| ID | 178508 |
| Title Proper | People are obsessed with religion |
| Other Title Information | the definitional dissonance of evangelical encounters in Myanmar |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Edwards, Michael |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This article responds to recent calls to consider how religion is defined and deployed in and about Myanmar. Discussing local Pentecostal efforts to evangelise to Buddhists in contemporary Yangon, it presents the encounter with the religious other as one ground from which definitions of religion might emerge. I show that, by taking up new opportunities to share the gospel, believers entered into a long conversation between Christianity and Buddhism dating back to the colonial period. Tracing the different definitions of religion that this conversation generates, and attuning to the dissonances between them, might offer alternate ways for approaching what gets termed the religious and the secular in the study of Myanmar. |
| `In' analytical Note | Journal of South East Asian Studies Vol. 52, No.1; Mar 2021: p.49 - 66 |
| Journal Source | Journal of South East Asian Studies 2021-03 52, 1 |
| Key Words | Myanmar ; Evangelical Encounters |