Frontmatter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Map xv
5. Introduction: Inter-Religion in Sri Lanka 1
6. A NOTE ON TERMS: DEFINING “EVANGELICAL” 38
7. Chapter 1 Tangles of Religious Perspectivism: Economies of Conversion and Ontologies of Difference 41
8. Chapter 2 Charity and Dāna: The Selfish Gift? 75
9. Chapter 3 Mediating Miracles 113
10. Chapter 4 A Cacophonous Exuberance: Modulating Miracles, Defending Sovereignty 152
11. Chapter 5 Samsaric Destinies, Religious Plurality, and the Maverick Dialogics of Buddhist Publicity 192
12. Chapter 6 A Spectrum from Sincerity to Skepticism: Ordinary Biographies of Converts, Apostates, and Dual Belongers 224
13. Epilogue 262
14. Notes 269
15. Bibliography 287
16. Index 305