The Role and Meaning of Religion for Korean Society

• Main Author: Lee, Song-Chong (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019
• Subjects: Religion & beliefs; Joseon Korea; confessional perspective; moral psychology; the Four-Seven Debate; modernization and Buddhism; Korean Buddhism; Gukgajochangidohoe (Korean National Prayer Breakfast); semantics; public culture; Sati-Sisimma; secularization; South Korea; equalization policy; Tasan Jeong Yag-Yong; han; patriotic Buddhism; critical theory; respect (chonjon/zunzun); Confucianism; Tongdok; H? Mok; Jeong Yag-Jong; teaching rights of religion; Candlelight Revolution; aging monks; Korean religion; theistic turn; Pansori; spirituality; integral mission; popular sovereignty; controversy on mourning attire; Western Learning; metaphysical pathos; education for monks; moral metaphysics; scriptures; affection (chinchin/qinqin); Korean Ganhwa Seon; Yun Hyu; Korean Christianity; Satipa??h?na; Korean Neo-Confucianism; counter-illumination; educational innovation; religious education; li-ki metaphysics; Confucian democracy; pluralism; Bible; li and qi; bare attention; ecclesiastical social responsibility; Shin Hudam; liberation theology; religion and constitution; marriage of monks; Song Siy?l; the Jogye Order; impeachment; Chan/Seon/Zen; religiousness of confucianism; mindful hwadu Sisimma; religion and state; minjung; decreased number of monks; minjungshinhak; korean confucianism; civil society; prophetic consciousness; non-confessional perspective; Chos?n Dynasty; minjung theology; performance; Korean Protestants; secularization theory; religion and human rights; bibliodrama; all-embracing Buddhism; three-year mourning
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This special issue presents discussions of the role and meaning of religion for Korean society. Covering wide-ranging time periods, the authors explores with their own cases four major characteristics of Korean religion: Creativity, Greater Responsiveness, Adaptability, and Prophethood. Their topica...