The puberty ritual in Sri Lanka [electronic resource] : a comparative exploration of perceptions and attitudes between Buddhists and Christians / Paul Mantae Kim.
Material type:
- Sinhalese (Sri Lankan people) -- Rites and ceremonies
- Sinhalese (Sri Lankan people) -- Religion
- Sinhalese (Sri Lankan people) -- Social life and customs
- Puberty rites -- Sri Lanka
- Christianity and culture -- Sri Lanka
- Buddhism and culture -- Sri Lanka
- Sri Lanka -- Social life and customs
- Sri Lanka -- Religious life and customs
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- DS489.25.S5 K55 2011eb
Includes bibliographical references (p.[227]-235) and index.
Theoretical perspective -- Methodology -- Understanding the context of the Sinhalese puberty ritual -- The Sinhalese Buddhist perception of the puberty ritual -- Comparison of the attitudes between Sinhalese Buddhists and Sinhalese Christians -- Approaching the Sinhalese puberty ritual in light of the Bible -- Contextualization and its implications for the Christian practice of puberty -- The Sinhalese Christian appraisal of the puberty ritual -- Concluding implications : missiological insights regarding the Sinhalese puberty ritual.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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