The personal and theological conception of Pha. m Công Tac
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https://doi.org/10.14672/ada2012176%25pKeywords:
Life stories, Caodaism , Phạm Công Tắc, VietnamAbstract
The text examines the role of religious movements in a post-colonial context, focussing on Caodaism in Vietnam and its leader, Phạm Công Tắc. It emphasises the innovation and activism of Caodaism in promoting a new idea of citizenship and personal purity that opposes Orientalist stereotypes and advocates an anti-colonial agenda. Tắc is described as an innovator who profoundly influenced the emergence of the new religion, but his leadership also led to divisions within the community. The text establishes a link between Tắc and anthropological and post-colonial theories of nationalism and resistance to French domination, sometimes comparing him to M.K. Gandhi.
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