Janet Hoskins, an anthropologist, produced this monograph as a systematic scholarly study of Cao Dai, the Vietnamese new religious movement founded in 1926 that combines elements of Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism and Catholicism under a single Supreme Being, Cao Dai. Based on long term ethnographic research among Cao Dai communities in Vietnam and in the diaspora that formed after 1975, it treats the movement's cosmology, spirit seance practice and central ritual iconography, including the Third Alliance Between God and Man depicted at the Holy See in Tay Ninh, in scholarly depth. Published by the University of Hawaii Press, it is the standard English language academic reference on Cao Dai as it moved from a Vietnamese national religion into a transpacific one.
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Tier one: a peer reviewed academic monograph published by the University of Hawaii Press, built on the anthropologist's own long term ethnographic research among Cao Dai communities in Vietnam and its diaspora. It is the standard English language academic reference on Cao Dai's movement from a Vietnamese national religion into a transpacific one. NotesStandard scholarly monograph on Cao Dai. Use for established facts about Cao Dai cosmology, ritual and the diaspora, including the Third Alliance Between God and Man mural and its three signatory spirits.
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AuthorJanet Hoskins
PublisherUniversity of Hawaii Press
Publication Year2015
Source Typeacademic monograph
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This source names Cao Đài directly: "as a systematic scholarly study of Cao Dai, the Vietnamese new religious movement founded in 1926 that combines elements of Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism and Catholicism under a single Supreme..."
This source names Confucianism directly: "in 1926 that combines elements of Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism and Catholicism under a single Supreme Being, Cao Dai."
This source names Hawaii directly: "Published by the University of Hawaii Press, it is the standard English language academic reference on Cao Dai as it moved from a Vietnamese national religion into a transpacific one."
This source names Holy See directly: "Between God and Man depicted at the Holy See in Tay Ninh, in scholarly depth."
This source names Taoism directly: "combines elements of Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism and Catholicism under a single Supreme Being, Cao Dai."
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- Deities, 24 claims: 18 well-attested, 3 holds, 3 general references.
- Sources, 12 claims: 7 well-attested, 5 holds.
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