Memory, Experience and the Clash of Cosmologies: The Encounter between British Protestant Missionaries and Buddhism in Nineteenth Century Sri Lanka
This paper examines the encounter between Protestant missionaries and Buddhists in nineteenth century Sri Lanka as a case study that illustrates the importance of situating twentieth century postcolonial inter-faith tensions against their nineteenth century precedents. The central question within th...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Brill
2012
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Social sciences and missions
Year: 2012, Volume: 25, Issue: 3, Pages: 265-303 |
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Sri Lanka
bouddhisme Theravāda
missions chrétiennes
dix-neuvième siècle
protestantisme
méthodisme
impérialisme
mémoire
B Sri Lanka Theravāda Buddhism Christian mission nineteenth century Protestant imperialism memory Methodist |
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