Merit, Man and Ministry: Traditional Thai Hierarchies in a Contemporary Church

Zehner, Edwin

doi:10.1177/003776891038002003

“…First, historical studies of Thai church-and mission history, which in different ways give important insights into the history of the encounter between Christianity and Buddhism (see for example Chaiwan 1984;Smith 1999;Swanson 1984). Second, empirical studies of Thai Christians, mainly using qualitative approaches and methods, focusing on how Christian faith and practice has been influenced and formed by its encounter with Thai Buddhism (some examples are Cohen 1995;Haug 2015;Hughes 1985;Suwanbubbha 1994;Zehner 1991Zehner , 2005Zehner , 2009. Third, empirical studies of conversion and church growth (Galgao 2019;Hilderbrand 2016;Sandland 2014, Visser 2009Zehner 2013).…”

Section: Research On Christianity In Thailandmentioning

confidence: 99%

World Christianity

Frederiks¹,

Nagy²

2021

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“…First, historical studies of Thai church-and mission history, which in different ways give important insights into the history of the encounter between Christianity and Buddhism (see for example Chaiwan 1984;Smith 1999;Swanson 1984). Second, empirical studies of Thai Christians, mainly using qualitative approaches and methods, focusing on how Christian faith and practice has been influenced and formed by its encounter with Thai Buddhism (some examples are Cohen 1995;Haug 2015;Hughes 1985;Suwanbubbha 1994;Zehner 1991Zehner , 2005Zehner , 2009. Third, empirical studies of conversion and church growth (Galgao 2019;Hilderbrand 2016;Sandland 2014, Visser 2009Zehner 2013).…”

Section: Research On Christianity In Thailandmentioning

confidence: 99%

Thai Comparative Theologizing: Material and Methodological Reflections

Haug¹

2020

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Being Protestant Christians in Southeast Asian Worlds

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1996

Journal of Southeast Asian Studies

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The five cases of Protestant Christian practice in Indonesia and Thailand presented in this symposium are used to develop a sociology of Protestantism in Southeast Asia. A review is first undertaken of the history of Protestant missionary activity in Southeast Asia. Protestantism, it is observed, insists on the ultimate authority of the Bible. This authority has not been accepted by Southeast Asians until they have access to the Christian message in their own languages and they are motivated to adopt Christian practices as a means to confront deep crises in their lives. The establishment of Protestant Christianity has entailed the interpreting of the Christian message with reference to the non-Christian contexts in which Protestants in Southeast Asia live.

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Merit, Man and Ministry: Traditional Thai Hierarchies in a Contemporary Church

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Thai Comparative Theologizing: Material and Methodological Reflections

Being Protestant Christians in Southeast Asian Worlds

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