'Following Uncle Ho to save the nation': empowerment, legitimacy, and nationalistic aspirations in a Vietnamese new religious movement

This article investigates new religious movements that have emerged in post-Renovation Vietnam. The formation and development of movements that worship Hồ Chí Minh will be examined through the Way of the Jade Buddha. My analysis of this indigenous movement will discuss its controversial attempts to...

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Main Author: Hoang, Chung Van (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 2016
In: Journal of Southeast Asian studies
Year: 2016, Volume: 47, Issue: 2, Pages: 234-254
Further subjects:B Legitimation
B Vietnam
B Nationalism
B Cause
B Religious organization
B Legitimacy
B Social change
B Religious movement
B Empowerment
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