The Religious Pluralistic Communities with Peaceful Coexistence in Changklan Sub-district, Muang District, Chiang Mai Province

Abstract

The current society grows up with technology and it is a society of endless competition. While religious beliefs are an internal development that aids in the refinement of people's minds and the creation of a balance between spiritual beauty and technological advancement. Religious beliefs is the important roles in creating inner peace in society, especially, the religious pluralistic community in Chang Klan Sub-district, Muang District, Chiang Mai Province which stays together in harmony. In this article it aims to study the context of such a religious pluralistic community, including the doctrines of each religion promoted peaceful coexistence, cultural traditions of religious pluralism, and public participation of religious pluralistic community led to true peace. The body of knowledge from this study has three aspects: 1) context is different but not divisive because of the strong Lanna culture, it becomes a religious pluralistic community which coexists under the main culture, that is the way of life of Lanna people; 2) doctrines focus on unity in peace, the thing that makes community became a religious pluralism in the same principle is that the doctrines of peace-based community; and 3) cultural traditions that involved the community to harmonize peacefully are that an adherence to their own culture strictly and accordance with the Lanna culture.