5.2.Critical time in the history of Islam. The reexamination of early Islamic sources, rather than
merely accepting the judgment of previous
scholarship.
• 5.3. Some Filipinos as marking the end of the
Spanish era and the hold of the Spanishcontrolled Church
• 5.4 The hope of reestablishing the lost tradition
of higher ordination of Theravada Buddhist in Sri
Lanka by sending a mission to Siam. Rama I (r.
1782-1809), stands out as possibly the greatest
Buddhist reformer of the century.