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SUMMARY:Revolution and religion in Myanmar - Dr Michael Edwards (Centre of
  South Asian Studies)
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CONTACT:Dr Stefanie Ullmann
DESCRIPTION:For many local Pentecostals\, Myanmar’s fraught “transitio
 n” was a moment when God was saving the country—bringing it from dicta
 torship to democracy\, just as he was bringing its population\, about nine
 ty percent Buddhist\, to Christ. Taking advantage of a public sphere emerg
 ing from decades of censorship and surveillance\, some believers took up n
 ew opportunities to share the gospel with Buddhists\, even as they confron
 ted new obstacles arriving with liberalisation. This short talk discusses 
 some of the politics and poetics of their evangelism during this time\, a 
 period that ended with the military coup of February 2021. I will conclude
  by introducing my new project\, which shifts from salvation to solidarity
 \, focusing on some responses by transnational religious networks to the r
 evolution in Myanmar that is unfolding in the coup’s wake. 
LOCATION:Darwin College\, Richard King Room
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