Catholics and Everyday Life in Macau: Changing Meanings of Religiosity, Morality and Civility

ISBN-13: 9780367183158 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 196 str.

Chen Hon-Fai

Opis

Catholicism has had an important place in Macau since the earliest days of Portuguese colonisation 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 shows how, despite facing challenges, the personal piety and ethical religious outlook of individual Catholics continue 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 service.

O autorze

Chen Hon-Fai is an Assistant Professor of Sociology and Social Policy at Lingnan University, Hong Kong.