Realising contingent religious subjects through relational spaces of missionary encounter

• Main Author: WOODS, Orlando
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2022
• Subjects: Missionary encounter; religious subject; relational space; STM; Singapore.; Asian Studies; Religion
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3421; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/4678/viewcontent/apv12315.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This paper explores the ways in which the religious subject can be a contingent position that is responsive to the broader socio-religious context within which it is expressed. These contingencies are acutely observed amongst short-term missionaries (STM), who seek out encounters with difference in...