Meekness in Thai Culture

Ubonwan is a Thai academic who wrote a 400 page doctoral thesis on the 9 characteristics of the Thai and why that contributed to the total failure of the early Christian missionaries to convert the Thais. It is a thorough examination of the subject. The list of references is itself 10 pages long!Ubolwan describes the characteristics as: Ego orientation, Grateful relationship orientation, Smooth interpersonal relationship orientation, Flexible and Adjustment orientation, Religio-psychical orientation, Education and competence orientation, Interdependence orientation, Fun and pleasure orientation, and Achievement-task orientation. Matt's "e;Meekness in Thai Culture"e; shows in just 24 short pages that her characteristics are the same cultural and lifestyle aspects of the Thai that he describes in his books. Matt gives many real-life examples in  a readable format . Doctoral theses do tend to be harder to understand though covering the same ground.   Ubolwan had to be more acaedmic in order to get her doctorate.