Session 08 Jan. 2011-Article discussion from Taiwan Review magazine: Where Old and New Faiths Meet

2011.01.12 UPDATES with Session Summary

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XeZL3_rHzr1BLaMwOcZE5Ux2PUgUdX5ibtuS5d0K1qc/edit?hl=en&authkey=CK3hjqMF#

 

Hello

Happy New Year 2011!

Here's the information about our first session of this new year:

Date/Time: Sat 08 Jan 2011, 1:30-3:30pm

Place: 2F ., No.9, Nanjing W. Rd. (The easiest way is to take the MRT red line to Zhongshan station Exit 4--only a 10-second walk from Exit 4!) It is the Lion Publishing Co. Art School.

台北市南京西路9號2樓

Topic: Article discussion from Taiwan Review: Where Old and New Faiths Meet
http://taiwanreview.nat.gov.tw/ct.asp?xitem=83065&ctnode=1337&mp=1

If you have time, have a look at the magazine article before the session.

Taiwan has transformed into a democracy that embraces religious pluralism and tolerance toward all beliefs.

The faithful place food offerings on an altar as an expression of their sincerity, then make a series of bows before the statue of a deity, their hands clasped together holding burning sticks of incense. After murmuring prayers seeking divine guidance, they throw a pair of crescent-shaped wooden blocks on the floor to ascertain the god’s answers. Once these rituals are complete, they make a circuit of all the main shrines and deities inside the temple, place the incense sticks in censers and throw piles of joss paper into large chimney-like furnaces standing in the courtyard or outside the temple..........

Please reply to me by noon Friday 7 Jan. 2011 to let us know if you plan to attend.

Thanks!
Lynn