|  | 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
Year Published: 2003
Pages: 19 Filesize:
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| | Title: Accomodation
Author: Swanson, Herb
Description: Short article about the question of giving donations to the local temple for various occasions.
Subject: Contextualization
Year Published: 1997
Pages: 1 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
Year Published: 2000
Pages: 8 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
Year Published: 2000
Pages: 9 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
Year Published: 2009
Pages: 3 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
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
Year Published: 2011
Pages: 4 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
Year Published: 2002
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
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
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
Year Published: 2003
Pages: 3 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
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
Year Published: 2009
Pages: 1 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
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
Year Published: 2000
Pages: 5 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
Year Published: 2000
Pages: 34 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
Year Published: 1996
Pages: 1 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
Year Published: 2002
Pages: 14 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
Pages: 20 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
Year Published: 2000
Pages: 11 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
Year Published: 2001
Pages: 6 Filesize:
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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
Year Published: 1990
Pages: 15 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
Year Published: 2009
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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
Year Published: 2004
Pages: 6 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
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
Year Published: 2004
Pages: 15 Filesize:
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| | Title: What Happened When Grandma Danced
Author: DeNeui, Paul
Subject: Contextualization; Isaan
Year Published: 2001
Pages: 2 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
Pages: 30 Filesize:
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