
Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Illinois, USA

This is a timely book written by someone deeply passionate about evangelizing to Asians. This book is useful for missiological researchers and practitioners to be more aware of the contextual issues when evangelizing to Taiwanese and Chinese people. Missionaries, church leaders, and anyone who has a heart for reaching the Chinese people ought to read this book.

Tat Yan Lee, PhD
李達恩
President,
Bible College of Malaysia, Selangor

How can we be more effective and loving when presenting the gospel to a common Chinese person? Chuang provides a convincing answer through this work. A significant and important contribution to the conversation on missions to the Chinese people.

Khee-Vun Lin, DMin
凌啟文
Founder and Principal,
Anglican Training Institute, Malaysia

In this carefully crafted and informative study Dr. Chuang explores various expressions of folk religion among the Chinese in Taipei, Taiwan, and he offers helpful and innovative suggestions for more effective Christian ministry in such contexts. This is an important contribution to our understanding of mission in Asia today.

Harold A. Netland, PhD
Professor of Philosophy of Religion and Intercultural Studies,
Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Illinois, USA

1. List of Tables
2. List of Figures
3. Acknowledgments
4. Abstract
5. Chapter 1 Introduction
6. Chapter 2 Folk Religion in Taiwan
7. Chapter 3 Methodology
8. Chapter 4 Findings on General Attitudes and Religiosity
9. Chapter 5 Findings on Deities, Jesus, and Christianity
10. Chapter 6 Key Issues in the Taiwanese Context
11. Chapter 7 Gospel Transmission in Taipei
12. Chapter 8 Conclusion
13. Appendix 1 Chinese Terms and Names
14. Appendix 2 Interview Protocol
15. Appendix 3 Details of the Coding Process
16. Bibliography