Familism and Ancestor Veneration: A Look at Chinese Funeral Rites
Ancestor veneration remains a major obstacle to conversion among the Chinese the world over. While the issue often comes to a head over funeral rites, ancestor veneration cannot be understood in isolation. Rather one must look at the broader issues of the cult of the family, a tenet propagated by Co...
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1996
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Missiology
Year: 1996, Volume: 24, Issue: 4, Pages: 503-517 |
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