Anthropological Study of Relations between "Ethnic" Boundary and "Religious" Boundary in Myanmar

本研究试图从人类学的角度分析缅甸的“民族”边界和“宗教”边界之间的关系。贾德森博士和库欣博士都是浸信会传教士，他们以编纂和出版缅甸语词典/掸语词典而闻名。他们不仅试图在佛教和基督教之间架起桥梁，而且还与巴马山(泰)文化遗产和知识进行交流。这就是为什么与占多数的巴马尔佛教徒没有显着冲突的原因。但就穆斯林而言，与巴马尔佛教徒的“种族”差异和“宗教”差异有时似乎都是冲突的一个因素。他们之间没有文化遗产和知识的交流。从现在开始，我们也必须从“民族”和“宗教”的角度来研究缅甸的多样性，以及知识的建构和重建。

This research project is an attempt to present an anthropological analysis of relations between "ethnic" boundary and "religious" boundary in Myanmar (Burma). Dr. Judson and Dr. Cushing were Baptist missionaries who were famous for compiling and publishing a Burmese-Dictionary/a Shan-English dictionary. They not only tried to contribute to bridge between Buddhism and Christianity but also communicate with Bamar/Shan (Tai) cultural heritage and knowledge. That's why there appears no remarkable conflict with Bamar Buddhists as majority. But in case of Muslims, both "ethnic" difference and "religious" difference from Bamar Buddhists sometimes seem to be a factor of conflict. There were no communication of cultural heritage and knowledge between them. We have to research about diversity in Myanmar from view point of "ethnic" and "religious" construction and reconstruction of knowledge from now on, too.