The history of Nepal's Christianization teaches us that missionaries had long prepared the actual rise of their religion in this country. Based on her observations from the Ankhu Khola Valley, the author also shows that the Tamang were predisposed to religious change, sometimes for political reasons. Their Christianization is here approached relation to local powers, political and religious. The village's political authority appears to be determinant in spread of conversions. However, the converts also represent an important political element, capable of questioning the legitimacy of some local authorities. In response, the reaction of Buddhists appears as a reconquest of these local powers, but at the same time seems to have a broader poli...
The history of the Protestant Christian church among Nepali people started while Nepal was still a ...
Christian conversion has become a major topic of discussion amongst academics, religious leaders, an...
The Dagara conversion to christianity in the early thirties was an unparalleled sweeping movement in...
The history of Nepal's Christianization teaches us that missionaries had long prepared the actual ri...
In 1990 the Buddhist people of Timling, on Nepal's northern borderland, converted en masse to evange...
Nepal is the last Hindu kingdom: the policy of her kings toward proselytism for the last two centuri...
Numerous tribal features can be observed in the State religion of Nepal, a Hindu kingdom which, on t...
The tribal Christian population of the high Himalayas and low-lying hills spans five countries (Indi...
The foundation in Nepal of the World Hindu Federation, in 1981, occurs during a period of triumphati...
In Nepal’s public discourse, Christianity is often described as a divisive force, perhaps a plot by ...
In contemporary Nepal, the so-called revival of ethnic minorities is undoubtedly one of the most re...
In 1769, the Shah dynasty from Western Nepal, promoting Hinduism and speaking Nepali, had conquered ...
This article explores the historical background of social and political activism among Buddhists in ...
Toffin Gérard. Les Aspects religieux de la royauté Néwar au Népal . / Religious Aspects of the Newar...
Tantrism, which was introduced into the Kathmandu Valley at a very early date (seventh to eighth cen...
The history of the Protestant Christian church among Nepali people started while Nepal was still a ...
Christian conversion has become a major topic of discussion amongst academics, religious leaders, an...
The Dagara conversion to christianity in the early thirties was an unparalleled sweeping movement in...
The history of Nepal's Christianization teaches us that missionaries had long prepared the actual ri...
In 1990 the Buddhist people of Timling, on Nepal's northern borderland, converted en masse to evange...
Nepal is the last Hindu kingdom: the policy of her kings toward proselytism for the last two centuri...
Numerous tribal features can be observed in the State religion of Nepal, a Hindu kingdom which, on t...
The tribal Christian population of the high Himalayas and low-lying hills spans five countries (Indi...
The foundation in Nepal of the World Hindu Federation, in 1981, occurs during a period of triumphati...
In Nepal’s public discourse, Christianity is often described as a divisive force, perhaps a plot by ...
In contemporary Nepal, the so-called revival of ethnic minorities is undoubtedly one of the most re...
In 1769, the Shah dynasty from Western Nepal, promoting Hinduism and speaking Nepali, had conquered ...
This article explores the historical background of social and political activism among Buddhists in ...
Toffin Gérard. Les Aspects religieux de la royauté Néwar au Népal . / Religious Aspects of the Newar...
Tantrism, which was introduced into the Kathmandu Valley at a very early date (seventh to eighth cen...
The history of the Protestant Christian church among Nepali people started while Nepal was still a ...
Christian conversion has become a major topic of discussion amongst academics, religious leaders, an...
The Dagara conversion to christianity in the early thirties was an unparalleled sweeping movement in...