Religions In Korea

Author : Robert E. Buswell Jr.
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 542 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2018-06-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780691188157

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Religions of Korea in Practice by Robert E. Buswell Jr. Pdf

Korea has one of the most diverse religious cultures in the world today, with a range and breadth of religious practice virtually unrivaled by any other country. This volume in the Princeton Readings in Religions series is the first anthology in any language, including Korean, to bring together a comprehensive set of original sources covering the whole gamut of religious practice in both premodern and contemporary Korea. The book's thirty-two chapters help redress the dearth of source materials on Korean religions in Western languages. Coverage includes shamanic rituals for the dead and songs to quiet fussy newborns; Buddhist meditative practices and exorcisms; Confucian geomancy and ancestor rites; contemporary Catholic liturgy; Protestant devotional practices; internal alchemy training in new Korean religions; and North Korean Juche ("self-reliance") ideology, an amalgam of Marxism and Neo-Confucian filial piety focused on worship of the "father," Kim Il Sung. Religions of Korea in Practice provides substantial coverage of contemporary Korean religious practice, especially the various Christian denominations and new indigenous religions. Each chapter includes an extensive translation of original sources on Korean religious practice, accompanied by an introduction that frames the significance of the selections and offers suggestions for further reading. This book will help any reader gain a better appreciation of the rich complexity of Korea's religious culture.

Author : Anselm K. Min
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2016-09-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781438462776

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Korean Religions in Relation by Anselm K. Min Pdf

Examines Buddhism, Confucianism, and Christianity in Korea, focusing on their mutual accommodation, exclusion, conflict, and assimilation. Instead of simply being another survey of the three dominant religions in contemporary Korea—Buddhism, Confucianism, and Christianity—this unique book studies them in relation to each other in terms of assimilation, accommodation, conflict, and exclusion. The contributors focus on major issues that have historically challenged the relations between the three religions from the Goryeo period to the present and how each religion has responded to them. The essays bring a new perspective to the study of Korean religions, one that is especially pertinent in the current age of religious pluralism with all its tensions. Anselm K. Min is Professor of Religion at Claremont Graduate University and the author and editor of many books, including Dialectic of Salvation: Issues in Theology of Liberation, also published by SUNY Press.

Author : Don Baker
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2008-04-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780824832339

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Korean Spirituality by Don Baker Pdf

Korea has one of the most dynamic and diverse religious cultures of any nation on earth. Koreans are highly religious, yet no single religious community enjoys dominance. Buddhists share the Korean religious landscape with both Protestant and Catholic Christians as well as with shamans, Confucians, and practitioners of numerous new religions. As a result, Korea is a fruitful site for the exploration of the various manifestations of spirituality in the modern world. At the same time, however, the complexity of the country’s religious topography can overwhelm the novice explorer. Emphasizing the attitudes and aspirations of the Korean people rather than ideology, Don Baker has written an accessible aid to navigating the highways and byways of Korean spirituality. He adopts a broad approach that distinguishes the different roles that folk religion, Buddhism, Confucianism, Christianity, and indigenous new religions have played in Korea in the past and continue to play in the present while identifying commonalities behind that diversity to illuminate the distinctive nature of spirituality on the Korean peninsula.

Author : Kevin Cawley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2019-02-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781317273806

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Religious and Philosophical Traditions of Korea by Kevin Cawley Pdf

Religious and Philosophical Traditions of Korea addresses a wide range of traditions, serving as a guide to those interested in Buddhism, Confucianism, Shamanism, Christianity and many others. It brings readers along a journey from the past to the present, moving beyond the confines of the Korean peninsula. In this book Kevin N. Cawley examines the different ideas which have shaped a vibrant and exciting intellectual history and engages with some of the key texts and figures from Korea’s intellectual traditions. This comprehensive and riveting text emphasises how some of these ideas have real relevance in the world today and how they have practical value for our lives in the twenty-first century. Students, researchers and academics in the growing area of Korean Studies will find this book indispensable. It will also be of interest to undergraduates and graduate students interested in the comparative study of Asian religions, philosophies and cultures.

Author : Charles Allen Clark
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2019-08-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000005455

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Religions of Old Korea by Charles Allen Clark Pdf

This book, first published in 1932, was written by a Western expert on Korea, and was the first to thoroughly investigate and document the old religious practices of Korea. No book like this could be written again from original sources, for all of the data has passed away, and archival records are not necessarily complete. It is a key text in the study of Korean religion.

Author : Sŭng-hye Kim,James W. Heisig
Publisher : 명화사
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Religion
ISBN : STANFORD:36105132838579

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Encounters by Sŭng-hye Kim,James W. Heisig Pdf

This book has chapters describing the origins, faith and practice of the three main 'new' religions of Korea, Cheondo-gyo, Daejong-gyo and Won-Buddhism, written by members of each, as well as gener

Author : Dorrit Wagner
Publisher : NIAS Press
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Religion
ISBN : 8787062283

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Contemporary Religious Tendencies in Korea as Reflected in a Confucian Sect by Dorrit Wagner Pdf

Author : James H. Grayson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136869181

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Korea - A Religious History by James H. Grayson Pdf

This is an historical survey of all the religious traditions of Korea in relation to the socio-cultural trends of seven different periods of Korean history. The book includes a discussion of the history of the study of religion in Korea, a chronological description of Korean folk religion including shamanism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Roman Catholicism and Protestantism, Islam, and Korean New Religions, and some final observations about the unique characteristics of religious beliefs and practices in Korea.

Author : Lewis R. Lancaster,Richard Karl Payne,Karen M. Andrews
Publisher : Institute of East Asian Studies University of California - B
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Religion
ISBN : UOM:39015049670238

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Religion and Society in Contemporary Korea by Lewis R. Lancaster,Richard Karl Payne,Karen M. Andrews Pdf

Author : Earl H. Phillips,Eui-Young Yu
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Religion
ISBN : UOM:39015011904102

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Religions in Korea by Earl H. Phillips,Eui-Young Yu Pdf

Author : Robert Koehler
Publisher : Seoul Selection
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2015-08-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781624120459

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Religion in Korea by Robert Koehler Pdf

Korea is a remarkable case study in religious coexistence. Even though only about half the country identifies as religious, the half that does displays a remarkable diversity of both indigenous and imported faiths, including Buddhism and Christianity (of both the Catholic and Protestant varieties). Korean religious pluralism is no recent phenomenon. Koreans have respected religious diversity since ancient times. Indeed, if there is one overriding religious tendency in the Korean population, it is a preference for syncretism, of finding essential and common truths amidst diverse and often competing doctrines. Current Korean leaders have continued making efforts to further inter-faith understanding. This book surveys the rich religious and spiritual tapestry that is contemporary Korea. We begin with the earliest of Korean faiths—the shamanism that prehistoric Koreans brought with them as they migrated to the peninsula from Central Asia—and continue on to today's most prominent faiths: Buddhism, Christianity, andConfucianism. Korea has given birth to a large number of indigenous faiths, and we will take a look at some of these, too.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Korea
ISBN : STANFORD:36105024311586

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Religious Culture in Korea by Anonim Pdf

Author : Duk-Whang Kim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Korea
ISBN : UVA:X001824954

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A History of Religions in Korea by Duk-Whang Kim Pdf

Shinkyo -- Buddhism 1 -- Buddhism 2 -- Christianity 1 -- Christianity 2 -- Other religions -- The chronology of a history of religions in Korea.

Author : Sang Taek Lee
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2012-10-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110893113

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Religion and Social Formation in Korea by Sang Taek Lee Pdf

The series Religion and Society (RS) contributes to the exploration of religions as social systems– both in Western and non-Western societies; in particular, it examines religions in their differentiation from, and intersection with, other cultural systems, such as art, economy, law and politics. Due attention is given to paradigmatic case or comparative studies that exhibit a clear theoretical orientation with the empirical and historical data of religion and such aspects of religion as ritual, the religious imagination, constructions of tradition, iconography, or media. In addition, the formation of religious communities, their construction of identity, and their relation to society and the wider public are key issues of this series.

Author : Chai-sik Chung
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2016-11-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781315442310

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The Korean Tradition of Religion, Society, and Ethics by Chai-sik Chung Pdf

By making Korea a central part of comparative history of East Asian religion and society, this book traces the evolution of Korean religion from the oldest representation to that of the current day by utilizing wide-ranging interdisciplinary and comparative resources. This book presents a holistic view of the enduring religious tradition of Korea and its cultural and social significance within the wider horizons of modern and globalizing changes. Reflecting nearly five decades of the author’s work on the subject, it presents an understanding of the main current in Korean religion and social thought throughout history. It then goes on to examine discourses on values and morality involving the relationship between religion and society, in particular the human meaning of economy and society, which is one of the most central and practical problems in the contemporary world with global relevance beyond Korea and Asia. Addressing the overview of the Korean religious tradition in the context of its impact on the making of modern society and economy, this book will appeal to students and scholars of Religious Studies, Korean Studies and Asian Studies.