Toward Unity and Reconciliation: An Analysis of a Cultural Application of the Qutux Qniqan among the Atayal Tribe of Taiwan through Biblical and Anthropological Principles

Abstract

This article investigates how the Qutux Qniqan ceremony becomes an origin of conflict when Christian groups perceive its relational and reconciliatory activities as possible syncretism. The article is based on five years of field interviews with Rev. Tali Behuy, his family, and other Atayal people, both non-Christians and Christians. The study asserts that the Lord’s Supper provides an essential theological framework for redefining its purpose by integrating Atayal cultural significance with biblical interpretation. This integration enables Atayal Christians to affirm their cultural identity while staying faithful to biblical truth.