Janet A. Hoskins : The Divine Eye and the Diaspora - Vietnamese Syncretism Becomes Transpacific Caodaism [parution]

[ndlr] Parution d'une nouvelle étude sur le Caodaïsme vietnamien. Présentation de l'éditeur. What is the relationship between syncretism and diaspora? Caodaism is a large but almost unknown new religion that provides answers to this question. Born in Vietnam during the struggles of decolonization, shattered and spatially dispersed by cold war conflicts, it is now reshaping the goals of its four million followers. Colorful and strikingly eclectic, its “outrageous syncretism” incorporates Chin..