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Vietnam: searching for integration

Religions and societies, Asia and the Middle EastBerlinPublished In 1982 • Pages: 407-444

By: Rambo, A. Terry.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article surveys Vietnam's heterogenous religious traditions with particular emphasis on the blending of elements of ancient indeginous beliefs with a variety of foreign religions including Confucian, Taoism, Buddhism, Hindism and Catholicism.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Population
Acculturation and culture contact
Cultural identity and pride
Speech
Status, role, and prestige
Ethnic stratification
Classes
Lineages
External relations
Cult of the dead
Religious experience
Revelation and divination
Ritual
Prophets and ascetics
Priesthood
Congregations
Religious denominations
Organized ceremonial
Missions
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Vietnamese
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2000
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Asia
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Southeast Asia
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
essay
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Social Scientist
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Teferi A. Adem ; 2006
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
no date
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
939 A.D.- 1975
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Vietnam
NotesAdditional notes
A. Terry Rambo
Includes bibliographical references (p. 440-444)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
82003496
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Vietnamese