The Journal of the Siam Society Vol. LXXXIX, Part 1-2 ... - Khamkoo

0J'igiiiS t~(the :Vin ete~:nrh Century Truu.Vf,rmation r~(Co.mwlogy in NorlhenJ .\'iam 39
scien·cc separmcly from their religious faitl"'
'ometh ing McGilvary ne,·er did. The discussiun.s
and Lh.:batcs b tlWi.!L'n McCiilval)' :mJ Nan
lnta, at the last. indicate that the process by
which northern Thailand first began to consider
ami accept a \"!estern Newtonian world view
was a surprisingly t:omplex unc mvolving ccn·
tucies' old intelle-ctual and rehg.ious traditions
on both sides bom of strikingly different context-;.
ThaL ...:c>mplcx ity, hc.l\vcvcr, did not prcvcnl
a 11 rrtC..:ting of minds·· Lha1 led w Nao lnta·s
persooal couversion to Christianity and wbicb
portended no n hem Sinm ' s eventual acceplancc
of a \Vcstcm sc1colitir worldvH.:w.
Notes
' Craig J. Reynolds, .. BuddJtist Cosmog(aphy i1l
I hal J-hs!OJ)'. \\'ith Special Refere1lC~ to NinCtdcnth­
Ct::ni'\Jry Culture Clumgc," Journal o(Asian Studi(>S
35.2 (February 1976). 217.
: lhdwrd B. 1Jnv1s, Mmmg .Hwcvcr. that is
h..:lpful in .:;euing: the singe lOr cvaogclicalism io lbc
yc.ar_~ thai McGilvary was coming 10 matu(ity is
NotJla!l 0 . lla:ch, The Dl•mru.:ruti:a!um t~/'AmP,.ican
Christinnlty (l\c:\v H:n·en; Y11lc Uojvcrsity Press.
1989).
11
The follow1ng dhcusslon is halted Qll Mc(iilvary
10 Otother Sherwood, J I Oe McCi1h ruy, undated I ~Her hl Fur~.'igu .\IJ.,,,ifmary
2~. :; (Aogusl 1869); 5-'1.
1 ' McGil vary, undnh.:d l cll\~r in Fnrt.'ign ,\ f1 , _,fnn(1n
2S, 3 (Augu.