The life and thought of a Queer Christian Missionary in Thailand...
This site contains articles and ruminations by the Rev. Dr. Kenneth Dobson and seeks to be a forum for discussion on a range of issues:
-Culture gaps and differences
-Christianity and Buddhism in Thailand
-Social and political responses to gender ambiguity
-The coming crisis when the humanities wither
-Popular culture and philosophy of religion
I am a retired Presbyterian missionary from the USA living in a rural village in Chiang Mai, Thailand. I began my life and work in Thailand in 1965. I have been a pastor in Illinois for two extended periods. I have paid attention to the ways culture impacts how we perceive the world and how we respond to issues. I consider myself bi-cultural, bi-lingual, bi-sexual, bi-religious and bi-vocational (although I am more North American than South East Asian, I am better at English than Thai, I am more gay than bi, I am more competent at Christian than at Buddhist philosophy and theology, and I am better at teaching than writing). My passions are for intercultural understanding, appreciation of the humanities as the central academic disciplines of civilization, reduction of religious prejudice and ignorance, and protections for gender minorities and valuation of gender diversity. I am fascinated by irony.
-Culture gaps and differences
-Christianity and Buddhism in Thailand
-Social and political responses to gender ambiguity
-The coming crisis when the humanities wither
-Popular culture and philosophy of religion
I am a retired Presbyterian missionary from the USA living in a rural village in Chiang Mai, Thailand. I began my life and work in Thailand in 1965. I have been a pastor in Illinois for two extended periods. I have paid attention to the ways culture impacts how we perceive the world and how we respond to issues. I consider myself bi-cultural, bi-lingual, bi-sexual, bi-religious and bi-vocational (although I am more North American than South East Asian, I am better at English than Thai, I am more gay than bi, I am more competent at Christian than at Buddhist philosophy and theology, and I am better at teaching than writing). My passions are for intercultural understanding, appreciation of the humanities as the central academic disciplines of civilization, reduction of religious prejudice and ignorance, and protections for gender minorities and valuation of gender diversity. I am fascinated by irony.
