Title Gods, Heroes, and Ancestors : an Interreligious Encounter in Eighteenth-Century Vietnam

Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017

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Description 1 online resource (385 pages) Series AAR Religion in Translation AAR religion in translation. Contents Cover; Series; Gods, Heroes, and Ancestors; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part ONE: Errors of the Three Religions in Context; 1. When the Cross Met the Lotus: Catholic Mission in Tonkin During the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries; Tonkin of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century; The Development of Catholicism in Tonkin; Reception of Christianity in Tonkin; The Rites Controversy and Its Impact in Vietnam; 2. Text and Context: Errors of the Three Religions; Defending the True Faith; The Text: History, Content, and Method 3. Of Gods and Heroes: Worship in Traditional VietnamAn Overview of Traditional Vietnamese Worship; A Christian Evaluation of Traditional Worship; 4. In the Realm of the Dead: Filial Piety and Ancestral Worship; Vietnamese Anthropology and Ancestral Worship; The Ancestral Rites in Practice; A Christian Interpretation of the Cult of the Ancestors; 5. Refutation and Dialogue: Christianity vis-​à-​vis the Three Religions; The Theological Message of Errors; The Legacy of Errors of the Three Religions; Meeting the Religious Others; Conclusion Part TWO: An Annotated Translation of TAM GIÁO CHƯ VỌNGPreface; Book 1: The Errors of Confucianism; Book 2: The Errors of Daoism; Book 3: The Errors of Buddhism; Appendix A: Adriano di Santa Thecla's Opusculum; Appendix B: Glossary of Sino-​Vietnamese Terms Used in the Translation; Bibliography; Index Summary This is the first translation in English of the anonymously authored 1752 manuscript Tam Gi?o Chu Vong (The Errors of the Three Religions). Structured as a dialogue between a Christian priest and a Confucian, this work paints a rich picture of the three traditional Vietnamese religions: Confucianism, Buddhism, and Daoism Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record SUBJECT Tam giáo chư vọng. English. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2017020720 Subject Christianity and other religions -- Vietnam Christianity and culture -- Vietnam Christian converts -- Vietnam -- History -- 18th century Christian converts. Christianity. Christianity and culture. Interfaith relations. Religion. SUBJECT Vietnam -- Religion Vietnam -- Church history -- 18th century Subject Vietnam. Genre/Form Church history. History. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780190677619 0190677619 9780190677633 0190677635 9780190677602 0190677600

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