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100	1		_aWOODS Orlando
245			_aRealising contingent religious subjects through relational spaces of missionary encounter/ _cOrlando Woods
260			_c2022
520			_aThis paper explores the ways in which the religious subject can be a contingent position that is responsive to the broader socio-religious context within which it is expressed. These contingencies are acutely observed among short-term missionaries (STM), who seek out encounters with difference in pursuit of a more cosmopolitan subjectivity. Yet, while spaces of missionary encounter are inherently relational, the missions literature has tended to downplay the effects of relationality on the realisation of these subject positions. By focusing on the experiences of Singaporean missionaries working among Christian communities in Southeast Asia, I contribute a more nuanced and less pre-determined understanding of the dynamics that underpin intra-Asian missionary encounters. Drawing on interviews conducted with Singapore's STM community, I explore how materiality and new media can structure encounters and subject positions within relational missionary space. I also emphasise the limits of relational space by highlighting its untranslatability beyond the missionary terrain.
650			_aMISSIONARY ENCOUNTER
650			_aRELATIONAL SPACE
650			_aRELIGIOUS SUBJECT
650			_aSINGAPORE
650			_aSHORT-TERM MISSION
650			_aASIA PACIFIC
773			_aAsia Pacific Viewpoint : _gVol.63, No.2, August 2022, pp.224-235 (8)
598			_aSING, ASIAPAC
856			_uhttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/apv.12315 _zClick here for more
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