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New Perspectives in Modern Korean Buddhism : Institution, Gender, and Secular Society / edited by Hwansoo Ilmee Kim and Jin Y. Park.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Buddhism--Korea.
- Buddhism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (350 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Albany, New York : State University of New York Press, [2022]
- Summary:
- Offers alternative approaches to the study of colonial and postcolonial Korean Buddhism, suggesting new directions for scholarship.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Translations and Conventions
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Korean Buddhist Nationalism, Modernity, and Institutional Reform
- Beyond the Grand Narratives in Sŏn Buddhism
- Nuns and Laywomen in Modern Korean Buddhism
- Clerical Celibacy, Marriage, Scandals, and Monastic Rules
- Secularity, Society, and Politics
- Going Forward
- Notes
- Part 1 Beyond the Grand Narratives in Zen Buddhism
- Chapter 1 What Do Zen Masters Teach Us Today? The Case of Sŏn Master Hyeam Sŏnggwan
- Hyeam's Life and Sŏn Thought
- Self-Reflection, Social-Reflection
- What Do Zen Masters Teach Us Today?
- Chapter 2 Paek Yongsŏng and the Boundaries of Early Modern Korean Buddhism: Historiographical Issues and the Question of Scale
- Paek Yongsŏng's Background and Major Activities
- Relational Approaches in the Study of Yongsŏng
- Microhistorical Studies and the Question of Scale
- Following the Flows: Networks and Systems Theories
- Concluding Reflections
- Part 2 Nuns and Laywomen in Modern Korean Buddhism
- Chapter 3 Lady Ch'ŏn and Modern Korean Buddhism
- Court Lady Buddhism
- Ch'ŏn as a Powerful Court Lady
- Travel to Japan, 1909
- Ch'ŏn's Connection to the Buddhist Monk Yi Hoegwang (1862-1933)
- Yi's Appointment as Abbot of Haein Monastery
- Laying Groundwork for the Wŏnjong
- Ch'ŏn as an Ideal Lay Buddhist
- Unswerving Dedication to Yi's Visions
- Ch'ŏn's Buddhism
- Ch'ŏn's Death
- Conclusion
- Chapter 4 Experiencing a Different Buddhist Community: Nun Suok's Travel to Japan and Her Contribution to the Korean Community of Nuns
- Suok's Early Life
- Suok in Japan and Her Cross-Cultural Observations
- Buddhist Nuns in Korea and Japan
- The First Modern Dharma Instructor at a Seminary for Nuns.
- Participation in the Purification Movement
- Honoring the Nuns' Doctrinal Dharma Lineage
- Closing Reflections
- Part 3 Clerical Celibacy, Marriage, Scandals, and Monastic Rules
- Chapter 5 Rethinking Married Bhikṣu: An Examination of Bhikṣu Ordinations and Clerical Marriage in 1920s Korean Buddhism
- Monastic Rules Revisited in Context
- Bhikṣu Precepts and Bodhisattva Precepts in the Late Nineteenth Century
- The Continuous Rise of Bhikṣu and Bodhisattva Ordinations under the Japanese Colonial Regime
- The Status of Bhikṣu and Clerical Marriage at T'ongdo Monastery and Magok Monastery in 1925 and 1926
- Chapter 6 Flesh in the Closet: The "Secret Wife" in Korean Buddhism
- What Is a Secret Wife?
- Historicizing the Secret Wife
- Locating the Secret Wife
- Making Sense of the Secret Wife
- Chapter 7 Monastic Regulations in Contemporary Korea
- Practical Vinayas
- Legislating Buddhism
- Modern Pure Rules
- Cars, Cell Phones, Recycling, and the Stock Market
- The Reputation of the Sangha
- Part 4 Secularity, Society, and Politics
- Chapter 8 Han Yongun, Fukuzawa Yukichi, and Questions of Nationalism and Colonialism
- Reframing Mignolo's "Darker Side of Modernity"
- The Flow of Ideas
- The Stuff of Self-Understandings and Knowledges, Buddhist and Otherwise
- Interactions of the Past and Present
- The Buddhist Question in A Miserable Fate
- Chapter 9 Kim Kugyŏng's Liminal Life: Between Nationalism and Scholarship
- Turning Points in Kim Kugyŏng's Life
- Study in Japan
- Stay in Beijing
- Research in Manchuria
- Return to Korea
- Academic Accomplishments
- Collating of the Ginger Garden Collection
- Notes.
- Chapter 10 Praying in Kangnam and Longing for the Mountains: The Dilemma of Centrality in Contemporary Korean Buddhism
- Aspiration for the Center
- Buddhacizing Laity and Promoting Buddhism in the Public Sphere
- Education and Propagation: Making "Highest-Quality Buddhists"
- Transformations and Dilemmas
- Reform of Monasticism and Revival of Asceticism
- Bibliography
- Contributors
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781438491332
- 1438491336
- OCLC:
- 1398098676
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