本文主要探討日治時期臺灣海峽兩岸的宗教組織，以及和此相關人士的多種互動模式。前此的研究多認為：在甲午戰爭的次年（1895年）臺灣成為日本的殖民地之後，兩岸的宗教來往就斷絕了；事實上，兩岸的宗教專家與一般信徒之間的交流仍然相當頻繁。筆者試圖透過比較寬廣的視角，檢視兩岸宗教關係的各種情況，包括佛教、道教神職人員的來往，媽祖、保生大帝、王爺等神明的進香活動等。此外，本文也關注不同民間教派（特別是齋教）之間的交流，以及此類來往對於1915年的噍吧哖事件（西來庵事件）的影響。同時，也對兩岸的經書、善書等宗教出版事業進行了初步分析，以凸顯其時臺灣在東亞宗教網絡中佔有重要的地位。

This paper examines the synergy between religious traditions in China and Taiwan during the Japanese colonial (1895-1945). In contrast to much conventional wisdom, which assumes that cultural ties between China and Taiwan were severely disrupted after 1895, I attempt to show that extensive contacts took place between specialists and worshippers on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. Based on a broad-based approach designed to stimulate new research (as opposed to the in-depth investigation of a single case study), this paper covers a wide range of religious phenomena. Apart from the ways in which Cross-Strait links shaped the development of organized religious movements such as Buddhism and Daoism, I also consider their impact on communal religious traditions as seen in pilgrimage networks for popular deities like Mazu媽祖, the Great Emperor who Protects Life (Baosheng dadi保生大帝), and the Royal Lords (wangye王爺). Other topics include the interaction between Chinese and Taiwanese vegetarian groups and other sectarian traditions, both in terms of religious leaders (including those who launched the Ta-pa-ni噍吧哖 (Xilai An西來庵) Incident of 1915) and the texts that formed the core of their scriptural traditions (especially morality books or shanshu善書). Taiwan's place in the transnational religious networks of that era, and especially those involving publishing enterprises, will also be considered.