Being a Christian in Sri Lanka : historical, political, social, and religious considerations.
Leonard Pinto
Bok · Engelsk · 2015
| Omfang | xxii, 547 sider : illustrasjoner
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| Opplysninger | Machine generated contents note: Consolidation of Buddhism in the Sinhalese kingdom -- The First Christians in Sri Lanka -- The Portuguese in Sri Lanka -- The impact of the Portuguese on Sri Lanka -- The Dutch in Sri Lanka -- The impact of Dutch on Sri Lanka -- The British in Sri Lanka -- The impact of British on Sri Lanka -- Origin and diversification of Christianity -- First Schism: East-West -- Second Schism: Reformation -- Luther in Germany -- Henry in England -- Forms of Christianity and their arrival in Sri Lanka -- Christianity in the pre-colonial period -- Christianity during the colonial period -- Colonial conflicts and impacts on Catholicism in Sri Lanka -- Fr Joseph Vaz and Indian missionaries -- Buddhist and Hindu influence -- What is culture? -- Cultural contributions, cultural integration and inculturation -- Inculturation misunderstood -- Temporal relations -- Spatial relations -- Churches that united Sinhalese and Tamils --. - Note continued: A posteriori arguments -- Experiential argument -- Historical developments of God concept -- The place of religion and God in the Sri Lankan society -- Frequently asked questions about God -- If God is good, why is there suffering? -- Can God make a round square? -- If God is there, why is he hiding? -- Why do Christians believe in a Trinity? How can three be one? -- Is God concept irrational, divisive and dangerous? -- God rejecting atheists and God accepting saints -- Relationships -- Anger and bitterness -- Childhood experience -- Some gods of atheists -- A unifying principle in Christianity -- Aspects of moral and ethical values in Sri Lanka -- Christian morals -- Secular ethics -- Did human morals evolve from animals? -- The role of conscience in ethics -- Roots of ethics and its manifestation in Sri Lankan society -- The Roots -- Value of human life -- Accountability -- Corruption and robbing State -- Lying and cheating -- Media suppression --. - Note continued: Buddhism -- Theoretical and practical issues in Buddhism -- Religion vs Philosophy -- God -- Person -- Brain, mind and reality -- Dukkha (Suffering) -- Rebirth -- Socio-economic values -- Buddhism and politics -- Hinduism -- Theoretical and practical issues in Hinduism -- Caste -- Sex symbolism in worship -- Masochism and animal sacrifices -- Evil and humanised gods -- Islam -- Theoretical and practical issues in Islam -- Violence, terrorism and Jihad -- Holy Qur'an -- Sharia -- The Prophet -- Polygamy and women -- Infidels and exclusion -- Marx and Marxism -- Marxism in Sri Lanka -- Religion and Marxism in State Governance -- Buddhism and Marxism in Sri Lanka -- Theoretical and practical issues in Marxism -- Intellectual perspective -- Suppression of freedom -- Change in social and economic structure -- Revisionism -- Materialism -- Theoretical and Practical issues in applying materialism -- Acceptance of beliefs and ritualism over materialism --. - Note continued: Human Right violations -- Discrimination -- Ethics of colonisation -- Ethics of State governance in Sri Lanka -- Party politics or independent candidates? -- Police or politician? -- Law or political influence? -- Elections or cheating? -- Politics or business? -- Professionals or politicians? -- Parliament or an abusive arena? -- Democracy or dictatorship? -- Ethics in public policy in Sri Lanka -- Ethics of the ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka -- Bioethics in the Sri Lankan Society -- Moral equilibrium -- Beginnings of Nationalism -- Nationalism during the Dambadeniya-Gampola period -- Nationalism during the early colonial period -- Nationalism during the late colonial period -- Nationalism in the post-independent period: Economic basis -- Nationalist mentality (Jathika chinthanaya): Intellectual foundation -- Nationalism from Kelaniya Temple: Political foundation -- Buddhist monks in the parliament: Nationalism with inverted roles --. - Note continued: Militant Buddhist monks on streets: Nationalism in lawlessness -- Christians: a scapegoat of nationalists -- Status of Christians in the nationalism of Sri Lanka -- Cause of antagonism -- Street propaganda -- Anti-Christian communications -- Historical anti-Christian literature -- Recent anti-Christian literature: Direct and indirect -- The Source of Data -- Rigour of Analysis -- School textbooks -- Anti-Christian newspaper articles -- 1.1.Article. Conversion: Sinister and covert motives -- 1.2.Response. A Christian response: Misconceptions on conversion and religion -- 2.1.Article. The creator theory and world devastation -- 2.2.Response. A Christian response: Spiritual truths cannot be challenged -- Distorted history in web-sites of Buddhist-Sinhalese Extremists -- Multi-media (newspapers, Wikipedia, Lankaweb etc.) distortions -- Preaching of Buddhist monks -- Literary Festivals -- Sri Lankan government to the defence of Christians: Da Vinci Code --. - Note continued: Reductionism and holism -- Human feelings and thoughts -- Happiness in life -- Incomplete knowledge -- What is Science? -- Science and Emergence of higher reality -- Psychology and Religion -- Ethics from insect social behaviour and 'God gene' -- Science and religion interaction in Sri Lanka -- Religious philosophy, Scripture and Science -- Religious philosophy -- Scripture -- Science -- Evolution and Creation -- How perfect is the Theory of Evolution? -- Chemical evolution -- Organic evolution -- Scale of variation -- Species -- Genetic inheritance & HFT -- Natural selection & infection -- Survival of the fittest in numbers, biomass and longevity -- Fossils -- Chance -- Similarity -- Grouping, classification and ancestry -- Commercialisation of evolution -- Second law of thermodynamics -- Death -- Maxwell's Demon -- Truth, belief and knowledge -- What Scientists said about religion, Christianity and God --. - Note continued: Spirituality of Environmentalists -- St Francis of Assisi -- Intercessory Spirituality -- Spirituality of Need -- Evangelical Spirituality -- Early Christian Community -- Where different spiritualities occur -- Religious behavioural patterns of Christians in Sri Lanka -- Who is a Christian? -- Traditional beliefs of Christians -- How Christians practise their religion -- Teachings of Jesus and their practice in the early Church -- Some difficult sayings of Jesus -- Who is Jesus Christ? -- Historical Jesus -- From historical Jesus to Jesus of Faith -- Jesus and the Church -- Issues on Christian beliefs and Christian Churches in Sri Lanka -- God: Real or illusion -- Jesus: God or Man -- Faith: Meaningless or Meaningful -- Diversity of Churches and 'unethical' conversions in Sri Lanka -- Approaching God -- Faith -- Reason -- Personal utility -- Kingdom -- Socio-politics -- Who is God? -- Arguments for God's existence -- A priori argument --. - Note continued: The impact of ethnic conflict on Catholic communities -- Beginning and the end of Tamil rebellion -- The Independent State (Eelam) -- Christian priests in the conflict -- Impact of war on Tamil Catholic population -- An equitable solution -- Assisting State in Welfare and Education -- Community Services & Non-formal Education -- Formal Education -- American Christian Missionaries in Jaffna -- De La Salle Brothers in Sri Lanka -- Crime and Punishment: St Mary's Chilaw and Ananda College Colombo -- The root cause of animosity against Christians -- Christianity divided -- Different spiritualities but one Catholicism -- A Traditional Spirituality -- Spirituality of Scientists -- Divine Milieu -- Spirituality of Socialists -- Liberation Theology -- Spirituality for Artists -- Inculturation -- Spirituality of Housewives -- the Little Flower -- Spirituality of Politicians and Civil Servants -- Sir Thomas More --. - Note continued: Traditional prayers and socio-religious practices in Sri Lanka -- What is Christian prayer -- Jesus on Prayer -- Types of prayer -- The Power of Prayer -- Implications of Sri Lankan history on present day Christians -- Morality, reverence for life and family values -- Impacts of consumerism and materialism -- Impacts of Buddhist-Sinhalese Nationalism -- Political leadership -- Culture, cultured and inculturation -- The Church in the North and the South -- Catholic schools -- Old theology and new spirituality -- Religion for knowledge or for life -- Institutional Church and Pastoral Church -- Authority and intellectual freedom in the Church -- Facing anti-Christian propaganda -- Sri Lankan ethno-religious political literature in media -- Evangelical fundamentalist Churches -- Evangelical churches within the Catholic Church -- Catholic -- Mix marriages -- Overseas Sri Lankan missionaries and Catholics -- Minorities needing international support.
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| ISBN | 1-4525-2863-2. - 978-1-4525-2863-2
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