A History of Vietnamese Christianity : Encounters and Emerging Horizons / edited by Anh Q. Tran, SJ and Tuan Hoang.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hoàng, Tuấn, editor.

Tran, Anh Q., editor.

Series:

Studies in Christian Mission ; 62.

Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2026.

Studies in Christian Mission ; 62

Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2026

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Asian Studies.

Religious Studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (545 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Encounters and Emerging Horizons

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : BRILL, 2026.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A History of Vietnamese Christianity is a landmark achievement—the first comprehensive account of Christianity’s four-hundred-year journey in Vietnam. Moving beyond colonial-era myths, this ground-breaking volume uncovers the Church’s Iberian origins, French influences, and the vital, often overlooked, contributions of women and lay believers. It also highlights the witness of Protestant and Evangelical communities and the vibrant faith of the Vietnamese Christian diaspora. Meticulously researched and collaboratively written by Vietnamese and international scholars, this volume opens a new chapter in understanding Vietnam’s religious, cultural, and intellectual heritage.

Contents:

Front Cover

Contents

Foreword

Tables

Notes on Contributors

Introduction: Mapping the Worlds of Vietnamese Christianity

1 Early Catholic Missions in Vietnam

2 Tonkin and Cochinchina in the Global Networks of Jesuit Asian Missions during the First Half of the Seventeenth Century

3 The Société des Missions Étrangères de Paris (MEP) and the Formation of an Indigenous Clergy in Vietnam

4 Vietnamese Catholicism in Spanish Dominican Vicariates: Legacies and Vietnamese Initiatives

5 Vietnamese Persecutions of Christians in Seventeenth Century Cochinchina

6 Philiphê Bỉnh and Global Catholic Networks in the Eighteenth Century

7 From Tolerance to Catastrophe: Vietnamese Catholics and the Early Nguyễn Dynasty (1790-1862)

8 Imperial Policies, Local Agency and Colonial Entanglement: Vietnamese Catholics in the Latter Half of the Nineteenth Century

9 Catholic Writings and Religious Identity Formation for Vietnamese Catholics between the Seventeenth and Nineteenth Centuries

10 Vietnamese Women Religious and the Catholic Church (1670-2020)

11 Colonialism and the Birth of a National Church in Vietnam

12 Evangelical Christians during Colonialism and Wartime: Beginning to 1975

13 Western Missionaries and Cultural Integration in Vietnamese Protestantism

14 Christians and the State in North Vietnam, 1954-1975

15 Postcolonial Catholicism in South Vietnam, 1954-1975

16 The Complexities of Political Identity: Catholics and Politics in South Vietnam, 1954-1975

17 The Vicissitudes of Church-State Relations: the Catholic Church in Post-1975 Vietnam

18 Protestantism in Vietnam since 1975

19 The Exilic Identity of Vietnamese Catholics in the United States

20 Religious Diasporic Crossing: Our Lady of La Vang and Catholic Devotionalism in Vietnam, the US, Germany and Israel.

Appendix: Chronological Timeline of the Development of Christianity in Vietnam

Index of Names

Index of Subjects

Back Cover.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9789004762589

OCLC:

1602013462

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004762589 DOI