Toon Theology

Conversations

How these talks actually go, in real homes. · led by Hannah

• ancestral rites 3
• assurance 1
• chinese folk religion 4
• filial piety 1
• first conversations 3
• funerals 1
• judgment 1
• pastoral care 1
• the dead 1
• the home altar 1
• the seventh month 1

• All Souls' DayOnce a year the tombs are swept, food is laid out, and paper money is burned. The money is the part worth aski
• The Hungry Ghost FestivalFor one month the gates of Hell are held to stand open and the uncared-for dead come out. Notice the phrase: u
• Ancestral WorshipA wooden tablet with a name carved on it, and a spirit believed to live in it. The origin story is about a son
• FuneralsThere are two forms, Taoist and Buddhist, and syncretism means you will usually see parts of both. Watch for o
• The oranges on the altarTheophilus and Hannah are at a friend's flat. By the door there is a small altar, and on it two fresh oranges.