|  | Title: Accomodation
Author: Swanson, Herb
Description: Short article about the question of giving donations to the local temple for various occasions.
Subject: Contextualization
Type: Article
Year Published: 1997
Pages: 1 Filesize:
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| | Title: Allowing Jesus to be Reborn at Funerals
Author: Prometta, Tongpan
Description: Write-up of a seminar given by Rev. Tongpan Prometta at the Isaan Congress II, Khon Kaen, Thailand, translated by Paul H. DeNeui talking about contextualization of the gospel by using things found in local culture: funeral ceremonies.
Subject: Contextualization; Isaan; Evangelism
Type: Article
Year Published: 2000
Pages: 9 Filesize:
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| | Title: Allowing Jesus to Be Reborn in Weddings (And Other Ceremonies)
Author: Prometta, Tongpan
Description: Write-up of a seminar given by Rev. Tongpan Prometta at the Isaan Congress II, Khon Kaen, Thailand, translated by Paul H. DeNeui talking about contextualization of the gospel by using things found in local culture: Wedding ceremony.
Subject: Contextualization
Type: Article
Year Published: 2000
Pages: 8 Filesize:
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| | Title: Animism, Syncretism, and Christianity in Thailand
Author: Dahlfred, Karl
Description: To gain a better understanding of the forces at work in shaping Christianity in the global South, the following study will look at the nature of animism and syncretism in general, and then focus in upon Christianity in Thailand as a case study of the effect of animism upon Christian belief and practice in the global South. 8 We will then look at examples of efforts being made by both missionaries and Thai Christians to move beyond syncretism. Our study will conclude with some recommendations for further work.
Subject: Syncretism; Contextualization
Type: Research Paper
Year Published: 2011
Pages: 21 Filesize:
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| | Title: Beyond anti-syncretism: Gospel, context and authority in the New Testament and in Thai conversions to Christianity
Author: Zehner, Edwin
Description: Chapter from the book "Power and identity in the Global Church" using material from the study of Thai Christians and Thai Bhuddist conversions to Christianity in light of the apostle Paul's missiological and theological struggles in his own context, to suggest some of the difficulties in distinguishing between contextualization and syncretism and to argue that missionaries need to avoid being overly directive in the attempt to shape the contextualization of local churches.
Subject: Contextualization
Type: Book
Year Published: 2008
Pages: 29 Filesize:
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| | Title: Book Review - "From Buddha to Jesus: An Insider’s View of Buddhism & Christianity", by Steve Cioccolanti
Author: Dinkins, Larry
Subject: Buddhism; Contextualization; Evangelism
Type: Article
Year Published: 2009
Pages: 3 Filesize:
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| | Title: Christianity and Buddhism in Thailand
Author: Hughes, Phillip
Description: Study highlighting the differences and similarites between Buddhist and Christian soteriology
Subject: Contextualization; Buddhism
Type: Research Paper
Year Published: 1983
Pages: 19 Filesize:
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| | Title: Christianity and Buddhism in Thailand: The "Battle of the Axes" and the "Contest of Power"
Author: Cohen, Erik
Description: Insightful article written by a non-Christian about the difficultly missionaries have in converting Thai's to Christianity. The article contrasts the difference between Buddhist thought and Christian thought and how effects the spread of Christianity in Thailand
Subject: Contextualization; Buddhism
Type: Research Paper
Year Published: 1991
Pages: 27 Filesize:
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| | Title: Christian Theology in a country of temples
Author: Staveren, Karsten van
Description: Article about the difficultly explaining the gospel to a Thai Buddhist. One of the author's key point is focusing on the exclusive differences between Theravada Buddhism and Christianity will not be fruitful in a Thai context
Subject: Contextualization; Church Planting
Type: Article
Year Published: 2011
Pages: 15 Filesize:
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| | Title: Christmas and Contextualization in Thailand
Author: Lambert, John
Description: Have you ever wondered about how Thai people view Christmas? What do Thai Christians do to celebrate the holiday? Do people realize that Christmas is the work of missionaries? Why does this matter for the Thai church?
Subject: Contextualization
Type: Article
Year Published: 2011
Pages: 4 Filesize:
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| | Title: The Christus Victor Atonement Motif Applied to Evangelism among Folk Buddhists in Mainland Southeast Asia
Author: Newhouse, Thomas
Description: The thesis of this paper is that the ancient Christus Victor atonement motif is more relevant to the worldview of folk Buddhists in mainland South East Asia than the penal substitution view of the atonement. Many modern evangelistic presentations are based almost entirely on a penal substitution view of the atonement. Often these gospel presentations are also used in a mainland South East Asian folk Buddhist context. Folk Buddhists in mainland South East Asia incorporate many animistic beliefs in their worldview. The Christus Victor atonement motif emphasizes that Christ’s death on the cross and subsequent resurrection resulted in victory over Satan and the demonic powers. Evangelistic presentations which have a more holistic view of the atonement that include the Christus Victor motif would be more relevant to the worldview of folk Buddhist in mainland South East Asia.
Subject: Evangelism; Contextualization
Type: Research Paper
Year Published: 2012
Pages: 33 Filesize:
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| | Title: Contextualizing with Thai Folk Buddhists
Author: DeNeui, Paul
Description: Research paper on understanding Thai Folk Buddhism
Subject: Contextualization; Buddhism
Type: Research Paper
Year Published: 2002
Pages: 36 Filesize:
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| | Title: Contextual Theology Analysis: Thailand
Author: King, David
Description: An examination of Thai cultural values, functional theology, and theological presuppositions about from a Thai worldview
Subject: Contextualization
Type: Research Paper
Year Published: 1981
Pages: 36 Filesize:
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| | Title: Dancing to the Temple, Dancing in the Church: Reflections on Thai Local Theology
Author: Swanson, Herb
Description: Article about the Suwanduangrit Church located east of Chiang Mai in the community of Ban Dok Daeng and its participation in Buddhist celebrations and the subsequent participation of Buddhists in Christian celebrations.
Subject: Contextualization
Type: Article
Year Published: 2002
Pages: 11 Filesize:
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| | Title: The Development of a Multi-Dimensional Approach to Contexualization in Northeast Thailand
Author: DeNeui, Paul
Description: This thesis describes the development of a multi-dimensional approach to contextualization in Northeast Thailand by the Evangelical Covenant Church Thailand Mission.
Subject: Contextualization; Isaan
Type: Thesis
Year Published: 2002
Pages: 85 Filesize:
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| | Title: The Difference Between Religion and The Gospel
Author: Prometta, Tongpan
Description: Write-up of a seminar given by Rev. Tongpan Prometta at the Isaan Congress II, Khon Kaen, Thailand, translated by Paul H. DeNeui talking about contextualization of the gospel by using things found in local culture.
Subject: Isaan; Contextualization; Evangelism
Type: Article
Year Published: 2000
Pages: 11 Filesize:
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| | Title: Easter & Songkran
Author: Swanson, Herb
Description: Short article about proposal to make Easter celebration coincide with Songkran
Subject: Contextualization
Type: Article
Year Published: 1995
Pages: 1 Filesize:
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| | Title: Getting Married Properly
Author: Swanson, Herb
Description: Few short articles about christian marriage
Subject: Church History | 1800-1900; Contextualization
Type: Article
Year Published: 1995
Pages: 2 Filesize:
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| | Title: Globalization and Ministry with the Karen
Author: Danpongpee, Esther
Description: This article looks into the positive and negative consequences of globalization on the Karen and how ministry is carried out with the Karen.
Subject: Contextualization; Tribal
Type: Article
Year Published: 2003
Pages: 3 Filesize:
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| | Title: HOW CAN DISCIPLESHIP BE EFFECTIVELY CONTEXTUALISED FOR THOSE FROM A THAI BUDDHIST BACKGROUND?
Author: Komdhet, Jitrwadee
Description: BA Thesis written by a former Buddhist on how to effectively disciple Thai Christians. First by understanding the misconceptions Thai Christians have about salvation, sin and God Himself. Next how Thai Christians perceive Christianity as being more 'to teach how to live' than 'forgiveness of sin.' Finally to continually apply these insights on every occasion when teaching Thais about God.
Subject: Contextualization; Discipleship
Type: Thesis
Year Published: 2012
Pages: 23 Filesize:
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| | Title: If I Had to Do It All Over Again
Author: Dinkins, Larry
Description: A veteran missionary reflects on what he'd do differently if he could go back in time and start his missionary career over again
Subject: Contextualization
Type: Article
Year Published: 2009
Pages: 2 Filesize:
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| | Title: Illustrating the Gospel from Thai History
Author: Dahlfred, Karl
Description: Because the concept of substitution is largely absent from Buddhist thinking, there are a couple of illustrations from Thai history that I will often use to explain to people how Jesus could die on the cross, not for his own sin (which he didnʼt have) but in order to save others. I take no credit discovering or coming up with either example, but I have found them useful and hope that anyone else doing evangelism among Buddhists, particularly Thai Buddhists, might find them useful.
Subject: Contextualization; Evangelism
Type: Article
Year Published: 2009
Pages: 1 Filesize:
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| | Title: The Importance of Ceremony in Isaan
Author: Prometta, Tongpan
Description: Write-up of a seminar by Ajarn Tangpon Prometta about the importance of ceremonies and about the use of ceromonies to communicate the gospel in Isaan.
Subject: Contextualization; Isaan
Type: Article
Year Published: 2001
Pages: 6 Filesize:
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| | Title: Jesus Must Be Reborn
Author: Prometta, Tongpan
Description: Write-up of a seminar given by Rev. Tongpan Prometta at the Isaan Congress II, Khon Kaen, Thailand, translated by Paul H. DeNeui talking about contextualization of the gospel by using things found in local culture.
Subject: Contextualization; Isaan; Evangelism
Type: Article
Year Published: 2000
Pages: 11 Filesize:
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| | Title: Karen Culture and the Karen Church, A Report on a Consultation on Karen Theology
Author: Swanson, Herb
Description: A report on a consultation held in Nov 2000 on Karen theology to explore themes and ideas in the development of Karen theologies, particularly with reference to the traditional Karen religious poetry known as "ta".
Subject: Tribal; Contextualization
Type: Article
Year Published: 2000
Pages: 5 Filesize:
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| | Title: Karen Stories of Creation
Author: Danpongpee, Esther
Description: A paper about Karen beliefs on God and creation. The author also compares Karen beliefs of creation with Biblical stories of creation.
Subject: Tribal; Contextualization; Bible
Type: Research Paper
Year Published: 2002
Pages: 12 Filesize:
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| | Title: Lecture on Contextualization of Christianity in Thailand given by Rev. Tongpan Promeeta
Author: DeNeui, Paul
Description: Hours two and three of a lecture given at Isaan Congress II on the contextualization of Christianity in Isaan
Subject: Contextualization; Isaan
Type: Article
Year Published: 2000
Pages: 34 Filesize:
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| | Link: The Making of a Sodality in Northeastern Thailand
Author: DeNeui, Gretchen
Description: The Center for Church Planting and Church Growth in Northeast Thailand and the Issaan Development Foundation are two Thai sodalities working together in a joint effort in Northeast Thailand. How did these organizations develop? What are they doing now? What missiological principles do they employ? These are just a few of the questions we will be exploring in this paper.
Subject: Contextualization; Isaan; Church History
Type: Website
Year Published: 1993
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| | Title: The Missionary As Stranger: Phenomenological Analysis of Christian Missionaries' Encounter with the Folk Religions of Thailand
Author: Cohen, Erik
Description: Two major dimensions of strangeness, the cognitive and the normative, are distinguished in Schuetz’s classical phenomenological model of transition from strangeness to familiarity. It is argued that there is a category of stranger whose roles and obligations encourage a cognitive, but preclude a normative transition from strangeness to familiarity. The argument is examined on empirical data on Christian missionaries in Thailand. Specifically, the changing attitudes to local beliefs in spirits (phii) and their accommodation into the missionaries’ worldview are examined. It is found that the missionaries tend to ‘Christianize’ the spirits, thus modifying their worldview, but not changing it fundamentally.
Subject: Contextualization
Type: Article
Year Published: 1990
Pages: 15 Filesize:
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| | Title: Musical Indigenization
Author: Swanson, Herb
Description: Short article about a first attempt in CCT to musical indigenization
Subject: Contextualization
Type: Article
Year Published: 1996
Pages: 1 Filesize:
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| | Title: A New Hope for Understanding: Adapting the Buddhist Paradigm of Merit Transference to Explain the Substitutionary Sacrifice of Christ
Author: Dahlfred, Karl
Description: This paper aims to examine the implications, benefits, and challenges of using the Buddhist concept of merit transference to explain the redemptive work of Christ to those with a karmic worldview, with particular attention to the Theravada Buddhist context. The first part of the paper will examine the nature of karma, merit, and merit transference as they exist in the minds of Buddhists, particularly Theravada Buddhists. The second part of the paper will deal with adapting the merit transference paradigm to explain the cross of Christ, followed by an analysis of the potentially positive and negative consequences of presenting the Gospel in this way.
Subject: Contextualization; Evangelism
Type: Research Paper
Year Published: 2003
Pages: 22 Filesize:
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| | Title: The Playboy Bunny and Contextualization
Author: Dahlfred, Karl
Description: The use of the Playboy bunny symbol in Thai fashion illustrates the challenge of deciding the meaning of certain cultural items in the process of contextualization
Subject: Contextualization; Culture
Type: Article
Year Published: 2009
Pages: 2 Filesize:
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| | Title: Poles Apart
Author: Davis, John
Description: The writer seeks to investigate the reasons for the conspicuous lack of response by Thai Buddhist to the Gospel. He attempts to analyse some of the problems, and then suggests some radical solutions
Subject: Contextualization
Type: Book
Pages: 169 Filesize:
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| | Title: A PROLEGOMENA FOR THE THAI CONTEXT: A Starting Point for Thai Theology (Article)
Author: Taylor, Steve
Description: The article explores the statement why "Thai are not interested in systematic theology’. The reason is most theology taught in Thailand is Western in origin. The problem is that the thought processes and epistemology of the Thai have generally not developed along Western lines. They hold different presuppositions and world view to that of the West. Furthermore, ‘local theologies which are directly applicable to the Thai mind and culture have not yet emerged’. The gospel of Jesus Christ can not yet be said to have become rooted in the Thai mind. This article discusses the necessity for develop of a Thai systematic theology.
Subject: Contextualization; Leadership; Discipleship
Type: Article
Year Published: 2003
Pages: 19 Filesize:
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| | Title: A PROLEGOMENA FOR THE THAI CONTEXT: A Starting Point for Thai Theology (Thesis)
Author: Taylor, Steve
Description: The heart of the research is an extensive study of the Thai context in particular the Thai thought structure, philosophy, epistemology and system of belief. Data was drawn from materials already available and six interviews with prominent Thai thinkers. A method of approaching theology in the Thai context is proposed.
Subject: Contextualization; Leadership; Discipleship
Type: Thesis
Year Published: 2003
Pages: 182 Filesize:
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| | Title: The Receptive Ear Communicating; Biblical Truths in Thai World Views
Author: Williams, Iso
Description: This thesis is an approach to contextualization of the gospel in a Thai context through story telling. Some sample stories have been included (in Thai)
Subject: Contextualization
Type: Thesis
Year Published: 1995
Pages: 213 Filesize:
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| | Title: Research of Christian Concepts in a Buddhist Context
Author: Visser, Marten and Esther
Description: 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.
Subject: Buddhism; Contextualization
Type: Research Paper
Year Published: 2005
Pages: 10 Filesize:
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|  | Title: Sharing your faith with a Buddhist
Author: Johnson, Alan
Description: A presentation on contextualization. Primarily in regards to Buddhist beliefs
Subject: Contextualization; Evangelism
Type: Powerpoint
Year Published: 2007
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| | Title: The Significance of Phra See Ahn for Northeastern Thai Buddhists
Author: DeNeui, Paul
Description: Article about the Buddhist prophecy of Phra See Ahn and the coming of Jesus
Subject: Buddhism; Contextualization; Isaan; Evangelism
Type: Article
Year Published: 2004
Pages: 6 Filesize:
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| | Title: STRINGS: MEDIA FOR GOSPEL COMMUNICATION IN NORTHEAST THAILAND
Author: DeNeui, Paul
Description: This article reflects upon the contextualization potential and use of the string-tying sukhwan ceremonies of the Isaan culture as a media for use in conveying the gospel within this culture.
Subject: Isaan; Evangelism; Contextualization
Type: Article
Year Published: 2002
Pages: 14 Filesize:
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| | Title: String-Tying Ritual as Christian Communication in Northeast Thailand
Author: DeNeui, Paul
Description: The purpose of this research is to present missiological insights from a study of the deep level meaning and communication effects of STR as practiced by Isaan followers of Jesus in northeast Thailand. These insights are derived from a descriptive analysis of Isaan worldview themes viewed from the historic perspective, the biblical and theological perspectives, and observation, interview, and survey data.
Subject: Contextualization; Culture; Isaan
Type: Thesis
Year Published: 2005
Pages: 363 Filesize:
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| | Title: Structural And Ministry Philosophy Issues In Church Planting Among Buddhist Peoples
Author: Johnson, Alan
Description: Missionaries involved in church planting among Buddhist populations wrestle with the problem of very slow church planting and church growth among existing congregations. The author response to this has been to deal with issues of contextualization to see how the Gospel message and church life can be made to better fit the local context and thus become more relevant to the people.
Subject: Contextualization; Church Planting
Type: Article
Pages: 20 Filesize:
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| | Title: Thai Christian converts and traditional supernaturalism: The conflict of intersecting worldviews
Author: Zehner, Edwin
Description: 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.
Subject: Contextualization; Buddhism
Type: Research Paper
Year Published: 1990
Pages: 35 Filesize:
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| | Title: Thai Protestant Christianity: A Study of Cultural and Theological Interactions between Western Missionaries (the American Presbyterian Mission and the Overseas Missionary Fellowship) and Indigenous Thai Churches (the Church of Christ in Thailand and the Associated Churches of Thailand-Central)
Author: McLean, Patricia
Description: This thesis investigates and compares the different ways in which missionaries and indigenous Christians have related Christianity to Thai Buddhist culture within the matrix of Thai Buddhism. The thesis also compares these approaches with the evolving patterns of engagement with Thai Buddhism and Thai Buddhist culture among Thai Christians of CCT and ACTC.
Subject: Mission Organizations; Contextualization
Type: Thesis
Year Published: 2002
Pages: 414 Filesize:
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| | Title: Truly Christian, Truly Thai
Author: Swanson, Herb
Description: Article about a Christian "bone gathering ceremony" that blends certain Buddhist forms, northern Thai attitudes, and a Western Christian heritage.
Subject: Contextualization
Type: Article
Year Published: 2002
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| | Title: What Does Seoul Have to do with Bangkok? Church Growth in Korea & Thailand
Author: Swanson, Herb
Description: This articles anaylses difference in church growth between Korea and Thailand using external factors, like differences in geo-political, religious, and missiological conditions, but also internal factors like the relationship between Christians and culture.
Subject: Evangelism; Syncretism; Contextualization
Type: Article
Year Published: 2004
Pages: 15 Filesize:
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| | Title: What Happened When Grandma Danced
Author: DeNeui, Paul
Subject: Contextualization; Isaan
Type: Article
Year Published: 2001
Pages: 2 Filesize:
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| | Title: World Lover, World Leaver The Book Of Ecclesiastes and Thai Buddhism
Author: Lorgunpai, Seree
Description: This thesis compares the teaching of Ecclesiastes with the teachings of Therevada Buddhism and is aimed to help Thai Christians find some common ground for dialogue with Thai Buddhists and to open up the much-neglected area of Jewish-Buddhist dialogue.
Subject: Bible; Contextualization
Type: Thesis
Year Published: 1995
Pages: 284 Filesize:
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| | Title: Wrapping the Good News for the Thai
Author: Johnson, Alan
Description: Suggestions for a contextualized presentation of the Gospel in Thai society
Subject: Contextualization; Evangelism
Type: Article
Pages: 30 Filesize:
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