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Victor Hugo’s Appeal for Vietnamese Readers: Spiritism and Republican Revolution Victor Hugo’s Appeal for Vietnamese Readers: Spiritism and Republican Revolution
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The Spirit of Victor Hugo Adopts Trần Quang Vinh in Cambodia The Spirit of Victor Hugo Adopts Trần Quang Vinh in Cambodia
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Victor Hugo in the Classroom: “France Needs to Learn Some Lessons” Victor Hugo in the Classroom: “France Needs to Learn Some Lessons”
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Spiritual Kinship: Hugo as a Father and Teacher Spiritual Kinship: Hugo as a Father and Teacher
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From Séance to Battlefield: The Spiritual Sons and the Revolution From Séance to Battlefield: The Spiritual Sons and the Revolution
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Leadership of the Caodai Armed Forces and Greene’s Quiet American Leadership of the Caodai Armed Forces and Greene’s Quiet American
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Hugo’s Sons and Their Descendants Hugo’s Sons and Their Descendants
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The World That Made Trần Quang Cảnh The World That Made Trần Quang Cảnh
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3 The Spiritual Sons of Victor Hugo: From Séance to Battlefield
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Published:February 2015
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Abstract
The third chapter deals with his rival for visibility as a leader of overseas Caodaists—Trần Quang Cảnh, the son of Caodaism’s greatest military commander, Trần Quang Vinh (1901–1975), who also served as South Vietnam’s Minister of Defense (1947–1952). Taking on the mantle of his father’s divine appointment as Victor Hugo’s “spiritual son,” Cảnh believes that the Vatican in Vietnam cannot be moved elsewhere. After many years of criticizing government suppression, he is now the most prominent advocate of reconciliation with the Tây Ninh hierarchy. In 2010 he became the first American citizen to be ordained as an official member of the Tây Ninh administration. He wants to rebuild Caodaism in Vietnam by focusing on a new information center for tourists, recognition at academic conferences, and Internet connections. The chapter begins by tracing the reasons that Victor Hugo has been recognized as a “saint” or “prophet” within Caodaism, and the history of his own participation in spirit séances in the 19th century.
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