Buch, Englisch, Band 45, 312 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm
Buch, Englisch, Band 45, 312 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm
Reihe: Religion, Culture, and Public Life
ISBN: 978-0-231-19984-1
Verlag: Columbia University Press
Baptizing Burma explores the history of how the American Baptist mission to Burma failed to convert the country yet succeeded in transforming its religious landscape. Alexandra Kaloyanides examines how the Burmese majority positioned Buddhism to counter Christianity, how marginalized groups took on Baptist identities, and how Protestantism was reimagined as a Southeast Asian religion. She considers a series of holy objects to reveal the mechanics of religious practice in a period of entangled empires—British, Burmese, and American. By telling stories of four key things—the sacred book, the school house, the pagoda, and the portrait—this book illuminates the histories of Burma’s last kingdom and the unexpected consequences of America’s first overseas mission.
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein Missionswissenschaft, Missionsgeschichte
- Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Buddhismus Theravada Buddhismus
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
- Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
- Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Missionierung und Konvertierung
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Acknowledgments
Introduction
1: The Book: Religious Texts of Nineteenth-Century Burma
2: The School: Models of Religious Imagination in Burmese Education
3: The Pagoda: Icons and Iconoclasm
4: The Portrait: American Jesus in Burma
Conclusion
Notes
Works Cited
Index