(Re)producing Buddhist hegemony in Sri Lanka: Advancing the discursive formations of self-Orientalism, religious (im)mobility and 'unethical' conversion

(Re)producing Buddhist hegemony in Sri Lanka: Advancing the discursive formations of self-Orientalism, religious (im)mobility and 'unethical' conversion

This paper explores how Buddhist groups in Sri Lanka attempt to suppress conversion to Christianity. Conversion to Christianity can dilute the power and legitimacy of Buddhist groups, which has caused them to promote a discourse of ‘unethical’ conversion. My argument is that such a discourse is self...

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Main Author: WOODS, Orlando
Format: text
Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2018
Subjects:
Buddhist hegemony
evangelical Christianity
Religious conversio
n religious mobility
self-Orientalism
Sri Lanka
Asian Studies
Religion
Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2425
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/3682/viewcontent/ReproducingBuddhistHegemonySriLanka_2017_afv.pdf
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Institution: Singapore Management University
Language: English

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https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/3682/viewcontent/ReproducingBuddhistHegemonySriLanka_2017_afv.pdf

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