Modernity and re-enchantment: religion in post-revolutionary Vietnam
The richness and vibrancy of Vietnamese spirituality are vividly portrayed in these twelve essays that shed light on the remarkable reflorescence of religion in this communist country. Ancestor worship, mediumship, sacrifices, and communal rituals have not only survived Vietnam's reintegration...
| Summary: | The richness and vibrancy of Vietnamese spirituality are vividly portrayed in these twelve essays that shed light on the remarkable reflorescence of religion in this communist country. Ancestor worship, mediumship, sacrifices, and communal rituals have not only survived Vietnam's reintegration into the capitalist world; they are intrinsic to the dramatic reshaping of its contemporary social and cultural life. Transnational Buddhism and Christianity challenge the political status quo as they answer conflicting aspirations for enlightenment, justice, national development and cultural identity. Making conceptual contributions to anthropology and comparative religion, this book provides insights from post-revolutionary Vietnam into the diverse passages to re-enchantment in the modern world. Modernity and re-enchantment in post-revolutionary Vietnam / Philip Taylor -- Returning home : ancestor veneration and the nationalism of Đố̇i Mới Vietnam / Kate Jellema -- Ritual revitalization and nativist ideology in Hanoi / Horim Choi -- Feasting with the living and the dead : food and eating in ancestor worship rituals in Hộ An / Nir Avieli -- Unjust-death deification and burnt offering : towards an integrative view of popular religion in contemporary southern Vietnam / Thien -- Spirited modernities : mediumship and ritual performativity in late socialist Vietnam / Kirsten W. Endres -- Empowerment and innovation among Saint Trần's female mediums / Phạm Quỳnh Phuơng -- "Buddhism for this world" : the Buddhist revival in Vietnam, 1920 to 1951, and its legacy / Elise Anne DeVido -- The 2005 pilgrimage and return to Vietnam of exiled zen master Thích Nhất Hạnh / John Chapman -- Nationalism, globalism and the re-establishment of the Trúc Lâm Thiền Buddhist sect in northern Vietnam / Alexander Soucy -- Miracles and myths : Vietnam seen through its Catholic history / Jacob Ramsay -- Strangers on the road : foreign religious organizations and development in Vietnam / Andrew Wells-Dang |
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| Item Description: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 24 Nov 2015) |
| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 491 pages), digital, PDF file(s). |
| ISBN: | 9812304568 |