This article probes into the historical details and the present practices of Karen Buddhist movements. The Christian Karen have had a dominant position in the media and scientific publications. However, the Buddhists are probably still the majority among the Pwo and Sgaw Karen. The recent split between the Christian Karen National Union and the Democratic Karen Buddhist Organization is a dramatic expression of the political role of religion. Religion, religious movements, and prophetic leaders are important elements in Karen identification and their relationship with neighboring peoples, states, and colonizers. Religious cosmology and rituals are not merely the essentials of their world view but also constitute modes of empowerment, which a...
Karen no Minzoku to Jenda is the result of a plus year relationship between the author Hayami Yoko ...
François Bizot The place of the communities of North Laos in the history of South-East Asian Buddhis...
In this article, I demonstrate that the Karen National Union (KNU) was able to manipulate and po-lit...
This paper discusses changes in the narratives of Sgaw and Pwo Karen regarding their neighbours, in ...
In this article, I provide a case study of a moving border between Thailand and Burma. Emphasizing t...
This paper aims to outline the development of knowledge on the Karen people of Burma, and to locate ...
This paper aims to outline the development of knowledge on the Karen people of Burma, and to locate ...
Abstract The international community at large knows little of the Karen struggle. They are much more...
The achievement of independence in 1948 was in many ways a watershed in Burma’s history. At this tim...
この論文は国立情報学研究所の学術雑誌公開支援事業により電子化されました。From 1964 to 1965,the Thai Government and sangha together launch...
In this article, I demonstrate that the Karen National Union (KNU) was able to manipulate and politi...
This thesis seeks to present a Karen perspective on that people’s struggle in the civil war in Burma...
This paper describes and analyses a “ tree ordination” ceremony organized in 1999 by a network of Ka...
An ethnography of representation combining the following elements: (a) The American Baptist Mission ...
In this article, I follow two ethnographic examples of multi-religious ritual in Southern Thailand i...
Karen no Minzoku to Jenda is the result of a plus year relationship between the author Hayami Yoko ...
François Bizot The place of the communities of North Laos in the history of South-East Asian Buddhis...
In this article, I demonstrate that the Karen National Union (KNU) was able to manipulate and po-lit...
This paper discusses changes in the narratives of Sgaw and Pwo Karen regarding their neighbours, in ...
In this article, I provide a case study of a moving border between Thailand and Burma. Emphasizing t...
This paper aims to outline the development of knowledge on the Karen people of Burma, and to locate ...
This paper aims to outline the development of knowledge on the Karen people of Burma, and to locate ...
Abstract The international community at large knows little of the Karen struggle. They are much more...
The achievement of independence in 1948 was in many ways a watershed in Burma’s history. At this tim...
この論文は国立情報学研究所の学術雑誌公開支援事業により電子化されました。From 1964 to 1965,the Thai Government and sangha together launch...
In this article, I demonstrate that the Karen National Union (KNU) was able to manipulate and politi...
This thesis seeks to present a Karen perspective on that people’s struggle in the civil war in Burma...
This paper describes and analyses a “ tree ordination” ceremony organized in 1999 by a network of Ka...
An ethnography of representation combining the following elements: (a) The American Baptist Mission ...
In this article, I follow two ethnographic examples of multi-religious ritual in Southern Thailand i...
Karen no Minzoku to Jenda is the result of a plus year relationship between the author Hayami Yoko ...
François Bizot The place of the communities of North Laos in the history of South-East Asian Buddhis...
In this article, I demonstrate that the Karen National Union (KNU) was able to manipulate and po-lit...