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Abstract/Sommario: The Buddhist idea of merit created by chanting scriptures and mantras is well known, but less so is the fact that these ritual repetitions could be parlayed into hard cash. One could hire monks and nuns, but it was expensive; more reasonably priced were the 'reading prayers women'. This practice brought to the surface familiar categories of anti-Catholic rhetoric. Also it was an example of many economic practices that made heathenism not just a set for wrong ideas but a huge industr ...; [Leggi tutto...]
Abstract/Sommario: Francis Thomas McDougall (1817-1886) was the first Anglican missionary for the new State of Sarawak on the Island of Borneo in 1847. On his arrival he found a small independent country that had already experienced seven years of paternalistic rule under James Brooke, the Indian-born English Rajah. It was clear from the beginning that the missionaries saw themselves as allies of the rajah, their task being to introduce 'a good leaven of Christianity and the arts of civilization. As an ...; [Leggi tutto...]