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KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY AND OOMOTO RELIGION ATTENDED THE GREAT FESTIVAL COMMEMORATING GOD -YEAR 2023
Updated 2023-02-12 14:45:48
Tay Ninh Cao Dai Holy See, February 1, 2023 – Reported by Thien An – Photos byHuu Loi and CaodaiTV Group
First of all, we would like to remind you that on the occasion of the Festival Commemorating God in the Year of the Rat 2020, Rev.Thuong Canh Thanh, former Representative of the Cao Dai Sacerdotal Council Overseas, invited 3 foreign friends to attend:
1. Prof. Joe Hobbs, University of Missouri, USA
2. Prof. Michael Wesch, Kansas State University, USA, and family
3. Mr. Patrick Scott, New York Times reporter, USA and family
(Please visit the homepage for details: https://caodai.com.vn/vn/news-detail/mon-hoc-ton-Giao-cao-dai-duoc-giang-day-tai-dai-hoc- tieu-bang-kansas-hoa-ky.html)
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CAODAISM AND NEW RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS
Updated 2022-10-28 02:25:49
(Dhaka, October 27, 2022 – By Mohammad Jahangir Alam)
Mohammad Jahangir Alam (born 1977), is an Associate Professor of World Religions and Culture at the University of Dhaka. He earned his MPhil and PhD in World Religions Culture from the same university. As a part of his PhD research fieldwork funded by Cao Dai Overseas Missionary, USA, he studied Vietnamese language and culture at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam from 2012- 2013. An expert on Baha’i Faith, and Cao Dai culture, he authored The Concept of Unity in Baha’i Faith and Caodaism: A Comparative Study in 2010. He was awarded his doctorate in 2020 for “Dao Cao Dai: A Socio-historical Analysis of a Syncretic Vietnamese Religion and Its Relationship with Other Religions”. His current research interest includes the realization of common aspects of truth in religion for the quest of new dynamics of peace and harmony, and exploring social integration of New Religious Movements (NRMs) through the lens of acculturation
REVEREND THUONG CANH THANH HAS TERMINATED HIS JOB AS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CAODAI SACERDOCE OVERSEAS
Updated 2022-08-09 23:36:26
(Tay Ninh Holy See News on July 9, 2022 – Reported by CaodaiTV Reporter)
As announced at the Caodai Quinquennial Overseas Congress of 2022 in Washington, D.C. on June 19, 2022, Rev. Thuong Canh Thanh (Tran Quang Canh) has submitted an application to the Cao Dai Sacerdotal Council Tay Ninh Holy See to resign from the position of Head Representative of the Cao Dai Sacerdoce Overseas on June 20, 2022 as follows:
“After nearly 12 years of serving the religion and the Cao Dai Sacerdoce, I respectfully request the Tay Ninh Holy See Cao Dai Sacerdotal Council to please allow me to resign from the position of the Head Representative of the Caodai Sacerdoce overseas. The reason: because of health, old age and weakness, no longer have the energy and spirit to run today's very complicated overseas missions."
DR. JAHANGIR ALAM APPOINTED CHAIRMAN OF THE DEPT OF WORLD RELIGIONS AND CULTURE, UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA, BANGLADESH
Updated 2021-10-16 23:59:19
(Reported From Dhaka, Bangladesh, Oct 12, 2021 - By Phạm Lâm Thiên Ân)
On October 3, 2021, Dr. Mohammad Jahangir Alam, Associate Professor and Principal Lecturer of the ‘Cao Dai Religious Tradition’ course, was promoted to take the post of the Chairman of the Department of World Religions and Culture (DWRC) at the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, for a 3-year term from October 2021 to October 2024.
Dr, Jahangir Alam, born in 1977, started to study Caodaism in 2003 and got a grant from the Cao Dai Overseas Missionary to do his MPhil on Caodaism in 2009. Then, as part of his PhD Research Fieldwork funded by the Cao Dai Overseas Missionary, California, USA, he studied Vietnamese language and culture at the HCM University of Social Sciences and Humanities between 2012 and 2013 and has just been awarded a Doctorate in 2020.
CAO DAI TAIPEI CONGREGATION PARTICIPATED IN THE 3rd EASSSR 2021 JEJU CONFERENCE IN SOUTH KOREA
Updated 2021-07-21 00:34:46
(News from Taipei - July 20, 2021)
Sub-dignitary Nguyen Tuan Em, Acting Head of the Taipei-based Cao Dai Congregation has just attended a 3-day EASSSR 2021 Jeju Virtual Conference on “Religion and Peace in East Asia: The Roles of Religion in Times of Crises”. This conference was jointly held by the East Asian Society for Scientific Study of Religion (EASSSR) and Jeju National University in South Korea.
This 3rd EASSSR 2021 Jeju Virtual Conference attracted a total of 81 speakers from 19 different countries. The presentations showed a multi-perspective focus on the contributions of religions in relieving the mass’s sufferings in times of crises, natural disasters and pandemic.
Dr. MOHAMMAD JAHANGIR ALAM TALKING ABOUT CAODAISM AT THE BSSCR VIRTUAL CONFERENCE
Updated 2021-06-01 00:57:57
(University of Dhaka, Bangladesh – May 30, 2021)
At the invitation of the Bangladesh Society for the Study of Culture and Religion (BSSCR), Dr. Mohammad Jahangir Alam delivered a Keynote Speech on A Socio-historical Overview of the Syncretic Origin of Caodaism at the 2nd Annual Conference of the BSSCR (online via google meet) on Saturday, May 29, 2021 at 11 am.
Dr. Alam is an Associate Professor of the Department of World Religions and Culture at the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. He is considered as an expert on Caodaism.
REFLECTIONS ON CAO DAI AND DAESOON JINRIHOE’S PRECIOUS FRIENDSHIP
Updated 2021-05-13 07:24:14
(by Rev. Canh Tran April 21, 2021)
On the eve of the New Year 2021 (Year of the Buffalo), on behalf of His Eminence Cardinal Thuong Tam Thanh, Chairman of the Cao Dai Sacerdotal Council at the Tay Ninh Holy See, as well as dignitaries in Tay Ninh and Cao Dai Overseas Missionary, we sincerely wish His Excellency Yun Eun-Do, President of Daesoon Jinrihoe, together with his family, the dignitaries of Daesoon Jinrihoe, and the wonderful readers of Global Daesoon GOOD HEALTH, HAPPINESS, LONGEVITY AND PROSPERITY, but above all else we pray you receive
GREAT FESTIVAL COMMEMORATING GOD AT THE CAO DAI TAY NINH HOLY SEE – YEAR 2021
Updated 2021-02-24 05:28:50
(News from the Cao Dai Holy See in Tay Ninh on February 20, 2021 - Photos by Thanh Thuy, Huu Loi and Caodai TV group)
The program for the Great Festival Commemorating God in the Year of the Ox (2021) was as follows:
February 19, 2021
+ 08:00am: - Grand Opening Ceremony of the Great Festival on the front plaza of the Holy Temple. Cardinal THUONG TAM THANH, Chairman of the Sacerdotal Council of Caodaism delivered the opening speech, and presided over the ribbon-cutting ceremony. The Cardinal then took the guests for an inspection tour of the 28 exhibition booths.
CAO DAI TAIPEI CONGREGATION ATTENDED THE 15TH CHINESE UNITED WORSHIP CEREMONY AT WEIXIN SHENGJIAO
Updated 2021-01-04 06:23:37
(From Taipei January 1, 2021 - Report and photos by: Cao Dai Taipei Congregation – Weixin Shengjiao TV)
On the morning of the New Year January 1, 2021, a delegation of 5 members of the Cao Dai Taipei Congregation, consisting of :
1. Sub-dignitary Nguyen Tuan Em, Acting Cao Dai Congregation Chief, Delegation leader
2. Sub-dignitary Ly Thi Thuy Trang - Secretary of the Congregation
3. Ms. Nguyen Thanh Tuyen, member
4. Ms. Nguyen Le Hong An, member
5. Mr. Duong Van Trinh, member
attended the 15th annual "Chinese United Worship Ceremony" at the invitation of Dr. Fiona Hsin-Fang Chang, Director, Research and Development
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RELIGIOUS STUDIES AT CHENG CHI UNIVERSITY TAIWAN
Updated 2020-12-16 04:46:55
(Taipei 12/12/2020 – Reported by Taipei Cao Dai Congregation)
On 11 December 2020, Sub-dignitary Nguyen Tuan Em, Congregation Chief and Ly Thi Thuy Trang, Secretary of the Taiwan Taipei-based Cao Dai Congregation, both participated in a Virtual International Conference called “New Religions in East Asia: Development and Internationalization” at the Invitation from the Graduate Institute for Religious Studies, Cheng Chi University, Taiwan.
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