Wheaton in Bhutan 2012

• Negotiating Christianity in Bhutan

  April 5, 2012 Colleen Wheeler
  This paper is the culmination of a semester of work, including participant observation, and interviews with a variety of home church pastors and Christians in Bhutan. It seeks to understand why Christians are often unwilling to openly practice their faith, despite assurances that they will not be persecuted, while also showing how social pressure and past prejudices continue to play a role today. More »

• Dangbo Dingho: Once Upon a Time There Was Unraveling and Releasing

  April 5, 2012 Colleen Wheeler
  This paper explores the origins and development of folktales and their role in contemporary Bhutanese society. More »

• You’re In, You’re Out: Citizenship, Modernity and Tradition in Bhutan

  April 5, 2012 Colleen Wheeler
  How can we understand tradition and modernity in the context of Bhutan, a rapidly modernizing and ethnically diverse country? More »

• The Pursuit of Happiness: Reasons Why "Gross National Happiness" Appeals to the West

  April 5, 2012 Colleen Wheeler
  Aaron Bos-Lun ‘12 Aaron studied abroad in Bhutan for the fall semester of his senior year.  During that time he developed an interest in the reason Bhutan's development philosophy of Gross National Happiness (GNH), a concept originally tailored for the specific Bhutanese context, held such strong appeal outside the Kingdom.  This project analyzed the writings [...] More »

• Taming the Dragon: The Construction of National Identity in Bhutan

  April 5, 2012 Colleen Wheeler
  This paper offers an analysis on the construction of a Bhutanese national identity and the tensions involved in seeking to define and construct a unified version of what it means to be Bhutanese. More »