The divine eye and the diaspora: Vietnamese syncretism becomes transpacific Caodaism

Conversations with divinities: séance and the first disciples -- A spirit medium as nationalist leader: charisma and anticolonialism -- The spiritual sons of Victor Hugo: from séance to battlefield -- The fall of Saigon and the rise of the diaspora -- A "Caodaist in black" returns to live...

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Main Author: Hoskins, Janet 1954- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Honolulu, Hawaii University of Hawaiʻi Press 2015
In:Year: 2015
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Vietnam / Caodaism / California / Vietnamese immigrant / Syncretism / Religious ethnology
B Caodaism
Further subjects:B Caodaism
B Syncretism (Religion) Vietnam
B Syncretism (Religion) (Vietnam)
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Summary:Conversations with divinities: séance and the first disciples -- A spirit medium as nationalist leader: charisma and anticolonialism -- The spiritual sons of Victor Hugo: from séance to battlefield -- The fall of Saigon and the rise of the diaspora -- A "Caodaist in black" returns to live in Vietnam -- The divine eye on the Internet -- A religion in diaspora, a religion of diaspora
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:0824840046