“Not Here to Steal Sheep”: A Reading of the History and Politics of Catholicism in Thailand

• المؤلف الرئيسي: Barry, Coeli
• التنسيق: text
• منشور في: Archīum Ateneo 2024
• الموضوعات: Buddhist nationalism; Catholic Church in Thailand; Catholicism as minority religion; Catholicism in Asia; foreignness in Thai history; Religion and Politics in Southeast Asia
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://archium.ateneo.edu/kk/vol1/iss25/9; https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/kk/article/1647/viewcontent/_5BKKv00n25_2015_5D_203.4_ForumKritika_Barry.pdf
• المؤسسة: Ateneo De Manila University

This article investigates how Catholicism has had to evolve and adapt in order to sustain itself in Thailand. As Siam/Thailand developed through economic, political and cultural interactions with Western powers, Christianity in general and Catholicism in particular served as a site on which Thai nat...