Immigration and Faith:Take the Burmese-Chinese Catholics of Mother of God Church in ZhongHe as an Example

• Main Authors: WU, MENG-TSANG, 吳孟蒼
• Other Authors: Tsai, Yi-Jia
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2017
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/40256687547562237233

碩士 === 輔仁大學 === 宗教學系碩士在職專班 === 105 === Myanmar Chinese population is the most widely distributed area in New Taipei City of Taiwan. Most of them are concentrated in Zhonghe District of New Taipei City. As a result, this study takes the Burmese Chinese, Catholics of the Mother of God Church in Zhonghe District as a case in this paper. The researchers collected the Myanmar geography, minerals, history, humanities, religion and other aspects of books, periodicals, papers and other related literature. For this group of Myanmar Chinese Catholics, a comprehensive and complete discussion of the memory of their ancestors, and describe their own life experiences and beliefs of the process. The military government start to control the Myanmar in 1960s, which caused the seriously affected to economy on overseas Chinese, forcing a large number of them to immigrate to Taiwan. This study will explore these Myanmar overseas Chinese believers, why they come to Taiwan, how they come to Taiwan, their life experiences live in Taiwan from the past to the present. In addition, the study will discuss their family values, and adapt to national changes and identity. After that, this study will explore and analysis the process of conversion to Catholicism, the motivation of religious belief, as well as the faith experience of the Burmese Chinese after being the Catholics in the Mother of God Church, the spiritual level of religious dependence, and the relationship between the Mother of God Church and them. In addition, the respondents talked about the second generation of religious attitudes. In the detailed narrative of Burmese Chinese, the researcher found that their family and they are attention to Chinese culture and education. Additionally, moving to Taiwan for Taiwan citizenship identity, Dynamic Psychology of religious beliefs, and the relationship of the Mother of God Church.