Karen Culture of Evangelism and Early Baptist Mission in Nineteenth Century Burma
The success story of nineteenth-century Baptist missionary work among minority ethnic groups in Burma was one well-known facet of the early beginnings of modern Protestant missions. Behind this success was the extensive travel and evangelizing work done by native Karen Christians. In the face of the...
| Published in: | Social sciences and missions |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2018
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Social sciences and missions
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| Further subjects: | B
Burma
Baptist
evangelism
conversion
native agency
Karen
B Birmanie baptisme évangélisation conversion agencéité autochtone Karen |
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| Summary: | The success story of nineteenth-century Baptist missionary work among minority ethnic groups in Burma was one well-known facet of the early beginnings of modern Protestant missions. Behind this success was the extensive travel and evangelizing work done by native Karen Christians. In the face of the unexpected speed and zeal with which the Karen converts spread the gospel, to which I apply the term “culture of evangelism”, the Baptist mission in Burma was formed through an interactive process of continual self-reformulation, negotiation, and compromise on crucial matters such as baptism, ordination, self-support, division of roles, and language use. This has had far-reaching effects in shaping the Baptist churches in Myanmar today. L’ histoire des succès de la mission baptiste parmi les minorités ethniques de Birmanie au XIXe siècle est un des aspects bien connus des tout premiers pas des missions protestantes modernes. Derrière ce succès, il y a les nombreux voyages et le travail d’ évangélisation réalisés par les autochtones chrétiens karen. Face à la rapidité et au zèle inattendus avec lesquels les convertis karen ont diffusé l’ évangile – ce que je décris comme une «culture de l’ évangélisation » –, la mission baptiste en Birmanie s’ est constituée à travers un processus d’ interactions continues d’ auto-reformulation, de négociations et de compromis sur des questions aussi cruciales que le baptême, l’ ordination, l’ autofinancement (self-support), la division des rôles et l’ usage des langues. Ce processus a eu des effets considérables sur la formation des églises baptistes actuelles en Birmanie. |
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| ISSN: | 1874-8945 |
| Contains: | In: Social sciences and missions
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/18748945-03103006 |