“What is this?”, I asked an elderly grandmother. She said that it’s a rock shrine. “I didn’t know that people worshiped rocks in Taiwan. Is this true?” I asked. She said that honestly, she didn’t [...]
Shintoism teaches that unlucky years occur throughout a person's life. To combat that, people are urged to have special cleansing ceremonies and buy good luck charms.
“Don’t give me philosophy. Give me power!” The Taiwanese are a practical people. They want practical help in daily life. So when it comes to religion, they believe and do what [...]
When will the bleeding stop? He needs help. Chong-Kai has the genetic disorder hemophilia. It wasn’t his choice. He was born with it. With hemophilia it’s easy to bleed but difficult [...]
“When I was in preschool I was taught, at meal times, that seven gods reside in one grain of rice,” Mai, a high school student recounted. “I couldn’t reconcile this teaching with what I [...]
