How heaven works

• Verfasst von: Hartney, Christopher [VerfasserIn] [ÜbersetzerIn]
• Titel: How heaven works
• Titelzusatz: the collective shamanic journeys of Phạm Công Ta̐c and the syncretic afterworld of Caodaism
• Mitwirkende: Đào, Tâm Công [ÜbersetzerIn]
• Mitwirkende: Từ, Chơn [ÜbersetzerIn]
• Verf.angabe: by Christopher Hartney ; translations by Đào Công Tâm, Từ Chơn, Christopher Hartney
• Verlagsort: Leiden ; Boston
• Verlag: Brill
• E-Jahr: 2025
• Jahr: [2025]
• Umfang: XIV, 345 Seiten
• Illustrationen: Illustrationen
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: Numen book series ; volume 178
• Fussnoten: Includes bibliographical references and index
• Schrift/Sprache: Text in English. Translation from Vietnamese
• ISBN: 978-90-04-68069-2
• Schlagwörter: (s)Caodaismus / (s)Predigt / (s)Quelle
• Schlagwörter: (s)Caodaismus / (s)Synkretismus / (s)Jenseitsglaube
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Hartney, Christopher: How heaven works. - Leiden : Brill, [2024] |(DLC)2024036292
• K10plus-PPN: 1907651659

Abstract

"In 1948, Vietnam's great 20th Century mystic Pham Cong Tac (1890-1959) began a series of sermons making Caodaism's claims to universal salvation the clearest. In only two decades, Caodaism had stamped its fast-growing presence on the nation. With potent creative and poetic skill Pham Cong Tac invited his co-religionists to take a shamanic journey with him to examine the heavens and literally see how they would be saved. The 35 sermons translated here are provided with a commentary and extensive introduction by Hartney. How Heaven Works is a fascinating insight into the deep connection between shamanic atmosphere, literature, and Modern syncretic concepts of salvation"--