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The earliest forms of Vietnamese religious practice were animistic and totemic in nature. [11] The decorations on Đông Sơn bronze drums, generally agreed to have ceremonial and possibly religious value, [nb 2] depict the figures of birds, leading historians to believe birds were objects of worship for the early Vietnamese.
In some cases, religious conversion "marks a transformation of religious identity and is symbolized by special rituals". [ 2 ] People convert to a different religion for various reasons, including active conversion by free choice due to a change in beliefs, [ 3 ] secondary conversion , deathbed conversion , conversion for convenience, marital ...
During the Vietnam War, the US backed a Catholic named Ngô Đình Diệm for his leadership of South Vietnam. The US assumed that Diem would protect freedom of religion in South Vietnam, due to his deep faith, but instead he used his power to suppress Buddhism (which was the majority religion of South Vietnam) and promote Catholicism. [8]
Vietnamese folk religion (Vietnamese: tín ngưỡng dân gian Việt Nam) or Đạo Lương (道良) is a group of spiritual beliefs and practices adhered by the Vietnamese people. About 86% of the population in Vietnam are reported irreligious, [1] but are associated with this tradition.
Faith deconstruction, also known as deconstructing faith, religious deconstruction, or simply deconstruction, is a process during which religious believers reexamine and question their beliefs. It originated in American evangelicalism , where it may be called evangelical deconstruction . [ 1 ]
Deconversion may occur suddenly or be a gradual process. Generally deconversion will be a quiet process for those who have only been a member of the NRM for one year or less. However, for those who have been a follower for longer than a year tend to go through confrontational, emotional, and dramatic deconversion processes. [citation needed]
Emperor Tự Đức (r. 1848–1883) of Vietnam. From 1849 to 1862, during the early years of the Vietnamese emperor Tự Đức (r. 1848–1883) of Vietnam, the most intense, brutal and bloodiest anti-Christian persecution ever in history happened in Vietnam, also was the last state-sponsored persecution of Catholic Christians in Vietnam, as a part of Tự Đức's efforts to eradicate every ...
The first Catholic missionaries visited Vietnam from Portugal and Spain in the 16th century. In 1524, Portuguese merchant Duarte Coelho's fleet arrived in Hội An, central Vietnam, to trade, bringing along Catholic missionaries. [4] A missionary named I-nê-khu arrived in Nam Định, northern Vietnam, in 1533.