Religions of Korea in Practice / Robert E. Buswell.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Buswell, Robert E., Jr., 1953- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Confucianism--Korea.

Confucianism.

Buddhism--Korea.

Buddhism.

Korea--Religion.

Korea.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 542 p. :) ill. ;

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

PRINCETON READINGS IN RELIGIONS

CONTENTS

CONTENTS BY THEME

CONTENTS BY CHRONOLOGY

PREFACE

MAJOR PERIODS IN KOREAN HISTORY

NOTE ON TRANSLITERATIONS AND CONVENTIONS

CONTRIBUTORS

INTRODUCTION / Baker, Don

Buddhism

1. King Mu and the Making and Meanings of Miruksa / Best, Jonathan W.

2. Won'gwang and Chajang in the Formation of Early Silla Buddhism / Mohan, Pankaj N.

3. Miraculous Tale of Buddhist Practice during the Unified / McBride, Richard D.

4. Buddhism as a Cure for the Land / Vermeersch, Sem

5. The P'algwanhoe: From Buddhist Penance to Religious Festival / Vermeersch, Sem

6. Hell and Other Karmic Consequences: A Buddhist Vernacular Song / Lee, Younghee

7. A Buddhist Rite of Exorcism / Uhlmann, Patrick R.

8. "A Crazy Drunken Monk": Kyongho and Modern Buddhist Meditation Practice / Park, Jin Y.

9. Educating Unborn Children: A Son Master's Teachings on T'aegyo / Sunim, Chong Go

Confucianism and Neo-Confucianism

10. A Party for the Spirits: Ritual Practice in Confucianism / Kim, Hongkyung

11. The Great Confucian-Buddhist Debate / Muller, Charles

12. Confucianism and the Practice of Geomancy / Yoon, Hong-key

13. Voices of Female Confucians in Late Choson Korea / Kim, Youngmin

Shamanism

14. Yi Kyubo's "Lay of the Old Shaman" / McBride, Richard D.

15. The Creation of the World and Human Suffering / Walraven, Boudewijn

16. Sending Away the Smallpox Gods / Bruno, Antonetta Lucia

17. Village Deities of Cheju Island / Walraven, Boudewijn

18. Shamans, the Family, and Women / Walraven, Boudewijn

19. A Shamanic Ritual for Sending On the Dead / Bruno, Antonetta Lucia

Christianity

20. Martyrdom and Social Activism: The Korean Practice of Catholicism / Yoon, Inshil Choe

21. Catholic Rites and Liturgy / Rausch, Franklin / Baker, Don

22. Conversion Narratives in Korean Evangelicalism / Lee, Timothy S.

23. A New Moral Order: Gender Equality in Korean Christianity / Choi, Hyaeweol

24. Indigenized Devotional Practices in Korean Evangelicalism / Lee, Timothy S.

25. The Grieving Rite: A Protestant Response to Confucian Ancestral Rituals / Grayson, James Huntley

New Religions

26. The Great Transformation: Religious Practice in Ch'ondogyo / Baker, Don

27. The Korean God Is Not the Christian God: Taejonggyo's Challenge to Foreign Religions / Baker, Don

28. The Won Buddhist Practice of the Buddha-Nature / Park, Jin Y.

29. Renewing Heaven and Earth: Spiritual Discipline in Chungsan'gyo / Baker, Don

30. Rites of Passage in the Unification Church / Baker, Don

31. Internal Alchemy in the Dahn World School / Baker, Don

North Korea

32. The Sociopolitical Organism: The Religious Dimensions of Juche Philosophy / Shin, Eun Hee

INDEX

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

9780691188157

0691188157

OCLC:

1132227322