Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Figures vii
4. Preface ix
5. 1. Modernity and Re-enchantment in Post-revolutionary Vietnam 1
6. 2. Returning Home: Ancestor Veneration and the Nationalism of Đổi Mới Vietnam 57
7. 3. Ritual Revitalization and Nativist Ideology in Hanoi 90
8. 4. Feasting with the Living and the Dead: Food and Eating in Ancestor Worship Rituals in Hội An 121
9. 5. Unjust-Death Deification and Burnt Offering: Towards an Integrative View of Popular Religion in Contemporary Southern Vietnam 161
10. 6. Spirited Modernities: Mediumship and Ritual Performativity in Late Socialist Vietnam 194
11. 7. Empowerment and Innovation among Saint Trần’s Female Mediums 221
12. 8. “Buddhism for This World”: The Buddhist Revival in Vietnam, 1920 to 1951, and Its Legacy 250
13. 9. The 2005 Pilgrimage and Return to Vietnam of Exiled Zen Master Thích Nhất Hạnh 297
14. 10. Nationalism, Globalism and the Re-establishment of the Trúc Lâm Thiền Buddhist Sect in Northern Vietnam 342
15. 11. Miracles and Myths: Vietnam Seen through Its Catholic History 371
16. 12. Strangers on the Road: Foreign Religious Organizations and Development in Vietnam 399
17. Bibliography 445
18. Index 479
19. About the Contributors 489
20. Publications in the Vietnam Update Series 492