Toon Theology

Conversations

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

• ancestral rites 4
• assurance 1
• chinese folk religion 6
• filial piety 1
• first conversations 3
• funerals 1
• judgment 2
• pastoral care 1
• the dead 2
• the home altar 1
• the seventh month 2

• 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 their friend Mei's flat after school. By the door there is a small altar, and on
• The paper houseQing Ming morning at a hillside cemetery. Theophilus and Hannah have come with their friend Wei Ling and her f
• The empty front rowThe seventh lunar month. A getai concert has been set up under the block of flats, with loud music and a row o