@article{2025:pu:ritual_und,
title = {Ritual und Mythos in der Tradition der Tsou},
year = {2025},
note = {This article is a summary of my 1999 master’s thesis based on
research conducted in the 1990s, in which I examine ritual and myth in
the tradition of the Tsou, an indigenous people of Taiwan. The
traditional culture of the Tsou is undergoing dramatic change as a
result of an intensive contact with other cultures. The Christian
mission in the Tsou area did not begin until 1953-1959. The Society of
the Divine Word (Societas Verbi Divini [SVD], also known as the
Steyler Missionaries) was the first Catholic missionary order to enter
the Tsou territory. The people continue to be assised by the Steyler
to this day. Consequently, about one third of the Tsou have become
Catholic. As I demonstrate in this article, the mission among the Tsou
is in the phase of inculturation of the Christian message into the
local reality. The outward expression of funeral and burial rites
among the Tsou is no longer “traditional,” as Christian and
Chinese components have been incorporated. The effort to understand
the traditional cultural heritage and the new forms of expression
through Christian rites represents a great challenge for missionaries
and native priests active among the Tsou.},
journal = {Anthropos},
pages = {95--122},
author = {Pu, Norbert Ying-Hsiung},
volume = {120},
number = {1}
}