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| Reclaiming the zayat ministry: Witness to the gospel among Burmese Buddhists in Myanmar | ||
| 作者 | Fish, Lazarus (著) |
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| 出處題名 | Dissertation Abstracts International |
| 卷期 | v.63 n.9 Section A |
| 出版日期 | 2002 |
| 出版者 | ProQuest LLC |
| 出版者網址 | https://www.proquest.com/ |
| 出版地 | Ann Arbor, MI, US [安娜堡, 密西根州, 美國] |
| 資料類型 | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
| 使用語言 | 英文=English |
| 學位類別 | D.Miss. |
| 校院名稱 | Asbury Theological Seminary |
| 畢業年度 | 2002 |
| 附註項 | 321p |
| 關鍵詞 | Ministry; Witness to the gospel; Burmese; Buddhists; Myanmar; Zayat |
| 摘要 | Adoniram Judson, the first American Protestant overseas missionary, brought the gospel to Burmese people in 1813. He preached the gospel to them for five years (1813–1818), but no Burmese people were converted to Christianity. During this period, he discovered the importance of the zayat ministry and began to utilize it as a means for communicating the gospel to the Burmese people. The zayat is a small building constructed at the roadside as a resting place for travelers. Sometimes Buddhist monks would deliver messages at the zayat. Judson built his own zayat and utilized it as a point of contact. He also dialogued with the Burmese and held worship service at the zayat. No Burmese was intimidated in coming to worship there. As a result, hundreds of Burmese were won to Christ during Judson's lifetime. After Judson, however, the number of Burmese converts dramatically decreased. In this dissertation, the writer explores why Judson's missionary work with the Burmese was more successful than that of the missionaries who followed after him. Analysis of Judson's zayat ministry indicates two reasons for the success of his mission work with the Burmese people: (1) adaptation of the gospel to the Burmese Buddhist worldview, and (2) utilization of Burmese local cultural forms for communication of the gospel. These two aspects of the zayat ministry enabled him to win Burmese to Christ. This study discusses an application of Judson's zayat ministry approach in Christian witness to the gospel among Burmese Buddhists today. In developing this study, the writer explores the historical background, the culture, and the worldview of the Burmese people in order to discover what challenges they make to Christian witness among them. Data for research were obtained from library research and interviews among Burmese Christians and Buddhists. Critical contextual models were used to form the theoretical framework for communication of the gospel to Burmese Buddhists without compromising the truth of the gospel. In this study, two major aspects of the Burmese worldview are explored: (1) the notion of life, and (2) the notion of liberation. In relation to these, the writer investigates how the gospel has been unintentionally miscommunicated, due to a lack of understanding of the Buddhist worldview. The writer also explores ways to adapt the message of the gospel to the Burmese Buddhist worldview in order to relate the teachings of Theravada Buddhism to biblical teachings. This study also discusses the expression of Christianity in forms which are familiar to the Burmese people, and how this is to be done by living a Christian life connected to the Burmese culture and by forms of worship which are relevant to the Burmese culture. The purpose of this study is to be able to facilitate the establishing of a Burmese church where the Burmese people can feel at home while embracing Christianity. Several missiological implications can be applied beyond the Burmese context where other societies, similar to the Burmese, face a similar problem of contextualization. This study should generate further investigation in this and related areas with the view of contextualizing the gospel in Myanmar. |
| ISBN | 0493854258; 9780493854250 |
| 點閱次數 | 535 |
| 建檔日期 | 2005.09.23 |
| 更新日期 | 2022.03.24 |
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