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Controlled Religious Plurality: Possibilities for Covenantal Pluralism in Vietnam

The review of faith & international affairs, 2021-07, Vol.19 (3), p.89-103 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

2021 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group 2021 ;ISSN: 1557-0274 ;EISSN: 1931-7743 ;DOI: 10.1080/15570274.2021.1954421

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  • Title:
    Controlled Religious Plurality: Possibilities for Covenantal Pluralism in Vietnam
  • Author: Roszko, Edyta
  • Subjects: heterodox superstition ; minority ; national heritage ; pluralism ; plurality of religion ; Vietnam
  • Is Part Of: The review of faith & international affairs, 2021-07, Vol.19 (3), p.89-103
  • Description: Historically, Vietnamese approaches to religion are highly inclusive, with flexibly overlapping religious traditions and ritual practices built on a substratum of ancestor worship. As Vietnam was colonized and became independent, religion became politicized, institutionalized, and separated from the "secular" state, which sought to bring religious practices in line with new state orthodoxies. With a new understanding of "religion" predicated on the Christian model, Vietnam adopted a model of state-religion-society relations that emphasizes not only rights but also obligations, active cooperation between state and religion, and respect for all religions which are declared equal before the law, largely in response to international demands to incorporate the universal model of religious freedom. Yet, the Vietnamese state still perceives religion as a competing source of authority. Consequently, some religions are not considered for official recognition and their followers, such as highland ethnic minorities, are treated as sub-citizens by their own state. Occasionally, their conversion is misread by the rest of society as the rejection of Vietnamese culture. The failure to consider ethnic minorities as modern subjects and state citizens on a par with the Kinh (Vietnamese) majority prevents Vietnam from achieving full-fledged covenantal pluralism.
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 1557-0274
    EISSN: 1931-7743
    DOI: 10.1080/15570274.2021.1954421
  • Source: Taylor & Francis Open Access Journals
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