Makers of Modern Korean Buddhism

Makers of Modern Korean Buddhism
Author: Jin Y. Park
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Total Pages: 395
Release: 2012-02-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1438429231

An overview of Korean Buddhism and its major figures in the modern period.

Buddhism in the Modern World

Buddhism in the Modern World
Author: Steven Heine
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 298
Release: 2003
Genre: History
ISBN: 0195146980

The history of Buddhism has been characterized by an ongoing tension between attempts to preserve traditional ideals and modes of practice and the need to adapt to changing cultural conditions. Many developments in Buddhist history, such as the infusion of esoteric rituals, the rise of devotionalism and lay movements, and the assimilation of warrior practices, reflect the impact of widespread social changes on traditional religious structures. At the same time, Buddhism has been able to maintain its doctrinal purity to a remarkable degree. This volume explores how traditional Buddhist communities have responded to the challenges of modernity, such as science and technology, colonialism, and globalization. Editors Steven Heine and Charles S. Prebish have commissioned ten essays by leading scholars, each examining a particular traditional Buddhist school in its cultural context. The essays consider how the encounter with modernity has impacted the disciplinary, textual, ritual, devotional, practical, and socio-political traditions of Buddhist thought throughout Asia. Taken together, these essays reveal the diversity and vitality of contemporary Buddhism and offer a wide-ranging look at the way Buddhism interacts with the modern world.

Religions of Korea in Practice

Religions of Korea in Practice
Author: Robert E. Buswell Jr.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 565
Release: 2018-06-05
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0691188157

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.

The Scriptures of Won Buddhism

The Scriptures of Won Buddhism
Author: Bongkil Chung
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Total Pages: 433
Release: 2003-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0824821858

A philosophical analysis of Sot'aesan's religious thought follows, showing to what degree the central tenets of Mahayana Buddhism form the basis of Won Buddhist doctrine.".

Buddhists Talk About Jesus, Christians Talk About the Buddha

Buddhists Talk About Jesus, Christians Talk About the Buddha
Author: Rita M. Gross
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 164
Release: 2000-02-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780826411969

What does Jesus mean to a Buddhist, or the Buddha to a Christian? What is it about the Buddha that is appealing to a Christian, or unappealing? In this volume 12 scholars, six of them Christian and six of them Buddhists, speak simply and from the heart about their personal relationship to the great religious leader from the other tradition. The diversity of views within each tradition could be a shock to the average Buddhist or Christian on the street. Buddhists argue about Buddha's nature, Buddha veneration, and the role the Buddha plays in human liberation. Christians argue about Jesus' human and divine status, his uniqueness, and the role he plays in human salvation. The contributors celebrate the family likeness between Jesus and the Buddha, but they also acknowledge the differences as well, for it is at the points of difference that potentially there is the most opportunity for growth.

Story of a Small Seed

Story of a Small Seed
Author: SimSung Park
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2016-03-20
Genre:
ISBN: 9780692650271

A small seed loses its mother and travels to find her.

Israelite Religions

Israelite Religions
Author: Richard S. Hess
Publisher: Baker Academic
Total Pages: 432
Release: 2007-10-15
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0801027179

Helps readers consider the importance of contemporary archaeological discoveries and juxtapose them with the biblical narrative to understand ancient Israelite religions.

Ethics and Professionalism

Ethics and Professionalism
Author: J. S. H. Gildenhuys
Publisher: AFRICAN SUN MeDIA
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2004-01-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1919980032

Immoral, unethical conduct of politicians and public officials is a global scourge of the present day. The South African government is leading the battle against corruption in the public sector, and it must be supported by officials educated to recognise, and enabled to combat, every appearance of this pestilence. Ethics and Professionalism is essential equipment for such education. Having been constructed on the principles of knowledge progression and outcomes-based education, it sets out explaining the meaning of ethics and its importance for public officials.

The Oxford Handbook of Millennialism

The Oxford Handbook of Millennialism
Author: Catherine Wessinger
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 764
Release: 2016-07
Genre: History
ISBN: 0190611944

Seventh-Day Adventists, Melanesian cargo cults, David Koresh's Branch Davidians, and the Raelian UFO religion would seem to have little in common. What these groups share, however, is a millennial orientation-the audacious human hope for a collective salvation, which may be either heavenly or earthly. The Oxford Handbook of Millennialism offers readers an in-depth look at both the theoretical underpinnings of the study of millennialism and its many manifestations across history and cultures.

Cultivating Spirituality

Cultivating Spirituality
Author: Mark L. Blum
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Total Pages: 331
Release: 2011-12-15
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1438439830

Cultivating Spirituality is a seminal anthology of Shin Buddhist thought, one that reflects this tradition's encounter with modernity. Shin (or Jodō Shinshū) is a popular form of Pure Land Buddhism, the most widely practiced form of Buddhism in Japan, but is only now becoming well known in the West. The lives of the four thinkers included in the book spanned the years 1863–1982, from the Meiji opening to the West to Japan's establishment as an industrialized democracy and world economic power. Kiyozawa Manshi, Soga Ryōjin, Kaneko Daiei, and Yasuda Rijin, all associated with Kyoto's Ōtani University, dealt with the spiritual concerns of a society undergoing great change. Their philosophical orientation known as "Seishinshugi" ("cultivating spirituality") provides a set of principles that prioritized personal, subjective experience as the basis for religious understanding. In addition to providing access to work generally unavailable in English, this volume also includes both a contextualizing introduction and introductions to each figure included.