Strategies of salvation: Evangelical Christian praxis and sites of degradation in Sri Lanka

• Main Author: WOODS, Orlando
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2018
• Subjects: disasters; evangelical Christianity; power; sites of degradation; Sri Lanka; tsunami; Asian Studies; Religion
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2465; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/3722/viewcontent/Woods_2018_Asia_Pacific_Viewpoint__1_.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This paper demonstrates how disasters create sites of degradation – potent spaces of upheaval and engagement – that are readily filled and exploited by evangelical Christian groups. In doing so, it explores how disasters provide opportunities for evangelical groups to gain a foothold in localities w...