The puberty ritual in Sri Lanka [electronic resource] : a comparative exploration of perceptions and attitudes between Buddhists and Christians / Paul Mantae Kim.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: American university studies. Series VII, Theology and religion ; ; v. 317.Publication details: New York : Peter Lang, c2011.Description: xiv, 241 p. : illSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 392.1/40899148 22
LOC classification:
  • DS489.25.S5 K55 2011eb
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Contents:
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.
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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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