Korean Shamanistic Rituals

Korean Shamanistic Rituals
Author: Jung Y. Lee
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 268
Release: 2018-02-19
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 3110811375

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.

Folk-religion

Folk-religion
Author: Chun-sik Ch?oe
Publisher: Ewha Womans University Press
Total Pages: 158
Release: 2006
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9788973006281

Korean Religions in Relation

Korean Religions in Relation
Author: Anselm K. Min
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2016-09-30
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1438462778

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.

Korean Spirituality

Korean Spirituality
Author: Don Baker
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Total Pages: 186
Release: 2008-04-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 0824832337

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.

Religion and Social Formation in Korea

Religion and Social Formation in Korea
Author: Sang Taek Lee
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2012-10-24
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 3110893118

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.

Religions in Korea

Religions in Korea
Author: Earl H. Phillips
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Total Pages: 144
Release: 1982
Genre: Religion
ISBN:

Korean Shamanism

Korean Shamanism
Author: Chongho Kim
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 447
Release: 2018-01-18
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1351772147

Title first published in 2003. Shamanism has a contradictory position within the Korean cultural system, leading to the periodical suppression of shamanism yet also, paradoxically, ensuring its survival throughout Korean history. This book examines the place of shamans within contemporary society as a cultural practice in which people make use of shamanic ritual and disputing the prevalent view that shamanism is 'popular culture', a 'women's religion' or 'performing arts'. Directly confronting the prejudice against shamans and their paradoxical situation in a modern society such as Korea, this book reveals the cultural discrepancy between two worlds in Korean culture, the ordinary world and the shamanic world, showing that these two worlds cannot be reconciled. This unique study of shamanism offers a significant contribution to growing studies in indigenous anthropology and indigenous religions, and provides a captivating read for a wide range of readers through retelling the stories-never-to-be-told involving shamanic ritual.