John Steinbeck IV converted to a religion named for these objects while living in a “peace zone” with its founder, known as the “monk” of these objects. For 10 points each:
[10h] Identify these objects that name a syncretic Buddhist–Christian new religious movement founded by Nguyễn Thành Nam (“win tan nam”), who was alleged to have eaten only these objects for three years.
ANSWER: coconuts [or dừa (“zuh”); accept Coconut Religion or Coconut Monk; accept Đạo Dừa or Ông Đạo Dừa]
[10e] This country is home to several syncretic new religious movements, including the Coconut Religion, Cao Đài (“cow die”), and Hòa Hảo (“hwah how”). Hòa Hảo militias controlled swaths of this country’s south prior to the fall of Saigon in 1975.
ANSWER: Vietnam [or Việt Nam; accept Socialist Republic of Vietnam or SRV]
[10m] Under Japanese rule, Hòa Hảo’s founder Huỳnh Phú Sổ (“hwin foo sho”) syncretized it with this most populous organized religious tradition in Vietnam. Practitioners of this Amitabha-revering Mahayana Buddhist tradition practice niànfó hoping to enter its namesake realms.
ANSWER: Pure Land Buddhism [or tịnh độ tông (“tin doh tong”); accept pure realms or Buddha-fields or jìngtǔ; reject partial answers]
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