Baptizing Burma - Religious Change in the Last Buddhist Kingdom

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.

Sommario

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

Info autore

Alexandra Kaloyanides is assistant professor of religious studies at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Alexandra Kaloyanides
• Editore: Columbia University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 23.05.2023
• EAN: 9780231199858
• ISBN: 978-0-231-19985-8
• Pagine: 312
• Serie: Religion, Culture, and Public Life
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia; Myanmar, RELIGION / Buddhism / General, RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Missions, RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Evangelism, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Buddhism / History, HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia, Buddhism, Christian mission & evangelism, Christianity, History of Religion, Asian History, Religious mission and Religious Conversion, Myanmar (Burma), Buddhism: branches and groups