Karma and Grace - Religious Difference in Millennial Sri Lanka

Through vivid ethnography and keen observations of media events, Karma and Grace illuminates disputes over religious freedom and pluralism amid the rise of charismatic Christianity in Sri Lanka.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Map
Introduction: Inter-Religion in Sri Lanka
A Note on Terms: Defining “Evangelical”
1. Tangles of Religious Perspectivism: Economies of Conversion and Ontologies ofDifference
2. Charity and Dāna: The Selfish Gift?
3. Mediating Miracles
4. A Cacophonous Exuberance: Modulating Miracles, Defending Sovereignty
5. Samsaric Destinies, Religious Plurality, and the Maverick Dialogics of Buddhist Publicity
6. A Spectrum from Sincerity to Skepticism: Ordinary Biographies of Converts, Apostates, and Dual Belongers
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Neena Mahadev is an assistant professor of anthropology at Yale-NUS College and holds a courtesy appointment with the National University of Singapore.

Summary

Through vivid ethnography and keen observations of media events, Karma and Grace illuminates disputes over religious freedom and pluralism amid the rise of charismatic Christianity in Sri Lanka.

Product details

• Authors: Neena Mahadev
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.10.2023
• EAN: 9780231205290
• ISBN: 978-0-231-20529-0
• No. of pages: 336
• Series: Religion, Culture, and Public Life
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; History, RELIGION / History, RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Missions, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, RELIGION / Buddhism / Theravada, Christianity, History of Religion, Social and cultural anthropology, Asian History, Religious mission and Religious Conversion, South Asia (Indian sub-continent), Buddhism: branches and groups, HISTORY / Asia / South / General, history; social science; religion