Religion in the Vietnamese Diaspora
Compiled by Mark E. Pfeifer, PhD
T Pearson. Missions and conversions : creating the Montagnard-Dega refugee
community. Publisher: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Pham Quynh Phuong; Chris Eipper; Mothering and Fathering the Vietnamese: Religion,
Gender, and National Identity. Publication: Journal of Vietnamese Studies, 4, no. 1
(2009): 49-83
Thang Luu; Patrick Leung; Susan Nash. Help-Seeking Attitudes Among Vietnamese
Americans: The Impact of Acculturation, Cultural Barriers, and Spiritual Beliefs.
Publication: Social Work in Mental Health, 7, no. 5 (2009): 476-493
Age differences in spirituality, mystical experiences and wisdom. By: Le, Thao N..
Ageing & Society, Apr2008, Vol. 28 Issue 3, p383-411, 29p (Study includes Vietnamese
American Youth)
Religion, memory, and imagination in Vietnamese California
by Padgett, Douglas M., Ph.D., Indiana University, 2007, 253 pages; AAT 3255506
Possessed by the Spirits: Medium in Contemporary Vietnamese Communities (Book
Review). By: Vann, Elizabeth F.. American Anthropologist, Sep2007, Vol. 109 Issue 3,
p557-558, 2p;
Creating new spiritual homes: Vietnamese refugees negotiating American and Catholic
identities by Hoang, Linh N., Ph.D. Dissertation, Fordham University, 2006
Ethnic and ego identity formation among Protestant Christian Vietnamese American
young adults by Pham, KimMan Thi, PhD TALBOT SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY, BIOLA
UNIVERSITY, 2005, 230 pages
Thich Nhat Hanh on Buddhist-Christian dialogue
by Balani, Laju M., PhD BAYLOR UNIVERSITY, 2005, 219 pages
Vietnamese Buddhist movements for peace and social transformation, 1963--1966
by Nguyen, Thanh V., Ph.D. Dissertation, Saybrook Graduate School and Research
Center, 2006
An exploratory dialogue between Vietnamese Franciscans and Buddhists on fostering
collaboration in ministry by Nguyen, Khoa, D.Min. Dissertation, The Catholic University
of America, 2006
Creating new spiritual homes: Vietnamese refugees negotiating American and Catholic
identities by Hoang, Linh N., Ph.D. Dissertation, Fordham University, 2006
Lam N. Huynh. (2004). The effects of mantra meditation and religious orientation on
psychological distress and self-actualization among Vietnamese American Buddhists.
PhD Dissertation, Alliant International University, Los Angeles.
John Kha Tran. (2004). Preaching in exile: A Vietnamese American Catholic mission.
Doctorate of Ministry Dissertation, Aquinas Institute of Theology.
Phillip Khanh Van Trinh. (2004). Toward a doctrine of sin in the Vietnamese context:
Elements in the dialogue between the Vietnamese indigenous perceptions and Christian
teaching on sin by missionaries. PhD Dissertation, Graduate Theological Union.
Huynh, L.T. (2001). Municipal policy impact analysis: Buddhist temples in southern
California (includes Vietnamese Temples). PhD Dissertation, UNIVERSITY OF LA
VERNE.
Nguyen, T.B. (2001). Multiethnic parish cooperation: An examination of the cooperative
relationships among ethnic congregations of multiethnic Catholic parishes of the
Diocese of Orange, California (Including Vietnamese congregations)PhD Dissertation,
UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE, California.
Pearson, T. (2001). Missions and conversions: Creating the Montagnard-Dega refugee
community (North Carolina). PhD Dissertation. THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH
CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL.
Pfeifer, M.E. (2001). 'Community', Adaptation and the Vietnamese in Toronto.
Vietnamologica 5: 147-225.
Beuchling, O. 2001c. "Visiting a Buddhist pagoda. An ethnographic report of an interfaith
teaching unit of primary school pupils", in: Cok Bakker & Karin Griffioen (Eds.): Religious
dimension in intercultural education. Theory and good practice. Tilburg: Dutch University
Press, p.85-91.
AU: Bankston, CL Zhou, M TI: De facto congregationalism and socioeconomic mobility in
Laotian and Vietnamese immigrant communities: A study of religious institutions and
economic change SO: REVIEW OF RELIGIOUS RESEARCH BP: 453 EP: 470 PG: 18
PY: 2000 PD: JUN VL: 41 IS: 4
Beuchling, O. 1999. "Buddhistsche Religiositat junger Vietnamesen in der
Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Eine Ethnographisch - erziehungswissenschaftliche
Analyse." In Wolfgram Weisse (Ed). Vom Monolog zum Dialog. Ansatze einer
dialogischen Religionspadagogik. Munster/New York: Waxmann, pp. 59-89.
McLellan, J. 1999. Many Petals of the Lotus: Five Asian Buddhist communities in
Toronto. Toronto; Buffalo: University of Toronto Press.
Pfeifer, M. 1999. `Community’, Adaptation, and the Vietnamese in Toronto. PhD
Dissertation, University of Toronto.
AU: Dorais, L.J. & H. Nguyen. TI: "Le Tho Mau, un chamanisme vietnamien?" SO:
Anthropologie et Societes BP: 183 EP: 209 PG: 27 PY: 1998 VL: 22 IS: 2.
Tran, P.T. 1997. A New Paradigm for Women Leaders in Vietnamese Congregations in
the Twenty-First Century. DMIN Dissertation, United Theological Seminary.
Dorais, L.J. 1996. Catholicisme et Tam giáo. Vietnamologica, volume 1.
Nguyen, L.V.N. 1996. Issues of Pastoral Care Among the Vietnamese AmerAsians in
San Diego, California From an Asian Theological Perspective. DMIN Dissertation,
School of Theology at Claremont.
Pham, N.H. 1996. Christian Conversion and Faith Development Among Vietnamese
Immigrants: A Case Study. DMIN Dissertation, Canadian Theological Seminary.
Dang, B.N. 1995. A Growth Strategy for the Vietnamese Ministry at Wesley United
Methodist Church. DMIN Dissertation, Fuller Theological Seminary.
Fjelstad, K.E. 1995. Tu Phu Cong Dong: Vietnamese Women and Spirit Possession in
the San Francisco Bay Area. PhD Dissertation, University of Hawaii.
Le, T.T. 1995. A Case Study of Discipling Vietnamese Immigrants of the Christian
Missionary Alliance in Canada. DMIN Dissertation, Canadian Theological Seminary.
Nash, J.W. & E.T. Nguyen (eds.) 1995. Romance, Gender, and Religion in a
Vietnamese-American community: Tales of God and Beautiful Women. Lewiston, N.Y.:
E. Mellen Press.
Taylor, M.L. 1995. How Buddhist Vietnamese Parents Make Decisions for Their
Adolescent Children Who Attend Tara High School: A Case Study. PhD Dissertation,
Georgia State University.
Soucy, A.D.1994. Gender and Division of Labour in a Vietnamese-Canadian Buddhist
Pagoda. MA Thesis, Concordia University (Canada).
McLellan, J. 1993. Many Petals of the Lotus: Redefinition of Buddhist Identity in Toronto.
PhD Dissertation, York University, Toronto, Canada.
McLellan, J. 1992. “Hermit Crabs and Refugees: Adaptive Strategies of Vietnamese
Buddhists in Toronto.” In The Quality of Life in Southeast Asia, ed. B. Matthews.
Montreal: Canadian Asian Studies Association.
Rutledge, P. 1992. The Vietnamese Experience in America. Bloomington, IN: Indiana
University Press.
Dorais, L.J. 1989. “Religion and Refugee Adaptation: The Vietnamese in Montreal.”
Canadian Ethnic Studies 21:19-29.
Lewis, R.E., Fraser, M.W., & P.J. Pecora. 1988. “Religiosity Among Indochinese
Refugees in Utah.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 27:272-283.
Dorais, L.J., Le, L.P., & N. Huy. 1987. Exile in a Cold Land: A Vietnamese Community in
Canada. New Haven, CT: Yale Southeast Asian Studies.
Nash, J.W. 1987. Vietnamese Values: Confucian, Catholic, American. PhD Dissertation,
Tulane University.
Burwill, R. J., Hill, P., & J.F. Van Wicklin. 1986. “Religion and Refugee Resettlement in
the U.S.: A Research Note.” Review of Religious Research 27:256-266.
Ho, P.X. 1986. The Christian Ministries to the Vietnamese Refugees in Orange County.
DMIN Dissertation, School of Theology at Claremont.
Rutledge, P. 1985. The Role of Religion in Ethnic Self-Identity: A Vietnamese
Community.
Rutledge, P.J. 1982. The Role of Religion in Ethnic Self-Identity; The Vietnamese in
Oklahoma City, 1975-1982. PhD Dissertation, The University of Oklahoma.
Heifetz, J.A. 1980. The Role of the Clergy at the Vietnamese Buddhist Temple in Los
Angeles as Culture Brokers in Vietnamese Refugee Resettlement. MA Thesis, University
of Houston.
Frank, K.W. 1978. The Resettlement of a Vietnamese Refugee Family By the Drexel Hill
Baptist Church (A Case Study). DMIN Dissertation, The Eastern Theological Seminary.
Compiled by Mark E. Pfeifer, PhD
T Pearson. Missions and conversions : creating the Montagnard-Dega refugee
community. Publisher: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Pham Quynh Phuong; Chris Eipper; Mothering and Fathering the Vietnamese: Religion,
Gender, and National Identity. Publication: Journal of Vietnamese Studies, 4, no. 1
(2009): 49-83
Thang Luu; Patrick Leung; Susan Nash. Help-Seeking Attitudes Among Vietnamese
Americans: The Impact of Acculturation, Cultural Barriers, and Spiritual Beliefs.
Publication: Social Work in Mental Health, 7, no. 5 (2009): 476-493
Age differences in spirituality, mystical experiences and wisdom. By: Le, Thao N..
Ageing & Society, Apr2008, Vol. 28 Issue 3, p383-411, 29p (Study includes Vietnamese
American Youth)
Religion, memory, and imagination in Vietnamese California
by Padgett, Douglas M., Ph.D., Indiana University, 2007, 253 pages; AAT 3255506
Possessed by the Spirits: Medium in Contemporary Vietnamese Communities (Book
Review). By: Vann, Elizabeth F.. American Anthropologist, Sep2007, Vol. 109 Issue 3,
p557-558, 2p;
Creating new spiritual homes: Vietnamese refugees negotiating American and Catholic
identities by Hoang, Linh N., Ph.D. Dissertation, Fordham University, 2006
Ethnic and ego identity formation among Protestant Christian Vietnamese American
young adults by Pham, KimMan Thi, PhD TALBOT SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY, BIOLA
UNIVERSITY, 2005, 230 pages
Thich Nhat Hanh on Buddhist-Christian dialogue
by Balani, Laju M., PhD BAYLOR UNIVERSITY, 2005, 219 pages
Vietnamese Buddhist movements for peace and social transformation, 1963--1966
by Nguyen, Thanh V., Ph.D. Dissertation, Saybrook Graduate School and Research
Center, 2006
An exploratory dialogue between Vietnamese Franciscans and Buddhists on fostering
collaboration in ministry by Nguyen, Khoa, D.Min. Dissertation, The Catholic University
of America, 2006
Creating new spiritual homes: Vietnamese refugees negotiating American and Catholic
identities by Hoang, Linh N., Ph.D. Dissertation, Fordham University, 2006
Lam N. Huynh. (2004). The effects of mantra meditation and religious orientation on
psychological distress and self-actualization among Vietnamese American Buddhists.
PhD Dissertation, Alliant International University, Los Angeles.
John Kha Tran. (2004). Preaching in exile: A Vietnamese American Catholic mission.
Doctorate of Ministry Dissertation, Aquinas Institute of Theology.
Phillip Khanh Van Trinh. (2004). Toward a doctrine of sin in the Vietnamese context:
Elements in the dialogue between the Vietnamese indigenous perceptions and Christian
teaching on sin by missionaries. PhD Dissertation, Graduate Theological Union.
Huynh, L.T. (2001). Municipal policy impact analysis: Buddhist temples in southern
California (includes Vietnamese Temples). PhD Dissertation, UNIVERSITY OF LA
VERNE.
Nguyen, T.B. (2001). Multiethnic parish cooperation: An examination of the cooperative
relationships among ethnic congregations of multiethnic Catholic parishes of the
Diocese of Orange, California (Including Vietnamese congregations)PhD Dissertation,
UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE, California.
Pearson, T. (2001). Missions and conversions: Creating the Montagnard-Dega refugee
community (North Carolina). PhD Dissertation. THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH
CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL.
Pfeifer, M.E. (2001). 'Community', Adaptation and the Vietnamese in Toronto.
Vietnamologica 5: 147-225.
Beuchling, O. 2001c. "Visiting a Buddhist pagoda. An ethnographic report of an interfaith
teaching unit of primary school pupils", in: Cok Bakker & Karin Griffioen (Eds.): Religious
dimension in intercultural education. Theory and good practice. Tilburg: Dutch University
Press, p.85-91.
AU: Bankston, CL Zhou, M TI: De facto congregationalism and socioeconomic mobility in
Laotian and Vietnamese immigrant communities: A study of religious institutions and
economic change SO: REVIEW OF RELIGIOUS RESEARCH BP: 453 EP: 470 PG: 18
PY: 2000 PD: JUN VL: 41 IS: 4
Beuchling, O. 1999. "Buddhistsche Religiositat junger Vietnamesen in der
Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Eine Ethnographisch - erziehungswissenschaftliche
Analyse." In Wolfgram Weisse (Ed). Vom Monolog zum Dialog. Ansatze einer
dialogischen Religionspadagogik. Munster/New York: Waxmann, pp. 59-89.
McLellan, J. 1999. Many Petals of the Lotus: Five Asian Buddhist communities in
Toronto. Toronto; Buffalo: University of Toronto Press.
Pfeifer, M. 1999. `Community’, Adaptation, and the Vietnamese in Toronto. PhD
Dissertation, University of Toronto.
AU: Dorais, L.J. & H. Nguyen. TI: "Le Tho Mau, un chamanisme vietnamien?" SO:
Anthropologie et Societes BP: 183 EP: 209 PG: 27 PY: 1998 VL: 22 IS: 2.
Tran, P.T. 1997. A New Paradigm for Women Leaders in Vietnamese Congregations in
the Twenty-First Century. DMIN Dissertation, United Theological Seminary.
Dorais, L.J. 1996. Catholicisme et Tam giáo. Vietnamologica, volume 1.
Nguyen, L.V.N. 1996. Issues of Pastoral Care Among the Vietnamese AmerAsians in
San Diego, California From an Asian Theological Perspective. DMIN Dissertation,
School of Theology at Claremont.
Pham, N.H. 1996. Christian Conversion and Faith Development Among Vietnamese
Immigrants: A Case Study. DMIN Dissertation, Canadian Theological Seminary.
Dang, B.N. 1995. A Growth Strategy for the Vietnamese Ministry at Wesley United
Methodist Church. DMIN Dissertation, Fuller Theological Seminary.
Fjelstad, K.E. 1995. Tu Phu Cong Dong: Vietnamese Women and Spirit Possession in
the San Francisco Bay Area. PhD Dissertation, University of Hawaii.
Le, T.T. 1995. A Case Study of Discipling Vietnamese Immigrants of the Christian
Missionary Alliance in Canada. DMIN Dissertation, Canadian Theological Seminary.
Nash, J.W. & E.T. Nguyen (eds.) 1995. Romance, Gender, and Religion in a
Vietnamese-American community: Tales of God and Beautiful Women. Lewiston, N.Y.:
E. Mellen Press.
Taylor, M.L. 1995. How Buddhist Vietnamese Parents Make Decisions for Their
Adolescent Children Who Attend Tara High School: A Case Study. PhD Dissertation,
Georgia State University.
Soucy, A.D.1994. Gender and Division of Labour in a Vietnamese-Canadian Buddhist
Pagoda. MA Thesis, Concordia University (Canada).
McLellan, J. 1993. Many Petals of the Lotus: Redefinition of Buddhist Identity in Toronto.
PhD Dissertation, York University, Toronto, Canada.
McLellan, J. 1992. “Hermit Crabs and Refugees: Adaptive Strategies of Vietnamese
Buddhists in Toronto.” In The Quality of Life in Southeast Asia, ed. B. Matthews.
Montreal: Canadian Asian Studies Association.
Rutledge, P. 1992. The Vietnamese Experience in America. Bloomington, IN: Indiana
University Press.
Dorais, L.J. 1989. “Religion and Refugee Adaptation: The Vietnamese in Montreal.”
Canadian Ethnic Studies 21:19-29.
Lewis, R.E., Fraser, M.W., & P.J. Pecora. 1988. “Religiosity Among Indochinese
Refugees in Utah.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 27:272-283.
Dorais, L.J., Le, L.P., & N. Huy. 1987. Exile in a Cold Land: A Vietnamese Community in
Canada. New Haven, CT: Yale Southeast Asian Studies.
Nash, J.W. 1987. Vietnamese Values: Confucian, Catholic, American. PhD Dissertation,
Tulane University.
Burwill, R. J., Hill, P., & J.F. Van Wicklin. 1986. “Religion and Refugee Resettlement in
the U.S.: A Research Note.” Review of Religious Research 27:256-266.
Ho, P.X. 1986. The Christian Ministries to the Vietnamese Refugees in Orange County.
DMIN Dissertation, School of Theology at Claremont.
Rutledge, P. 1985. The Role of Religion in Ethnic Self-Identity: A Vietnamese
Community.
Rutledge, P.J. 1982. The Role of Religion in Ethnic Self-Identity; The Vietnamese in
Oklahoma City, 1975-1982. PhD Dissertation, The University of Oklahoma.
Heifetz, J.A. 1980. The Role of the Clergy at the Vietnamese Buddhist Temple in Los
Angeles as Culture Brokers in Vietnamese Refugee Resettlement. MA Thesis, University
of Houston.
Frank, K.W. 1978. The Resettlement of a Vietnamese Refugee Family By the Drexel Hill
Baptist Church (A Case Study). DMIN Dissertation, The Eastern Theological Seminary.
