Kim / Park New Perspectives in Modern Korean Buddhism

Institution, Gender, and Secular Society
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-1-4384-9133-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 348 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Offers alternative approaches to the study of colonial and postcolonial Korean Buddhism, suggesting new directions for scholarship.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kim, Hwansoo Ilmee

Park, Jin Y.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Buddhismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
Note on Translations and Conventions
Abbreviations

Introduction
Hwansoo Kim

Part 1: Beyond the Grand Narratives in Zen Buddhism

1. What Do Zen Masters Teach Us Today? The Case of Son Master Hyeam Songgwan
Jin Y. Park

2. Paek Yongsong and the Boundaries of Early Modern Korean Buddhism: Historiographical Issues and the Question of Scale
Mark A. Nathan

Part 2: Nuns and Laywomen in Modern Korean Buddhism

3. Lady Ch’on and Modern Korean Buddhism
Hwansoo Kim

4. Experiencing a Different Buddhist Community: Nun Suok’s Travel to Japan and Her Contribution to the Korean Community of Nuns
Eun-su Cho

Part 3: Clerical Celibacy, Marriage, Scandals, and Monastic Rules

5. Rethinking Married Bhiksu: An Examination of Bhiksu Ordinations and Clerical Marriage in 1920s Korean Buddhism
Jeongeun Park

6. Flesh in the Closet: The “Secret Wife” in Korean Buddhism
Su Jung Kim

7. Monastic Regulations in Contemporary Korea
Uri Kaplan

Part 4: Secularity, Society, and Politics

8. Han Yongun, Fukuzawa Yukichi, and Questions of Nationalism and Colonialism
Gregory N. Evon

9. Kim Kugyong’s Liminal Life: Between Nationalism and Scholarship
Kim Cheonhak

10. Praying in Kangnam and Longing for the Mountains: The Dilemma of Centrality in Contemporary Korean Buddhism
Florence Galmiche

Bibliography
Contributors
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Hwansoo Ilmee Kim is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Yale University and the author of The Korean Buddhist Empire: A Transnational History, 1910–1945. Jin Y. Park is Professor of Philosophy and Religion at American University. She is the author of Women and Buddhist Philosophy: Engaging Zen Master Kim Iryop and the editor of Makers of Modern Korean Buddhism, also published by SUNY Press.