Through vivid ethnography and keen observations of media events, Karma and Grace illuminates disputes over religious freedom and pluralism amid the rise of charismatic Christianity in Sri Lanka.
Neena Mahadev is an assistant professor of anthropology at Yale-NUS College and holds a courtesy appointment with the National University of Singapore.
Acknowledgments
Map
Introduction: Inter-Religion in Sri Lanka
A Note on Terms: Defining "Evangelical"
1. Tangles of Religious Perspectivism: Economies of Conversion and Ontologies ofDifference
2. Charity and D¿na: The Selfish Gift?
3. Mediating Miracles
4. A Cacophonous Exuberance: Modulating Miracles, Defending Sovereignty
5. Samsaric Destinies, Religious Plurality, and the Maverick Dialogics of Buddhist Publicity
6. A Spectrum from Sincerity to Skepticism: Ordinary Biographies of Converts, Apostates, and Dual Belongers
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Index