The perceived influences and reasons Buddhist background believers in Nongkhai, Northeast Thailand converted to Christianity

Chatchai Puipim, K. Hilderbrand
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This article presents the results of a study on the self-perceived reasons Thai Buddhist background believers in Nongkhai, Northeast Thailand converted to Christianity. The central question of this qualitative grounded-theory study was what do Thai-Buddhist background believers in this area perceive as factors or influences that led them to become Christian? Other studies have focused on Thai Buddhist background believers in general, but this study focused on the unique situation of Isaan or Northeastern Thai living in Nongkhai. This study identified three factors that Thai Nongkhai Buddhist background believers expressed as influences and factors in their Christian conversion. First, participants experienced a mild to severe crisis. Second, participants were attracted to the character of Christians or the Christian lifestyle, and third, the participants perceived a supernatural encounter with God. The significant component in most accounts was the testimony that participants had a supernatural encounter that influenced the convert’s decision to become Christian.
泰国东北部廊开府佛教背景信徒皈依基督教的影响和原因认知
本文介绍了一项关于泰国东北部廊开地区泰国佛教背景信徒皈依基督教的自我认知原因的研究结果。这项定性基础理论研究的中心问题是:该地区的泰国佛教背景信徒认为是哪些因素或影响导致他们皈依基督教?其他研究侧重于泰国佛教背景的一般信徒,但本研究侧重于生活在廊开的伊萨或东北泰族的独特情况。本研究发现了泰国廊开府佛教背景信徒皈依基督教的三个影响因素。首先,参与者经历了轻微到严重的危机。第二,参与者被基督徒的品格或基督徒的生活方式所吸引;第三,参与者感知到与上帝的超自然相遇。在大多数叙述中,最重要的部分是参与者有超自然遭遇的见证,这种遭遇影响了皈依者成为基督徒的决定。
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