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A History of Vietnamese Christianity
Encounters and Emerging Horizons
Series: - Studies in Christian Mission, Volume: 62
A History of Vietnamese Christianity is a landmark achievementâthe first comprehensive account of Christianityâs four-hundred-year journey in Vietnam. Moving beyond colonial-era myths, this ground-breaking volume uncovers the Churchâs 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 Vietnamâs religious, cultural, and intellectual heritage.
Anh Q. TRAN, SJ, is Associate Professor of Historical and Systematic Theology at Santa Clara Universityâs Jesuit School of Theology. He is the author of Gods, Heroes and Ancestors (Oxford, 2018) and co-editor of World Christianities (Orbis, 2016) and Christian Perspectives on Interreligious Encounter (Lexington, 2024), as well as many book chapters and articles related to Asian Christianity, interreligious dialogue, and the Jesuit activities in Vietnam
Tuan HOANG is the Blanche E. Seaver Professor of Humanities and Teacher Education, and Professor of Great Books, at Pepperdine University. He teaches in the Great Books, history, and humanities programs; and researches the histories of Vietnamese Catholics in the Republic of Vietnam and the postwar diaspora
Tuan HOANG is the Blanche E. Seaver Professor of Humanities and Teacher Education, and Professor of Great Books, at Pepperdine University. He teaches in the Great Books, history, and humanities programs; and researches the histories of Vietnamese Catholics in the Republic of Vietnam and the postwar diaspora
Foreword
âPeter C. Phan
List of Tables
Notes on Contributors
Introduction: Mapping the Worlds of Vietnamese Christianity
âAnh Q. Tran, SJ and Tuan Hoang
1 Early Catholic Missions in Vietnam
âTara Alberts
2 Tonkin and Cochinchina in the Global Networks of Jesuit Asian Missions during the First Half of the Seventeenth Century
âHélène Vu Thanh
3 The Société des Missions Ãtrangères de Paris (MEP) and the Formation of an Indigenous Clergy in Vietnam
âLaurent Gatinois, MEP
4 Vietnamese Catholicism in Spanish Dominican Vicariates: Legacies and Vietnamese Initiatives
âClaire Thi Liên Tran
5 Vietnamese Persecutions of Christians in Seventeenth Century Cochinchina
âNguyá» n Mai Kha, SJ
6 Philiphê Bá»nh and Global Catholic Networks in the Eighteenth Century
âGeorge Dutton
7 From Tolerance to Catastrophe: Vietnamese Catholics and the Early Nguyá» n Dynasty (1790â1862)
âNola Cooke
8 Imperial Policies, Local Agency and Colonial Entanglement: Vietnamese Catholics in the Latter Half of the Nineteenth Century
âLân A. Ngô, SJ
9 Catholic Writings and Their Impact on the Formation of Religious Identity for Vietnamese Catholics between the Seventeenth and Nineteenth Centuries
âAnh Q. Tran, SJ
10 Vietnamese Women Religious and the Catholic Church (1670â2020)
âDung Trang, LHC
11 Colonialism and the Birth of a National Church in Vietnam
âCharles Keith
12 Evangelical Christians during Colonialism and Wartime: Beginning to 1975
âVince (Vu) Le
13 Western Missionaries and Cultural Integration in Vietnamese Protestantism
âKimSon Nguyen
14 Christians and the State in North Vietnam, 1954â1975
âNguyá» n Quang HÆ°ng
15 Postcolonial Catholicism in South Vietnam, 1954â1975
âTuan Hoang
16 The Complexities of Political Identity: Catholics and Politics in South Vietnam, 1954â1975
âThien Bui
17 The Vicissitudes of Church-State Relations: the Catholic Church in Post-1975 Vietnam
âLan T. Chu
18 Protestantism in Vietnam since 1975
Tâm T. T. Ngô and Hoà ng VÄn Chung
19 The Exilic Identity of Vietnamese Catholics in the United States
âTuan Hoang
20 Religious Diasporic Crossing: Our Lady of La Vang and Catholic Devotionalism in Vietnam, the US, Germany and Israel
âThien-Huong Ninh Villarreal
Appendix: Chronological Timeline of the Development of Christianity in Vietnam
Index of Names
Index of Subjects
âPeter C. Phan
List of Tables
Notes on Contributors
Introduction: Mapping the Worlds of Vietnamese Christianity
âAnh Q. Tran, SJ and Tuan Hoang
PART 1: Missions, Persecution and the Formation of Vietnamese Christianity (17thâ19th Centuries)
1 Early Catholic Missions in Vietnam
âTara Alberts
2 Tonkin and Cochinchina in the Global Networks of Jesuit Asian Missions during the First Half of the Seventeenth Century
âHélène Vu Thanh
3 The Société des Missions Ãtrangères de Paris (MEP) and the Formation of an Indigenous Clergy in Vietnam
âLaurent Gatinois, MEP
4 Vietnamese Catholicism in Spanish Dominican Vicariates: Legacies and Vietnamese Initiatives
âClaire Thi Liên Tran
5 Vietnamese Persecutions of Christians in Seventeenth Century Cochinchina
âNguyá» n Mai Kha, SJ
6 Philiphê Bá»nh and Global Catholic Networks in the Eighteenth Century
âGeorge Dutton
7 From Tolerance to Catastrophe: Vietnamese Catholics and the Early Nguyá» n Dynasty (1790â1862)
âNola Cooke
8 Imperial Policies, Local Agency and Colonial Entanglement: Vietnamese Catholics in the Latter Half of the Nineteenth Century
âLân A. Ngô, SJ
9 Catholic Writings and Their Impact on the Formation of Religious Identity for Vietnamese Catholics between the Seventeenth and Nineteenth Centuries
âAnh Q. Tran, SJ
10 Vietnamese Women Religious and the Catholic Church (1670â2020)
âDung Trang, LHC
Part 2: Colonialism, Nationhood and Global Diaspora (20thâ21st Centuries)
11 Colonialism and the Birth of a National Church in Vietnam
âCharles Keith
12 Evangelical Christians during Colonialism and Wartime: Beginning to 1975
âVince (Vu) Le
13 Western Missionaries and Cultural Integration in Vietnamese Protestantism
âKimSon Nguyen
14 Christians and the State in North Vietnam, 1954â1975
âNguyá» n Quang HÆ°ng
15 Postcolonial Catholicism in South Vietnam, 1954â1975
âTuan Hoang
16 The Complexities of Political Identity: Catholics and Politics in South Vietnam, 1954â1975
âThien Bui
17 The Vicissitudes of Church-State Relations: the Catholic Church in Post-1975 Vietnam
âLan T. Chu
18 Protestantism in Vietnam since 1975
Tâm T. T. Ngô and Hoà ng VÄn Chung
19 The Exilic Identity of Vietnamese Catholics in the United States
âTuan Hoang
20 Religious Diasporic Crossing: Our Lady of La Vang and Catholic Devotionalism in Vietnam, the US, Germany and Israel
âThien-Huong Ninh Villarreal
Appendix: Chronological Timeline of the Development of Christianity in Vietnam
Index of Names
Index of Subjects
Audience: Libraries and Academic institutions (university, research institutes); Scholars, theologians, and students of World Christianity, Asian Studies, and Religious History; church and mission leaders; and readers interested in the intersection of faith, culture, and history in Vietnam and the global Church.
Fields: Religious History, Asian Christianity, Vietnamese Studies, World Christianity, Church History, Vietnamese Studies,
Fields: Religious History, Asian Christianity, Vietnamese Studies, World Christianity, Church History, Vietnamese Studies,