Thai Contextualized Art

Authors

Gregory P. Whitsett, Global Mission Center For East Asian Religions
Amy Whitsett, Global Mission Center for East Asian Religions

First Page

1

Last Page

5

Abstract

"In the 1980s, a set of four murals depicting four specific and unique Adventist teachings and beliefs was commissioned by Pastor Clifton Maberly who was serving as a missionary in Thailand. His goal was to have these events depicted in a medium familiar to local Thai buddhists so they could wrestle with the new concepts without being distracted by Western art styles. His hope was that if Jesus, Satan and the angels could be depicted using characters similar to those already familiar to the Thai, the viewer would be better able to focus on and understand the truth portrayed in the paintings—the story of the Great Controversy."

Recommended Citation

Whitsett, Gregory P. and Whitsett, Amy (2018) "Thai Contextualized Art," Journal of Adventist Mission Studies: Vol. 14: No. 2, 1-5.
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.32597/jams/vol14/iss2/2/
Available at: https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/jams/vol14/iss2/2

DOI

https://dx.doi.org/10.32597/jams/vol14/iss2/2/