In search of Chin identity : a study in religion, politics and ethnic identity in Burma

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    • Sakhong, Lian H

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In search of Chin identity : a study in religion, politics and ethnic identity in Burma

Lian H. Sakhong

（Nordic Institute of Asian Studies monograph series, No. 91）

NIAS Press, 2003

  • European ed
  • North American ed

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European ed ISBN 9780700717644

内容説明

Prior to British annexation in 1896, Chinram was an independent country ruled by traditional tribal and local chiefs. Annexation saw the land divided between India and Burma and Chin society abruptly transformed, not least by the arrival of Christian missionaries. The conversion of the Chin to Christianity from traditional locally based Chin religion had unintended consequences as the Chin became involved in Burmese independence movements. They began to articulate their own Christian traditions of democracy and assert a burgeoning self-awareness of their own national identity. Moreover, the church has taken a key role in the struggle of Chin liberation movements in Burma and India. Just how Christianity has provided the Chin people with a means of preserving their national identity in the midst of multi-ethnic and multi-religious environments is the main focus of this study.
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North American ed ISBN 9788791114151

内容説明

Written by an exiled former Secretary General of the Chin National League for Democracy, this study contains valuable data on the Chin and their role in the history of Burma, and provides a clear analysis of the close relationship between religion, ethnicity and nationalism.

目次

  • Part one - the Chin background: who are the Chin?
  • the Chin traditional ways of life - Phunglam
  • rituals, power and status in Chin society. Part two - Colonial power, Christian mission and the Chin response: the British annexation of Chinram
  • the coming of Christianity to East Chinram
  • the Chin response - towards the Anglo-Chin War and its aftermath. Part three - the Chin towards independent Burma: the repercussions of the Burma Act and World War II
  • the joining of the Union of Burma
  • the Chin spirituality in the new context. Part four - The role of the Church in the struggle for liberation: the Chin in Buddhist Burma
  • the Chin churches under military dictatorship rule
  • conclusion.

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