| dc.contributor.author | Alagappan, Jameson | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-08-15T01:06:13Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-08-15T01:06:13Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2003-08 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.aiias.edu/xmlui/handle/3442/574 | |
| dc.description | Unpublished Thesis (MA Religion) Shelf Location: BL1950.T45 .A41 2003 ATDC | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | The Karen people are the largest ethnic minority
group in Thailand. Most Karen follow their traditional
rellgion, which involves appeasing and propitiating many
different kinds of spirits.
The Seventh-day Adventist work among the Karen in
Thailand started in 1967 and has been on-going for the past
36 years without much success. This failure can be
attributed to: (1) the lack of understanding concerning
their beliefs and practices, and (2) the lack of
contextualized strategies to evangelize this people group.
This paper fills that gap in knowledge. It also provides
some suggestions for evangelism among the Karen people.
This paper examines the following aspects of the
traditional religion: their worldview, Iegends, realm of
the spirits, types and nature of spirits, taboos,
divination and the role and function of ritual specialists.
It also examines the various rituals performed for
appeasement and propitiation throughout the year. The
concluding chapter deals with some strategies for
evangelism among the Karen in Thaifand. | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies | en_US |
| dc.subject | Folk religion -- Thailand. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Karen (Southeast Asian people) -- Religion. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Karen (Southeast Asian people) -- Thailand -- Missions. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Seventh-day Adventists -- Missions -- Thailand. | en_US |
| dc.title | Folk religion among Karen in Thailand | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
