In this essay, I argue for a ‘kaleidoscopic’ theory of mind implicit in people's common‐sense awareness of themselves, others, and reality in northern Thailand. Phenomenal experience is here generally understood as contingent on a host of factors, from personal habits to the influence of others, such that sensory perceptions themselves are in part a consequence of prior action (karma) with moral import. When Thai people convert to Christianity, they reject karma in favour of a God who will absolve a believer of all offence. Drawing on both neo‐Pentecostal and Buddhist Thais’ rich descriptions of their encounters with the divine and a host of other ‘supernatural’ experiences, I show how many Thai Christians maintain an abridged sense of karmic contingency. With attention to local theory of mind, non‐monotheistic knowledge formations come into focus, highlighting the unique nature of the individualism emerging among Thai congregants and the stakes such individuation has for them.

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从业力到罪恶：泰国北部的千变万化的心理理论和基督教经验

在本文中，我主张在泰国北部人们对自己，他人和现实的常识性意识中隐含一种“千变万化”的心理理论。现象经验在这里通常被理解为取决于许多因素，从个人习惯到其他人的影响，使得感官知觉本身在某种程度上是出于道德上的先行行动（业力）的结果。当泰国人民convert依基督教时，他们拒绝因果报应，而是选择了一位将宽恕一切罪行的信徒的上帝。借助新五旬节和佛教泰国人对他们与神的遭遇以及其他许多“超自然”经历的丰富描述，我展示了多少泰国基督徒对业力的偶然性保持了精简的感觉。重视当地的心理理论，