Modernity and Re-enchantment: Religion in Post-revolutionary Vietnam

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479 Index A All-Vietnam Buddhist Association, 281 alternative modernities, 4, 195, 203–205, 217 Amidism, 190, 270, 274 amulets, 36, 54, 271 ancestor worship, and mobility, 16–21, 73–76, 166–68 and national identity, 12, 18–20, 46–47, 61–64, 70–73, 333, 394 and Việt Kiều returns, 76–83 Catholics’ relationship to, 46–47, 56, 71, 87, 393–94 feasts associated with, 104, 121–60 laws relating to, 69–70, 86 prevalence, 19, 121–22, 162 regional identity, 166 research on, 18–19, 70–73 state support for, 65–69 underpinning the family, 124–26, 130–31, 162 ancestors, debts to, 75–76, 125–26, 165 exchanges with, 125–26, 129–30, 165–66 return journeys of, 62–65 spiritual ties to, 16–17, 19–20, 73–74, 76–78 animism, 16 Annam Buddhist Association, 258, 266, 268–69 anthropological studies of Vietnamese religion, 5–6, 10–13, 16–19, 33, 38–40, 70–73, 91, 122, 153–54, 198–99, 203, 223–24 Association of Chan Sects, 265 Âu Cơ origin goddess, 68 B Bà Chúa Kho [The Lady of the Storehouse], 195 14฀Index฀p479-488.indd฀฀฀479 7/6/07฀฀฀1:49:23฀PM 480 Index Bà Chúa Xứ [The Lady of the Realm], 164, 195 Bảo Đại, 258 Báo Quốc Buddhist Institute, 268, 282, 300 Board of Rites [Bộ Lễ], 11, 383, 393 Buddhism, and Marxism compared, 319–20, 326 as antidote to modern ills, 257–58, 273, 319–25, 328–29, 333–34, 336 as obstacle to modernization, 33, 36 charitable activities, 226, 275, 279, 281, 426–28 construed as Vietnamese tradition, 27, 28, 273–75, 342–45, 350–51, 362–63, 331 contemporary practice described, 27–28, 281–84, 315–37, 345–49, 352–66, 426–28 devotional practice criticized, 266, 271, 357–59, 361 engaged practice, 25–26, 254, 257–58, 264, 290–91, 302–303, 305–306, 327 gendered aspects, 171–73, 189, 278–79 imputed superficiality in Vietnam, 22, 317, 331 in decline, 254–55, 258, 266, 274–75 mythic golden age of, 273–75 reform of, 356–64 (see also Buddhist Revival) seen as quietist, 14, 22–23, 29–30, 33 see also Amidism, Pure Land, Trúc Lâm, Zen Buddhist mendicant order, 189, 279, 295 Buddhist protest movement (1960s), 24, 251, 301–303, 307–308, 385 Buddhist Revival [Chấn Hưng Phật Giáo], achievements, 23, 25, 27–29, 281–84 colonial patronage, 258, 273, 289 ethnic Chinese and, 259–61, 277–78 in central Vietnam, 267–69 in northern Vietnam, 265–67 in southern Vietnam, 260–61, 262–65 intellectual debates, 29–30, 169–70, 270–76 involvement of middle class, 276–78 Marxist interpretation of, 252, 255–56 origins, 254–59 scholarship on, 23–24, 252–56 transnational aspects, 259–62 Việt Kiều and, 280–81 women in, 278–79 Bửu Sơn Kỳ Hương, 23, 182 C Cadière, Father Leopold, 16, 22, 162, 168 canonization of Vietnamese martyrs, 47, 387–90 Cao Đài, 11, 18, 21–23, 24, 28–29, 251, 265, 274, 294, 385 Catholic church, attitudes towards popular devotionalism, 373–76 ordination of priests, 2, 373 relations with Vietnamese state, 8, 55, 373–87 14฀Index฀p479-488.indd฀฀฀480 7/6/07฀฀฀1:49:23฀PM Index 481 Catholic missionaries, alignment with imperialism, 43–44, 377, 387, 388–89 in pre-colonial society, 43, 45, 378–82 influence with Nguyễn leadership, 43–44, 379 Catholicism, and ancestor worship, 46–47, 56, 71, 87, 393–94 associated with imperialism, 43–44, 47–48, 55, 377, 387, 388–89 compared with Buddhism, 377 compared with Protestantism, 394 devotional practice, 372–76, 396–97 in pre-colonial society, 43, 45, 378–82 in Vietnamese history writing, 377, 384–85, 386–87, 388–90 “incompatibility” with Vietnamese culture, 44, 46–48, 56, 377, 393–95 popular commemorative practice, 390–93 prohibitions on, 380–82 under colonialism, 44, 382–83 under Republic of Vietnam, 44, 385–86 under socialism, 383–87 “Vietnamization” of, 44, 47, 48, 394–95 Catholics, charitable activities, 45, 48, 417, 424–26 contemporary outreach activities, 429, 441 executions, 379, 381–82, 388–90, 392–93 numbers and distribution, 44, 378–79, 398 political activities, 432–33 worship, 48, 405, 435–38 central Vietnam, religious characteristics, 121–60, 267–69 certi...