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Book2008PDF

Beyond anti-syncretism: Gospel, context and authority in the New Testament and in Thai conversions to Christianity by Zehner, Edwin

Chapter from the book "Power and identity in the Global Church" using material from the study of Thai Christians and Thai Bhuddist conversions to Christianity in light of the apostle Paul's missiological and theological struggles in his own context, to suggest some of the difficulties in distinguishing between contextualization and syncretism and to argue that missionaries need to avoid being overly directive in the attempt to shape the contextualization of local churches.

Article1996PDF

Buddhism & Heathenism by Swanson, Herb

Short articles on Presbyterian missionary views on Buddhism at the end of the 19th century

ArticlePDF

Chao Kawilorot by Swanson, Herb

Short entry about the sixth Prince (chao luang) of Chiang Mai after Chiang Mai was freed from Burmese rule. He played a key role in the early history of the Loas Mission

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Chiang Mai Mission Press by Swanson, Herb

Short entry about the Chiang Mai Mission Press established by the Laos Mission in 1892

Article2011PDF

Christian Theology in a country of temples by Staveren, Karsten van

Article about the difficultly explaining the gospel to a Thai Buddhist. One of the author's key point is focusing on the exclusive differences between Theravada Buddhism and Christianity will not be fruitful in a Thai context

Research Paper2013PDF

Christian Tom Boon in Thailand: Problems in the Modern Day Thai Church by Klein, Cory

This paper describes the Thai religious practice of Tom Boon and how it is connected to a form of Christian merit that has been imported by Western Christianity. A Biblical argument is then made against this form of Christianity along with a suggested solution.