The Eastern Burma Mission

This paper is an attempt to connect the local history of the Catholic missions in the east of the Shan State, Myanmar, to the wider context of Catholic missions worldwide. I will outline the historical determination of the friction between Christianity and ancestor cults, with reference to non-Buddh...

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Auteur principal: Agostini, Anita (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Morcelliana 2016
Dans: Studi e materiali di storia delle religioni
Année: 2016, Volume: 82, Numéro: 2, Pages: 870-884
Sujets non-standardisés:B Myanmar
B Ethnic minorities
B Ancestors worshipping
B Missioni cattoliche
B Cristianesimo
B Religion
B Sudest asiatico
B Catholic missions
B Christianity
B minoranze etniche
B Catholic Missions
B Southeast Asia
B Minorities
B Culto degli antenati
B Cults
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Résumé:This paper is an attempt to connect the local history of the Catholic missions in the east of the Shan State, Myanmar, to the wider context of Catholic missions worldwide. I will outline the historical determination of the friction between Christianity and ancestor cults, with reference to non-Buddhist minorities, thus contrasting the Southeast Asian missionary experience with previous missionary experiences in Latin America and China. I argue that the early attempt to eradicate ancestor worshipping in Eastern Shan State was based on a people categorization and a related missionary paradigm, developed in the early context of Latin America sixteenth-seventeenth century missions. (English)
ISSN:2611-8742
Contient:Enthalten in: Studi e materiali di storia delle religioni