Add to ORKGIn 1990 the Buddhist people of Timling, on Nepal's northern borderland, converted en masse to evangelical Christianity and later to Roman Catholicism. While the process implies a profound cultural rupture, in this talk I consider the logic of conversion itself. From the converts you'll hear a common story about the healing efficacy of Christian prayer -- about its cheapness compared to the once necessary offerings to afflicting spirits. Yet, this conversion finds parallels in past "conversions" into intensified religious practice. Enshrined in story and myth, all conversions follow a plot structure involving the correcting of a dharma gone astray. Their elements, embedded in a common ethos of exchange, include the cyclic decline and re...
Religious conversion has become a dangerous social and individual problem. In Latin America, a tradi...
The phenomenon of conversions as changing one\u27s religious affiliation has become an issue for liv...
This article takes a sociocultural anthropological approach to conversion. It asks not about the ca...
In 1990 the Buddhist people of Timling, on Nepal's northern borderland, converted en masse to evange...
In Nepal’s public discourse, Christianity is often described as a divisive force, perhaps a plot by ...
The history of Nepal's Christianization teaches us that missionaries had long prepared the actual ri...
In Nepal’s public discourse, Christianity is often described as a divisive force, perhaps a plot by ...
Christian conversion has become a major topic of discussion amongst academics, religious leaders, an...
This thesis argues that conversion to Christianity in the Nepali city of Bhaktapur is closely connec...
Conflicts over conversion often involve divergent logics about religious publicity and persuasion. S...
Many Christian converts in the Sinja Valley of Jumla, northwest Nepal, reveal that they have been st...
[[abstract]]The literature on anthropological studies of Christian conversion movements has hinged o...
The present research entitled Dalit Christians in Nepal and their Experiences of Conversion: Opportu...
Religions and sociological traditions are something that gives a base to human life. From the beginn...
Of special relevance in what follows are three of [anthropologist Robin] Horton's more general and i...
Religious conversion has become a dangerous social and individual problem. In Latin America, a tradi...
The phenomenon of conversions as changing one\u27s religious affiliation has become an issue for liv...
This article takes a sociocultural anthropological approach to conversion. It asks not about the ca...
In 1990 the Buddhist people of Timling, on Nepal's northern borderland, converted en masse to evange...
In Nepal’s public discourse, Christianity is often described as a divisive force, perhaps a plot by ...
The history of Nepal's Christianization teaches us that missionaries had long prepared the actual ri...
In Nepal’s public discourse, Christianity is often described as a divisive force, perhaps a plot by ...
Christian conversion has become a major topic of discussion amongst academics, religious leaders, an...
This thesis argues that conversion to Christianity in the Nepali city of Bhaktapur is closely connec...
Conflicts over conversion often involve divergent logics about religious publicity and persuasion. S...
Many Christian converts in the Sinja Valley of Jumla, northwest Nepal, reveal that they have been st...
[[abstract]]The literature on anthropological studies of Christian conversion movements has hinged o...
The present research entitled Dalit Christians in Nepal and their Experiences of Conversion: Opportu...
Religions and sociological traditions are something that gives a base to human life. From the beginn...
Of special relevance in what follows are three of [anthropologist Robin] Horton's more general and i...
Religious conversion has become a dangerous social and individual problem. In Latin America, a tradi...
The phenomenon of conversions as changing one\u27s religious affiliation has become an issue for liv...
This article takes a sociocultural anthropological approach to conversion. It asks not about the ca...