What Kind of Democracy? Theological Reflections on Myanmar’s Democracy Movement and Moral Vision in the Era of Coup

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· 발행기관 : 연세대학교 한국기독교문화연구소
· 수록지 정보 : 신학논단 / 108권 / 237 ~ 261페이지
· 저자명 : David Thang Moe

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The purpose of this article is threefold. First, I will explore the relationship between religion and nationalism. I will explore how religion, Buddhism, plays a role in the politics of nationalism. Second, I will show the relationship between religion and resistance. Using the present anti-coup democracy movement as a case study, I will show how civilians from the rural villages and urban cities with different religious and ethnic backgrounds resist the nationalist coup as adhamma (evil). Third, I will investigate the relationship between religion and democracy. A particular attention will be given to how religion might shape a theology of democracy in the context of nationalism and the coup. I will conclude the paper by suggesting why and how federal democracy might be relevant to Myanmar’s context of ethnic and religious diversity.

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