Korean Religions in Relation

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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.
Professor Wi Jo Kang: A Tribute
Preface
Acknowledgments
A Note on Romanization

1. A Relational Approach to the Study of Korean Religions: An Overview
Anselm K. Min

Part I. Buddhism and Confucianism: Accommodation and Conflict

2. Interactions between Buddhism and Confucianism in Medieval Korea
Jongmyung Kim

3. Philosophical Aspects of the Goryeo-Joseon Confucian-Buddhist Confrontation: Focusing on the Works of Jeong Dojeon (Sambong) and Hamheo Deuktong (Gihwa)
A. Charles Muller

Part II. Confucianism and Catholicism: Conflict and Assimilation

4. Catholic God and Confucian Morality: A Look at the Theology and Ethics of Korea’s First Catholics
Don Baker

5. On the Family Resemblance of Philosophical Paradigm: Between Dasan’s Thought and Matteo Ricci’s Tianzhu Shiyi
Young-bae Song

Part III. Protestantism and Korean Religions: Exclusion and Assimilation

6. A Genealogy of Protestant Theologies of Religions in Korea, 1876–1910: Protestantism as a Religion of Civilization and Fulfillment
Sung-Deuk Oak

7. What Can Christianity Learn from Korean Religions? The Case of Ryu Yongmo
Young-Ho Chun

Part IV. Confucianism, Christianity, and the Challenges of the Modern World

8. Resurgence of Asian Values: Confucian Comeback and Its Embodiment in Christianity
Namsoon Kang

9. Korean Confucianism and Women’s Subjectivity in the Twenty-First Century
Un-sunn Lee

10. Confucianism at a Crossroads: Confucianism and Democracy in Korea
Young-chan Ro

11. Between Tradition and Globalization: Korean Christianity at a Crossroads
Anselm K. Min

Contributors
Index

Sujets

• Comparative religion
• Korea
• History of Asia
• Corée

Informations

• Publié par: State University of New York Press
• Date de parution: 30 septembre 2016
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781438462776
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 17 Mo

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Korean Religions in Relation
SUNY SERIES IN K OREAN S TUDIES

Hongkyung Kim, editor
Korean Religions in Relation
Buddhism, Confucianism, Christianity
Edited by
Anselm K. Min
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Min, Anselm Kyongsuk, editor. | Kang, Wi Jo, honouree.
Title: Korean religions in relation : Buddhism, Confucianism, Christianity / Edited by Anselm K. Min.
Description: Albany : State University of New York Press, 2016. | Series: SUNY series in Korean studies | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016007298 (print) | LCCN 2016008296 (ebook) | ISBN 9781438462752 (hardcover : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781438462776 (e-book)
Subjects: LCSH: Korea—Religion. | Buddhism—Relations. | Confucianism—Relations. | Christianity and other religions—Korea.
Classification: LCC BL2234 .K67 2016 (print) | LCC BL2234 (ebook) | DDC 201/.509519—dc23
LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2016007298
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These Essays Are Dedicated to the Honor of Professor Wi Jo Kang, Mentor, Colleague, Friend
Contents
Professor Wi Jo Kang: A Tribute
Preface
Acknowledgments
A Note on Romanization
1. A Relational Approach to the Study of Korean Religions: An Overview
Anselm K. Min
P ART I
B UDDHISM AND C ONFUCIANISM : A CCOMMODATION AND C ONFLICT
2. Interactions between Buddhism and Confucianism in Medieval Korea
Jongmyung Kim
3. Philosophical Aspects of the Goryeo-Joseon Confucian-Buddhist Confrontation: Focusing on the Works of Jeong Dojeon (Sambong) and Hamheo Deuktong (Gihwa)
A. Charles Muller
P ART II
C ONFUCIANISM AND C ATHOLICISM : C ONFLICT AND A SSIMILATION
4. Catholic God and Confucian Morality: A Look at the Theology and Ethics of Korea’s First Catholics
Don Baker
5. On the Family Resemblance of Philosophical Paradigm: Between Dasan’s Thought and Matteo Ricci’s Tianzhu Shiyi
Young-bae Song
P ART III
P ROTESTANTISM AND K OREAN R ELIGIONS : E XCLUSION AND A SSIMILATION
6. A Genealogy of Protestant Theologies of Religions in Korea, 1876–1910: Protestantism as a Religion of Civilization and Fulfillment
Sung-Deuk Oak
7. What Can Christianity Learn from Korean Religions? The Case of Ryu Yongmo
Young-Ho Chun
P ART IV
C ONFUCIANISM , C HRISTIANITY , AND THE C HALLENGES OF THE M ODERN W ORLD
8. Resurgence of Asian Values: Confucian Comeback and Its Embodiment in Christianity
Namsoon Kang
9. Korean Confucianism and Women’s Subjectivity in the Twenty-First Century
Un-sunn Lee
10. Confucianism at a Crossroads: Confucianism and Democracy in Korea
Young-chan Ro
11. Between Tradition and Globalization: Korean Christianity at a Crossroads
Anselm K. Min
Contributors
Index
Professor Wi Jo Kang
A Tribute
The essays of this volume are offered in honor of Professor Wi Jo Kang, a pioneer in the study of Korean religions.
Dr, Kang received the PhD in history from the University of Chicago in 1967, and taught at Columbia University, Valparaiso University, Concordia Seminary, and for twenty years (1980–1999) at Wartburg Theological Seminary where he served as Wilhelm Loehe Professor of Mission. He also served as visiting professor at Yonsei University, Seoul National University, Japan Lutheran College and Seminary, Tokyo, and the University of California–Los Angeles, where he taught as Henry Luce Distinguished Visiting Professor (2001–2002) during the last year of a long, illustrious teaching career. He has also been a very prolific writer on a wide range of subjects from various Korean religions to Korean Protestant missions to religion and politics in Korea, new religions, world Christian mission, and peace and reunification on the Korean peninsula. In addition to countless articles in journals and anthologies, he authored, among others, Religion and Politics in Korea under the Japanese Rule (Edwin Mellen, 1987), Word and World: Theology for Christian Ministry , co-edited with Steven Charleston and Peter J. Paris (Luther/Northwestern Theological Seminaries, 1992), and Christ and Caesar in Modern Korea (SUNY Press, 1997). A Korean War veteran, he had started his career as an aspiring teacher of Korean and Korean literature, whose literary and poetic talent later saw the light of day in a novel, Lullaby (2009), on the life of a young Korean soldier attached to the U.S. Army during the Korean War; a play, A Korean Nurse Who Went to Germany (2009); and a book of poems, Longing for Home: Dreaming of the Unification of the Korean Peninsula (2014). As editor of the present volume I am proud to add the personal note that he is the one who first introduced me to Asian religions when I took his summer course, Religions of East Asia, at Columbia University in 1965.
We are honored to pay tribute to Professor Kang for his pioneering scholarship in Korean religions, his collegial leadership in the community of Korean-American scholars, and his always inspiring and encouraging friendship with the younger ones in that community.
Preface
The publication process is a debt-incurring process. I would like to thank the contributors to this volume, who so willingly responded to my invitation to join in honoring Professor Kang each with his or her own insightful essay that distinguishes the present volume. It was a great pleasure to work with them in the often laborious process called publication. My professional thanks also go to the two anonymous reviewers, whose criticisms and suggestions helped improve the quality of this volume in both content and form.
As always, I owe a great debt of gratitude to my indispensable research assistant, Shane Akerman, a doctoral candidate in philosophy of religion and theology at Claremont Graduate University, whose diligent and meticulous editorial work in the various stages of this volume significantly contributed to the professional appearance of the chapters.
Acknowledgments
Two chapters of this volume have previously appeared in different venues. Chapter 8 , “Resurgence of Asian Values: Confucian Comeback and Its Embodiment in Christianity” by Namsoon Kang, appeared as chapter 10 of her own book, Diasporic Feminist Theology: Asia and Theopolitical Imagination (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2014), 292–321. Chapter 9 , “Korean Confucianism and Women’s Subjectivity in the Twenty-First Century,” by Un-sunn Lee, was published as “Confucianism and Development of Korean Women’s Subjectivity in the Twenty-First Century,” in Madang: An International Journal of Contextual Theology in Asia 18 (2012), 73–94. I would like to thank both publishers for permission to reprint their respective material in this volume.
A Note on Romanization
Today there exist two main methods for Romanizing Korean, the McCune-Reischauer method (MR) and the Revised Romanization method (RR). The MR method has been used since 1937 and is the preferred method used by the international community of scholars in North America, Europe, and by many Korean scholars in and outside Korea. The Library of Congress and many U.S. university libraries (Harvard, Chicago, Columbia, among others) use this method. The RR method was officially adopted by the Korean Ministry of Culture and Tourism in 2000 based on the recommendation of the Academy of the Korean Language and is required of all government documents, road and street signs, and government-funded research in Korea. Younger Korean scholars are using this system more and more, as are increasingly many international scholars.
However, scholarly debate still continues on the relative merit of each method, as is evident in the divided opinion among the contributors to this volume. Given the division of scholarly opinion I have decided to allow both methods in this volume as long as the same method is followed throughout the chapter. The MR method is followed in chapters 2 , 4 , 6 , and 10 , and the RR method is followed in Chapters 3 , 5 , 7 , 8 , 9 , and 11 . Chapter 1 , which introduces the content of each chapter, uses the method followed in the chapter it is introducing in order to avoid confusion.
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A Relational Approach to the Study of Korean Religions
An Overview
Anselm K. Min
There are many ways of studying religions, Korean or non-Korean. We can study each of the religions in itself, its history, its theology, its politics, its art and music. Most studies of religions, one can say, belong to this category. There exist all kinds of histories of Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, and other religions, each taken in itself, which then can be subdivided into ancient, medieval, and modern, depending on the particular period the author decides to concentrate on. There also exist philosop