25 resources
Becoming a monk is not very popular anymore with young men. But one argument still carries a lot of weight. Therefore in many places throughout the country you now see billboards. They show an idyllic picture of a Buddhist temple, with the slogan: “Please your mother, become a monk!”
A research project to find out how certain Christian concepts are understood by Buddhist people, to find out which meaning these Christian concepts carry for Christians with a Buddhist background, to examine suitability of the Christian concepts in reaching out to Buddhist, and to examine availability of suitable alternative concepts.
Study consisting of a synopsis of an M.A. thesis written at the School of World Mission and Institute of Church Growth in 1970. The thesis is divided into two parts. Part One is analysis of the syncretistic nature of Thai Buddhism as practiced by the Thai peasant. Part two consists of the implications of this analysis for the growth of the Church in Thailand.
Observations on communicating the Christian Faith in Thailand written by a former Buddhist priest.
A short article about the different types of Buddhism in Thailand. This article is paragraph 2.6.2. from Marten Visser, Conversion Growth of Protestant Churches in Thailand, 2008.
This article explores the contours and intersections of thetwo sets of beliefs of Thai Christians and Thai non-Christians, and the way the differences are played out in talk ebout the supernatural, and in the practice of and responses to proselytization.
An article outlining seven factors affecting Buddhism’s acceptance and indigenization on Asian soils. Presented at ASM Strategic Mission Forum, 3rd ASM International Forum of Asian Society of Missiology
The author finally finds an answer to the question of why the Buddha's footprint at a local temple is four feet long when the Buddha himself was a man of normal proportions
The test of this booklet was originally presented as a paper at the Asian Theological Association Annual Meeting. Part of the "Asian Perspectives" series.
Article about the Buddhist prophecy of Phra See Ahn and the coming of Jesus
Lectures given by Kenneth E. Wells, Ph.D.,in 1963 on THERAVADA BUDDHISM and PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY. They were prepared for the general public rather than for Buddhist or Christian scholars.
Some doctrines of Buddhism and Christianity as they appear in the sacred writings
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