Minority Converts in a Majority Church
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چکیده
Abstract Conversion to Christianity among Southeast Asian highland minorities has been recurrently interpreted as a way of joining valorised religion that distinguishes converts from often-Buddhist ruling majorities and sometimes means adopting ‘modern’ life. Neither these explanations, however, seems appropriately describe the situation Bunong highlanders who turned in Cambodia’s capital early 1970s. Under pro-American regime Lon Nol (1970–75), spirit-practising inhabitants margins were brought Phnom Penh enrol national army. Khmer majority preachers visited them led integrate themselves into Evangelical Church. As light is shed on astonishing trajectories recruits, it becomes possible reflect upon what ‘entering Christianity’ meant for them. They few number, but particularities their experiences highlight importance an unprejudiced approach highlanders’ conversions.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: International journal of Asian christianity
سال: 2023
ISSN: ['2542-4246', '2542-4238']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/25424246-06010005