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Hmong are a group of people who are recorded to have been living in China since 3,000 BC. History indicates that Hmong fought many wars with the Chinese to resist assimilation, as well as to repel oppression. Many were forced to migrate out of China to neighboring Southeast Asian countries during the middle of the eighteenth century due to political oppression, later on settling in Western countries such as the United States. For thousands of years, Hmong animism was the only religion they believed and practiced. However, by the grace of God, a large number of Hmong have turned to Christ. The book, Hmong Animism: A Christian Perspective offers a comparative religious study on the two belief systems. It explains Hmong animists’ belief in reincarnation, shamanism, and the worship of ancestors, household demons and wild demons in comparison to Hmong Christians’ beliefs in God and the Savior Jesus Christ.
- Sales Rank: #2795498 in Books
- Published on: 2015-04-23
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.50" h x .63" w x 5.51" l, .77 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 300 pages
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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful.
Needs Work.
By Student of the Word
Grammatically, Hmong Animism is littered with mistakes and errors which makes reading the book a very difficult task. Hmong Animism seems more of a first draft than a book that was ready to be published. That being said, I do want to commend Khang for attempting to explain the dangers that one faces by holding onto the beliefs of Hmong Animism.
Long Khang writes that the objective of his “book is to encourage Hmong animists to search beyond their beliefs in order to know the truth about who is the true God who should be worshipped” (Kindle Locations 397-398). While his efforts to persuade Hmong Animists to convert to Christianity are certainly genuine, those efforts ultimately fall short. Throughout the book, Khang often makes very shallow and unfair arguments to discredit the beliefs of Hmong Animists not realizing that the very same arguments he uses to discredit Hmong Animism can be levied against his very own “Christian Beliefs”. For example Khang writes concerning talking animals, “it is absurd to believe that the frog and eagle could understand human language to meet the demands of the creators” (Kindle Locations 893-894). However, wouldn’t it be equally absurd to believe that a talking serpent could deceive the first humans into sin or that a donkey would rebuke his master for hitting him and yet these instances are recorded in the Bible. So how does he respond to this? “The truth can only be found in the Scripture. The Scripture is the true Word of God and it was inspired by the Holy Spirit to be written to reveal the true God who is the Creator” (Kindle Locations 67-68). Now while I do agree with this statement, just by stating that something is true does not necessarily mean that it is true or that people will come to believe it to be true. Something more is needed and Khang often falls into the fallacy of circular reasoning.
Khang also appeals to the similarities found between Hmong Animism and the Bible to argue that these correlations point to the “undeniable” fact that the Hmong know the God of the Bible and that these similarities will help Hmong Animists come to faith in the God of the Bible. However, his argument makes a false analogy between these similarities. Just because there are similarities in certain cult practices and cosmology between Hmong Animism and the Bible, this does not mean they are the same or that they come from the same source.
And this brings me to the biggest issue that I have with Hmong Animism:
Central to his argument against Hmong Animism is his understanding Yawmsaub or “God”. He says that because Hmong Animist believe in Yawmsaub, a benevolent god that created heaven and earth but has since then left creation to fend for itself, they know the God of the Bible and are without excuse and he correctly applies Romans 1:19-22 to this context.
However, Khang makes a grave mistake in interpretation when he goes on to say that Yawmsaub is the God of the Bible. In doing so he is guilty of the very accusation that the Apostle Paul makes in Romans 1:19-22. Yawmsaub is not the God of the Bible. Nowhere in scripture does the LORD reveal himself as Yawmsaub.
It is one thing to say that Yawmsaub is similar to the God of the Bible. It is quite another to say that Yawmsaub is the God of the Bible. The Israelites were guilty of this very same fallacy and they paid with their lives. Exodus 32 records that while Moses had gone up Mt. Sinai to get instruction from the LORD, the Israelite people incited Aaron to make for them gods they could see and worship. Aaron listens to them and makes the golden calf and immediately after forging this idol, Aaron calls out to the Israelites and says to them, “These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!...Tomorrow shall be a feast to the LORD!” Aaron equates the golden calf with the LORD and in doing so breaks the second commandment of the Law: No Idols. And because of Aaron’s disobedience, the Lord commands Moses to instruct all who were faithful to the LORD to kill everyone who had bowed the knee to the golden calf whom they worshiped as the LORD.
By stating that Yawmsaub is the God of the Bible, Khang makes the same mistake that Aaron did and his argument does not serve his purpose to encourage Hmong Animist “to search beyond their beliefs in order to know the truth about who is the true God who should be worshiped.” Instead what he has done is replaced a false understand of the true God as revealed in Scripture with another false understanding. Thus instead of drawing Hmong Animist closer to the God of the Bible, Hmong Animism actually drives people further away from him. As such I am deeply saddened to have read this book and I would not recommend it to any Hmong Animists who would be questioning their belief in Hmong Animism and are looking to Christianity for the answers they may be seeking.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
which makes it easy to read
By Joot
This is a well researched book written specifically to provide the average Hmong person information, insights into their cultural animistic practices. It is written from the perspective of a former shamanistic practicing person turned Christian. To fully understand and appreciate this book, one needs to first understand the animistic practices of the Hmong. So the author starts with a short history of the Hmong people. He then gives a short family history of how this animistic practice affected his family. He then gives an overview of the Hmong's cosmology world view from an animist viewpoint. And then he goes on to point out one of the most important parts of the Hmong shamanistic practices, one being the chanting of the "Showing of the Way" song. Contained within this funeral-only chanting "song" is the creation story from a Hmong animistic world view. The author then goes on to point out some of the contradictions within the different versions of this "Showing the Way" song. The author makes a point of asking why would anyone want to send their loved ones to hell, which this animistic practice is currently doing. He also argues that the Christian God and Hmong's Yawmsaub are one and the same. Even though the average Hmong understands that Yawmsaub is God, they neither worship or acknowledge him. Overall, this is a must read for all Hmong people. Yes, there are some grammatical "errors". But it does not dilute the message of the author in any way. It is a special writing style that only a Hmong person will appreciate, which makes it easy to read. The author does not use any words that needs a dictionary to understand it. Some Shamanistic Hmong person will not like this book because it exposes this false belief system. Buy it and decide for yourself.
-Joot
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
The organization of the of the book makes it hard ...
By Bigx50
The organization of the of the book makes it hard for readers to follow. This book is straight forward. Hmong animism from a "Christian" Perspective. It is going to be harsh on the Pagan practice (Hmong Animism) by using biblical references to support its fallibility. This makes a lot of the arguments tough for a Hmong Animist practitioner to read the pages. Long Khang brings up a strong point in that Hmong Animism does not have a concrete foundation of an origin story or purpose driven reason why Hmong animist practice this religion. Many shamans or experts in Hmong Animism have multiple stories and definitions of what is what.
The purpose of this book is to enlighten readers to continuously seek the truth, especially the Hmong People. The one thing we all need not to do is to believe in ignorance.
(Rhetorical questions to ask the Hmong Readers, do you ever wonder why Hmong people have sooo many ghost stories? Seeing them and getting "killed" by them.... Why the calling of the spirit practice is normally always conducted our of "Fear"?... etc)
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