Missions Amidst Pagodas

Author : Peter Thein Nyunt
Publisher : Langham Monographs
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2014-05-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781783689842

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Missions amidst Pagodas by Peter Thein Nyunt Pdf

For almost 200 years Protestant missionaries have endeavoured to communicate the gospel to Burmese Buddhists in Myanmar. However, Christianity among this people group is still regarded as a ‘potted plant’ with former Buddhists being separated from both their community and culture. In this publication Peter Thein Nyunt, a former Buddhist monk, examines past and current approaches of the Protestant church among Burmese Buddhists. Based on his findings the author develops a contextual missiological strategy, with a relevant christological message and ecclesiological structure.

Author : Kiem-Kiok Kwa,Samuel Ka-Chieng Law
Publisher : Langham Publishing
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2022-09-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781839737374

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Missions in Southeast Asia by Kiem-Kiok Kwa,Samuel Ka-Chieng Law Pdf

As the boundaries between cultures and religions blur in an increasingly globalized world, the church finds itself in need of new approaches to understanding and embracing otherness – both inside and outside of its established communities. Southeast Asia has long been one of the world’s most diverse regions, with over a hundred ethnicities represented and members of every major religion living as neighbors. In this rich and complex environment, the church has an equally rich and complex history, at times flourishing, at times floundering, but inexorably taking root. In this collection of essays, contributors from throughout the region reflect on the history and future of Christianity in Southeast Asia, providing an overview of missions in the region, and exploring how local churches are defining a uniquely Southeast Asian approach to interreligious engagement. Combining missiological research with contextual theology, this volume offers profound insight into the challenges accompanying missions in a multireligious environment. From ethnic and religious conflict resolution to navigating hybrid identities, this collection of essays makes an excellent contribution to global conversations surrounding the future of missions in a globalized world.

Author : Benno van den Toren,Kang-San Tan
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2022-12-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830852956

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Humble Confidence by Benno van den Toren,Kang-San Tan Pdf

Today's cosmopolitan, multicultural, and multifaith environments call for new approaches to apologetics. The world still needs the good news of Jesus Christ, but to relate the transcultural gospel to diverse and ever-changing contexts, we must free Christian apologetics from dominant Western habits of mind ill-suited to interreligious dialogue. We must listen and speak with both humility and confidence. Benno van den Toren and Kang-San Tan provide a global, intercultural introduction to Christian apologetics. They present a model of apologetics as crosscultural dialogue and accountable witness, then explore how it plays out in relation to specific contexts and the major world religions—including primal religions, Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, secularism, and late-modern spiritualities. Building on recent developments in apologetics and missiology, as well as their experience teaching internationally in Europe, Asia, and Africa, Van den Toren and Tan offer an approach that is conversational, patient, holistic, and embodied. Filled with examples from Scripture and real-world experiences, Humble Confidence gives readers a travel guide to help find the most effective avenues for true dialogue in their own settings.

Author : Arend van Dorp
Publisher : Langham Publishing
Page : 127 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2022-10-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781839737152

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Ethnic Diversity and Reconciliation by Arend van Dorp Pdf

Forces of division, conflict, and fear threaten to separate us from the neighbor who does not look, act, or pray like us. However, followers of Christ are charged with embodying a unity that celebrates difference rather than fleeing from it. Ethnic Diversity and Reconciliation explores the implications of the church’s radical call to inclusive community in the context of Myanmar’s long history of ethnic conflict. Dr. Arend van Dorp outlines the theological foundations for understanding the church’s mandate as a diverse and unified missional body, while also engaging the very real challenges posed to this mandate by the cultural, religious, and historical realities faced by Christians in Myanmar. He demonstrates that while the challenges are vast, so is the potential for transformation and reconciliation when the church takes up its mantle and bears faithful witness to God’s love in a fractured world.

Author : Paul H. De Neui
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2017-12-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781532638695

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Gift and Duty by Paul H. De Neui Pdf

Is the Christian concept of grace anathema to the social structure of merit-making found in Buddhist karmic communities? Are all Buddhist forms of merit-making purely for religious purposes to assuage cosmic consequences or are there other reasons? Are there not Christian churches who operate under a legalistic view of God’s divine wrath and are in essence living as karmic communities of the Christian type? The result of discussions about these and other questions is the volume you now hold in your hand. SEANET proudly presents what is number 14 in its series of missiological reference texts, Gift and Duty: Where Grace and Merit Meet. Each of the ten authors presented here represent a particular perspective, both Christian and Buddhist, that can inform the other. The goal of this volume is to lead to a deeper understanding of the significance of diverse religious and cultural perspectives.

Author : Anthony Ware,Matthew Clarke
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2016-11-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781134993956

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Development Across Faith Boundaries by Anthony Ware,Matthew Clarke Pdf

Faith-based organisations (FBOs) have long been recognised as having an advantage in delivering programs and interventions amongst communities of the same faith. However, many FBOs today work across a variety of contexts, including with local partners and communities of different faiths. Likewise, secular NGOs and donors are increasingly partnering with faith-based organisations to work in highly-religious communities. Development Across Faith Boundaries explores the dynamics of activities by local or international FBOs that cross faith boundaries, whether with their partners, donors or recipient communities. The book investigates the dynamics of cross-faith partnerships in a range of development contexts, from India, Cambodia and Myanmar, to Melanesia, Bosnia, Ethiopia and Afghanistan. The book demonstrates how far FBOs extend their activities beyond their own faith communities and how far NGOs partner with religious actors. It also considers the impacts of these cross-faith partnerships, including their work on conflict and sectarian or ethnic tension in the relevant communities. This book is an invaluable guide for graduates, researchers and students with an interest in development and religious studies, as well as practitioners within the aid sector.

Author : Anna Sui Hluan
Publisher : Langham Publishing
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2022-12-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781839738074

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“Silence” in Translation by Anna Sui Hluan Pdf

The role of women in the church has long been a contentious topic for Christians. In this groundbreaking study, Dr. Anna Sui Hluan critically examines the understanding of “silence” within the Myanmar context, specically as it impacts the church’s interpretation of 1 Corinthians 14:34–35. She oers a comparative study of the Judson Burmese Bible alongside versions of the Greek text, exploring the role of translation in reinforcing cultural assumptions and codifying the translator’s interpretive viewpoint. Analyzing the verses in question through the lens of three contemporary schools of interpretation – literal traditional, feminist, and egalitarian – she demonstrates the need for developing a satisfactory contextual hermeneutic for interpreting passages that concern women in Myanmar today. This interdisciplinary study combines cultural and linguistic awareness, a critical analysis of hermeneutics, and a deep commitment to Scripture as the foundation for faith and life. Dr. Hluan oers the church a model of “believing criticism,” equipping believers to take responsibility for their own interpretations of Scripture and its application in their societies. This is a powerful resource for translators, scholars, church leaders, and all those seeking to faithfully apply the Bible in their contexts.

Author : Paul H. De Neui
Publisher : William Carey Publishing
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2015-06-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780878081158

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Becoming the People of God by Paul H. De Neui Pdf

How do Christ followers celebrate unity in the midst of diversity? How do we become the people of God in more than name only? A unifying Christ-centeredness demands living out kingdom values and bearing witness to transformation in and through a multitude of cultural manifestations. We struggle to serve, worship, and witness in the midst of this age-old challenge. This collection of perspectives comes from settings where the good news of Jesus has not been the dominant historical norm. All contributors in this volume are practitioners. They have a deep appreciation for the cultural heritage and important moral values found in Buddhist contexts. We believe these chapters hold valuable lessons that speak to all of the family of faith. Here you will find a wide range of topics and approaches that address what it means to become the global body of believers. These can speak to you wherever you are called to participate with God’s work in the world. Christ followers are in the process of becoming what will one day culminate in a huge and startling celebration of people from all of God’s beloved creation. If you are interested in hearing from those discovering what that might look like outside traditional packaging, this book is for you.

Author : Andrew Selth
Publisher : ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2022-01-24
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9789814951784

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Myanmar (Burma) since the 1988 Uprising by Andrew Selth Pdf

Updated by popular demand, this is the fourth edition of this important bibliography. It lists a wide selection of works on or about Myanmar published in English and in hard copy since the 1988 pro-democracy uprising, which marked the beginning of a new era in Myanmar’s modern history. There are now 2,727 titles listed. They have been written, edited, translated or compiled by over 2,000 people, from many different backgrounds. These works have been organized into thirty-five subject chapters containing ninety-five discrete sections. There are also four appendices, including a comprehensive reading guide for those unfamiliar with Myanmar or who may be seeking guidance on particular topics. This book is an invaluable aid to officials, scholars, journalists, armchair travellers and others with an interest in this fascinating but deeply troubled country.

Author : Paul H. De Neui
Publisher : William Carey Publishing
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2016-03-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780878089383

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Seeking the Unseen by Paul H. De Neui Pdf

Buddhism claims no god, yet spiritual realities abound in popular practice. What are these realities? What do they mean to the practitioners? How can understanding these realities inform Christ-followers seeking to communicate the good news of Jesus in ways that all can understand and relate to? In answer to these and other questions, SEANET proudly presents its twelfth volume, Seeking the Unseen: Spiritual Realities in the Buddhist World. Christian practitioners from thirteen different Buddhist cultures share insights gained from their wideranging experiences and perspectives. From Sri Lanka to Japan, from China to the Philippines, these women and men, Asian and Western, present on a topic that is often missing in mission literature today. And for readers seeking personal insight into the growing spiritual complexities of their own place in the postmodern world, lessons from these authors will guide you with practical principles from engaging, firsthand cultural encounters.

Author : John Baillie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1858
Category : Missions
ISBN : UOM:39015020125855

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Rivers in the Desert, Or, Mission-scenes in Burmah by John Baillie Pdf

Author : John BAILLIE (Rector of Wivenhoe.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1859
Category : Missions
ISBN : BL:A0021512177

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Rivers in the Desert: or, Mission Scenes in Burmah by John BAILLIE (Rector of Wivenhoe.) Pdf

Author : John Bowring
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 534 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1857
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0024397847

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The Kingdom and People of Siam; with a Narrative of a Mission to that Country in 1855. [With Plates, Including a Portrait.] by John Bowring Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1880
Category : Missions, British
ISBN : CORNELL:31924057469367

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Mission Field by Anonim Pdf

Author : Ellen Mason of Burmah
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1864
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BNC:1001930511

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Civilizing Mountain Men Or Sketches of Mission Work Among the Karens by Ellen Mason of Burmah Pdf