Message from skroop

[Anonymous]

I cannot say that I had any clue what Caodaism was prior to reading the article written by Janet Hoskins. From my understanding of the article, the religion is honoring both European and Asian religious practices. It seems to be a mixing of and mutual respect for Roman Catholicism and Asian religions such as, Taoism, Buddhism, and Confucianism. It is interesting that the religion gained popularity as an anti-colonial movement, but still gives respect to European religious practices. More shocking to me was that there was about 20-25% of the population that converted to this religious practice in South Vietnam during the period of 1930-1975.

Questions:
I am very confused by this religion. Is Caodaism a modern religion? Why did it gain popularity in a modern time period?
If some of these religions that Caodaism builds on are not missionary religions how can people who practice Caodaism desire to spread the religion globally? Also...does this religion seem to contradict itself in its beliefs or do all these contradicting beliefs work together somehow?
edited by skroop on 7/28/2016